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Bitcoin briefly exceeded $79 000 following US CPI data
Bitcoin briefly surpassed $79 000 after the release of CPI data that matched expectations.
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DeFi
Decentralised finance from primary sources: protocol launches, mechanism changes, audits and incidents. No yield promotion or token shilling — only verifiable events with their limits and risks stated.
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Republicans Released New Clarity Act Text Ahead of Vote
Republicans updated the bill text before a vote that will require 60 votes in the Senate.
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Uniswap Labs Introduces StablePair Hook with Dynamic Fee
Uniswap Labs announced the launch of an updatable hook featuring a dynamic fee for StablePair.
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Unicoin sues Uniswap Labs over UNI registration
Unicoin has filed a lawsuit against Uniswap Labs and seeks to cancel the UNI registration
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Harmony Proposes Sunsetting Network and Moving ONE to Ethereum
Harmony outlined a plan to migrate ONE to Ethereum but warned that applications and liquidity pools will not migrate.
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LAPTOP Team Links Memecoin Crash to Bots
The project team attributed the memecoin's sharp decline to bots and low liquidity, while some early buyers reportedly incurred significant losses according to Nansen data.
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Dogecoin led the decline of major crypto assets, falling by 5%
Dogecoin showed the strongest decline among major crypto assets while Bitcoin held the $78 000 level.
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LAPTOP Token Lost Almost All Value After Launch on Base
LAPTOP launched on the Base network with a valuation of approximately 1,6 billion dollars but lost most of its value almost immediately; CoinDesk also points to a pre-trading distribution of tokens to market makers.
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Arbitrum Watchdog Seeks Permanent Bans For Three Grant Recipients
The Defiant reports on a proposal to permanently exclude Good Entry, Limitless, and APX Finance from future Arbitrum DAO programs.
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Hunter Biden LAPTOP Meme Coin Lost 99% After Launch
The LAPTOP meme coin reached $190,81 shortly after launching on Base, then lost approximately 99% of its value.
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DefiLlama Research Describes New Tool Variational Swaps
DefiLlama Research describes Swaps with direct access to traditional dealer liquidity and a different funding model.
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Stakely launches two products based on stVaults for ETH staking
Stakely announced the launch of two products built on Lido's modular infrastructure, but details of the offering have not yet been disclosed.
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Tether and Fasanara launch $400 million fund for lending
Tether and Fasanara announced a fund for private credit using stablecoins and stated plans to raise up to 3 billion.
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Cointelegraph compiles ten unsolved crypto mysteries
Cointelegraph lists ten crypto mysteries that, according to the synopsis, still lack convincing answers.
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Renzo launches Basis product on Hyperliquid for BTC and HYPE
Renzo launches the Renzo Basis product on Hyperliquid for automated positions in BTC and HYPE.
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DeFi Development closes CHAD offering for $11 million
DeFi Development raised $11 million through a CHAD offering to grow the Solana treasury.
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Aave Introduces MCP Server for Data and Transactions V3 and V4
Aave describes a tool that connects an AI assistant to real-time protocol data and transaction preparation, leaving the signing to the user's wallet.
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Castle Opens STRC Yield to Individual Accounts
Castle has opened STRC yield to individual accounts and added the option to direct payouts to bitcoin.
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Irish Gangs Rent Vaults to Hide Crypto Keys
Criminal Assets Bureau links rented vaults to the storage of keys, cash, watches, and passports.
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National Sheriffs' Association Shifts Stance on Clarity Act
The U.S. Sheriffs' Association has dropped its previous opposition to the Clarity Act, but the future impact of this decision remains unclear.
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Jobs Report Did Not Significantly Boost Fed Rate Hike Expectations
Bitcoin's decline and rising bond yields were not accompanied by a noticeable increase in expectations for a Fed rate hike.
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Fireblocks Describes Crypto Ecosystem Development and Bank Interest in the UAE
Fireblocks links UAE development to regulatory changes, the arrival of crypto companies, and bank interest, but details regarding the transition to production are not disclosed.
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Flare изменил токеномику FLR через предложение FIP.16
Голосование FIP.16 изменило сразу несколько элементов экономики Flare, но подробности реализации пока не представлены.
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GMGN accounted for almost half of terminal volume of more than $1 billion
Terminal volume for the first time since January 2025 exceeded 1 billion dollars, and GMGN accounted for almost half of the figure.
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Optimism Blog Compares Infrastructure Options for Institutional DeFi
Optimism Blog outlines the choice between OP Mainnet and a dedicated OP Enterprise chain through the lenses of control, compliance, and economics.
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Pencil Finance завершила ончейн-кредитный цикл на $1 млн
Pencil Finance announced the completion of a lending cycle for 6 600 students, but deal details remain undisclosed in the available source.
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Crypto Options Unplugged Examines Bond Market Stress
Deribit Insights describes an episode focused on stress in global bond markets and its potential link to the next major Bitcoin move.
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Firelight Raises $8 Million to Backstop DeFi Vaults
Firelight will direct raised funds to cover DeFi vault risks; first integrations are slated for this month.
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Robinhood Chain hits record $989 million in daily DEX volume
The Block reported a record daily DEX volume for Robinhood Chain in August amid rising TVL and interest in utility tokens.
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Arbitrum DAO reported $6,2 million in revenue for the half-year
Licensing became a notable part of the DAO's July revenue following the launch of Robinhood Chain on mainnet.
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Glassnode Research: Bitcoin Returned to Trading Range
Glassnode Research describes Bitcoin halting below the long-term supply zone and the market returning to a range.
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Ethena Labs launched Ethena Pay on Avalanche in 48 countries
The beta version of the non-custodial application is available in 48 countries, but details regarding terms have not yet been disclosed in the provided material.
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Laser Digital to Become Risk Operator for Keyring Markets
Laser Digital will handle risk control for lending markets built on Keyring Network; the first venues are being prepared for Euler Finance.
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ARB Rose 25% After Robinhood Network Fees Doubled
Fees on the Robinhood network doubled, and Arbitrum DAO's contractual share reached approximately $192 000 per day.
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ADP Reports Weak Private Sector Job Growth
A weak ADP report coincided with easing yields and Bitcoin trading near 77 000 dollars, but a causal link has not been confirmed.
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Bitcoin опустился ниже $76 500 после ударов США по Ирану
Bitcoin fell below $76 500 following U.S. strikes on Iran, CoinDesk reports
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Bitcoin стабилен на фоне 30-летнего пика доходности JGB
Bond yields reached multi-year highs, but Bitcoin remained around $78 000.
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Silhouette launches RFQ trading for xStocks on Hyperliquid
Silhouette has added a competing quotes format for trades involving tokenized stocks on Hyperliquid.
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DeFi Development Corp proposes $20 million in stock for Solana purchases
DeFi Development Corp intends to raise $20 million through a preferred stock offering to further investments in Solana and crypto assets.
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BitMine added 53 501 ETH amid stable staking volume
BitMine increased its treasury by 53 501 ETH, keeping the volume of staked coins unchanged.
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Attacker drains $9,3 million WFLOW from More Markets reserve
An attacker withdrew approximately $9,3 million in WFLOW from the More Markets reserve using an Ankr token and E-mode, Blockaid stated.
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Bitcoin loses overnight gains ahead of Warsh speech
Bond yields rose in the US and Europe as investors awaited Warsh’s speech.
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Kevin Warsh speaks at Jackson Hole as Fed chair
Kevin Warsh's Jackson Hole speech could change market expectations
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Bitwise puts Solana-ETF BSOL at $1 billion assets under management
BSOL reached the milestone in less than a year after launch, The Block reported.
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Ethena expects a shift in USDe collateral foundation
Ethena ties the future of USDe collateral to real-asset perpetual contracts, but details are still sparse.
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Aave V4 Deposits Rise to 806 Million Over a Week
Deposits of the new version grew over the week but remain well below the Aave V3 base.
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Ethereum Devs Propose Deposit Contract Overhaul to Quantum-Proof Staking
The proposal touches on validator key size and the transition from current BLS signatures, but implementation details are not disclosed yet.
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DeFi Development Corp resumes purchases of nearly 20 000 SOL
DeFi Development Corp resumes SOL purchases as its stock outperforms the asset.
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DeFi Development launches real-time Solana analytics platform
A company with a large SOL reserve has unveiled an analytics platform, but details on its operations remain scarce.
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Term Finance Lost $8,5 After Takeover of Six Vaults
BlockSec Research described two DeFi incidents with alleged combined damages of approximately 10,26illion.
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Galaxy expands lending backed by BTC, ETH, and SOL
Galaxy has offered eligible GalaxyOne clients the ability to borrow cash against BTC, ETH, and SOL without selling their assets.
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Биткоин отступил от $80 000 на фоне движения рынков
Bitcoin retreated from $80 000, as gold fell amid falling yields on US government bonds.
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Arcus launches pTokens for shares in perpetual accounts
Arcus has introduced ERC-20okens representing shares in perpetual accounts with fixed parameters.
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HashKey Launches Franklin Templeton Tokenized Fund
HashKey reported the launch of the Franklin OnChain US Government Liquidity Fund on its Earn channel.
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Uniswap Blog Describes Permissioned Pools for Assets with Issuer Rules
Uniswap Blog described Permissioned Pools in Uniswap v4 as a mechanism for trading assets subject to issuer rules.
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Laser Digital Japan gets Japan's first crypto approval in four years
Laser Digital Japan intends to begin by providing liquidity to local crypto providers, and then add institutional trading.
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Ripple backs an institutional credit fund on RLUSD
Clearpool and Cicada Partners are building a RLUSD-based product, but the related XRP Ledger features have not yet been activated.
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US National Debt Surpasses $40rillion Mark
The US debt milestone has intensified debate on Bitcoin's long-term role, but short-term market factors remain decisive.
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Bitcoin hits $72 000 as bond yields rise
Bitcoin reached $72 000, while rising bond yields create a new test for Scott Bessent's policy.
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Evernorth eyes DeFi opportunities as XRP Ledger weighs native lending
Evernorth is considering applying DeFi to its XRP assets amid discussions of lending on the XRP Ledger.
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Standard Chartered links Bitcoin rebound to liquidity
The Standard Chartered analyst linked Bitcoin's bounce to liquidity and possible cycle bottom.
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David Plisek Links Spring DeFi Losses to Strategy Failures
CoinDesk recounts David Plisek's stance from Solstice Finance on spring DeFi losses and the necessity of vetting yield before capital deployment.
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Bitcoin Holds Six-Week Range Amid Rising Yields
Bitcoin maintains a narrow range amid rising bond yields and anticipation of the July FRS meeting minutes.
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Bitcoin holds above $64 000 as Kospi falls by 5,8%
Bitcoin maintains position above $64 000, while Kospi sharply declines and US Treasuries yields retreat.
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Hayden Adams Proposed Trading Tokenized Stocks Against Indexes
The founder of Uniswap proposed linking the trading of tokenized stocks with index funds, but traders questioned demand for such pairs.
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FalconX and Interstice Connect Canton to Three Blockchains
FalconX and Interstice have linked Canton to three public blockchains
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Citi plans to launch bitcoin custody within Custody+
Citi links upcoming bitcoin custody launch to Custody+ platform, which combines multiple asset services.
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Bitcoin declines amid Nasdaq 100 futures drop
Bitcoin fell 0,6% against the backdrop of falling Nasdaq 100 futures and anticipation of events in the US.
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Bitcoin holds range as yields rise and oil pressure persists
Bitcoin remains in a range around 64 000 dollars as bond yields and oil prices pressure markets.
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Compound Bets $52illion on Institutional Focus with New Leadership Team
Compound changes its leadership team and targets institutional participants following a decline in retail trader interest.
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Across Protocol V5 Receives Bridging System Audit Results
Summary of Across Protocol V5 audit reveals no critical or high-severity issues but leaves some items unresolved.
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SP1 and USP Changes Audit Identified One Resolved Issue
The audit summary indicates one resolved issue and no outstanding remarks, but does not disclose technical details.
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OpenZeppelin Reports Audit of Across for Tron
Report metadata records one resolved issue and no findings across all severity categories.
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CoinDesk Reports Risk of Liquidity Gap in Bitcoin Futures
CoinDesk linked a notable surge in open interest outpacing trading volume to potential market vulnerability.
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Financial Firms Build Infrastructure for Digital Assets
According to CoinDesk, financial companies are joining forces with specialists to create digital asset infrastructure.
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SharpLink to Stake Approximately 200illion in Ethereum via Lido
SharpLink plans to allocate roughly 12% of its Ethereum reserves to staking through Lido's wstETH.
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CIO Bitwise foresees doubling of crypto valuations as DeFi revenue rises
Bitwise CIO links potential revisions in valuations to DeFi protocol revenue and token buybacks.
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Bitcoin slipped below $63 000 as oil and yields rise
Bitcoin was below $63 000 while oil rose and bond yields climbed.
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Bitwise mulls tokenizing its Solana staking ETF via Superstate partnership
The Block reports on the contemplated Bitwise tokenization of a Solana staking ETF through a Superstate partnership; available data is limited to a synopsis.
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Algorand Foundation has released network update v5.0.0
The Algorand Foundation announced the release of version v5.0.0 and prepared instructions for node operators.
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Standard Chartered Reports Rise in UNI Burns via Robinhood Chain
Standard Chartered linked the increase in UNI burns to trading on Robinhood Chain and indicated a potential undervaluation of the token's target.
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B2C2aps former head of Schroders Wealth Management Asia
Cryptocurrency liquidity provider strengthens Asian focus, targeting family offices and asset managers.
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ether.fi Adds Tokenized Stocks and ETHFI Buybacks
ether.fi announced a summer release featuring tokenized stocks, fiat rails, borrowing via Aave, and programmatic ETHFI buybacks.
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Sharplink Selects Lido for $200illion ETH Staking Allocation
Sharplink has selected Lido for a 200illion corporate ETH staking allocation, but deal details remain undisclosed.
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Andre Cronje links DeFi evolution to onchain finance
Andre Cronje connects the development of DeFi with a transition to onchain finance
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Copper Markets US Becomes FINRA Member and SEC Broker-Dealer
The U.S. arm of Copper has obtained FINRA membership status and registered as an SEC broker-dealer.
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Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan on Linking Revenue and Tokens
Matt Hougan expects the spread of revenue capture mechanisms in DeFi and layer-one networks over the next 12–24onths.
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Uniswap Team Renounced Creator Fees from Pools Test Tokens
TradePools stated that fees from Pools test tokens no longer go to Uniswap Labs and are instead directed to an ETH burn mechanism.
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Ondo Finance: Lawyers Link Control Fight to Succession Risks
Three crypto lawyers used the leadership struggle at Ondo Finance as an example of the risks posed by weak corporate governance and the absence of succession plans.
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BitGo to Replace CFO Following $19illion Loss
Revenue growth failed to prevent a quarterly loss as the company simultaneously prepares for a CFO change and expense reductions.
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Ethereum: Researchers Submit EIP-8361 Amid 34% Staking Rate
Researchers have proposed a mechanism linking the burning of validator rewards to the staking ratio.
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Инфляция в США замедлилась до 3,4%, биткоин у $64 000
Инфляционные показатели США совпали с ожиданиями, пока биткоин оставался около $64 000.
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Fidelity plans to add staking to ether ETF
Fidelity plans to include staking and quarterly payouts in its ether ETF, but available data does not disclose the timeline or terms of implementation.
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CFTC подала иск к Goliath Ventures из-за DeFi-схемы на $397 млн
CFTC filed suit over an alleged DeFi scheme; repayments to roughly 1 to 600 clients are handled through the bankruptcy estate.
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Blockchain Startups Turn Pokémon Cards Into Digital Assets
Blockchain startups are converting physical Pokémon cards into digital assets but face liquidity challenges.
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Public Companies Take Out Loans Backed by Bitcoin
Public companies are using bitcoin-backed loans to fund acquisitions and capital expenditures without selling the asset.
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Jupiter Launches Lend v2 for Trading Liquidity from Assets
Lend v2ies asset usage in trading liquidity to potentially higher yields.
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Solstice Finance Launches Strategy STRC Product on Solana
Solstice Finance has brought a product to Solana that splits income from Strategy preferred shares between two risk tiers.
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Standard Chartered Sets Benchmarks for Four DeFi Projects
Standard Chartered linked benchmarks for four DeFi projects to an industry growth forecast
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Bitfinex Blog described Bitcoin-based yield products
Bitfinex Blog linked the interest of Wall Street, DeFi developers, and corporate treasurers in Bitcoin yield products
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Ethereum proposed EIP-8363 for reducing issuance through staking
Critics say the staking initiative will affect DeFi, decentralization and institutional adoption of the network
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Hyperliquid Outpaced Crypto Pairs by Trading Volume with Real Assets
Stocks, indices and commodities contracts first surpassed crypto pairs in trading volume on Hyperliquid.
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SharpLink Opposes Ethereum Proposal to Burn a Growing Share of Validator Rewards
SharpLink objects to an Ethereum initiative affecting validator rewards and the base rate of liquid staking.
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Bitcoin: The Bitcoin futures basis yield trails U.S. Treasuries
The Bitcoin quarterly basis yield, according to CoinDesk, has lagged behind the yields of two-year U.S. Treasury bonds since February.
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ether.fi removes restaking from weETH and exits from EigenLayer
ether.fi is moving restaking from weETH to a separate token on Symbiotic, approaching an exit from EigenLayer.
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Aave and ether.fi Founders Oppose EIP-8363
Founders of Aave and ether.fi have opposed EIP-8363; a decision on reviewing the initiative is expected from Ethereum.
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Uniswap Launches Memecoin Launchpad on Robinhood Chain, Topped by $FRONG Token Minted Six Days Early
Uniswap launched Pools on Robinhood Chain, with FRONG emerging as the platform's leading token
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Ethereum proposes burning validator rewards as staking grows
EIP-8361 links the growth of the staking share to a reduction in validator rewards, with a complete cancellation of issuance at the 50% mark.
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Flare Approved FXRP as Collateral for RLUSD Lending on Ethereum
Flare's FXRP approved as collateral for RLUSD lending on Ethereum
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10x Research Names August as Timeline for Bitcoin Bottom Test
10x Research linked August to a potential bear market bottom for Bitcoin but warned of the risk of a Fed rate hike in September.
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Sygnum: Ethereum's Staking Queue Is Not a Pure Demand Signal
A bank analyst notes that the 43-day wait reflects network technical mechanisms, not just an influx of new investors.
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Uniswap and Morpho Launch 'Earn' Product for Asset Yield
The new service allows users to earn interest on simple crypto assets through Gauntlet-managed vaults.
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US Treasury yields rise as TIPS challenge the inflation narrative
Analysis of indexed bonds indicates a rise in real yields rather than inflation, creating pressure on Bitcoin.
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Uniswap Market Makers Begin Earning Lending Revenue Prior to Swaps
The launch of the DualPool hook enables market participants to earn yields on provided liquidity during idle periods.
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Uniswap v4 Introduces Permissioned Pools for Regulated Assets
A new hook standard allows issuers to control trading participation via smart contracts.