DeFi

The XRPL AI Hub has recorded nearly 4.5 million transactions while settling only 5,837 XRP tokens, highlighting the distinction between transaction volume and actual token demand.

The Cronos blockchain rolled back 1 hour 54 minutes of transaction history following an August 30 exploit of the Tectonic lending protocol, recovering approximately $111.2 million in affected funds while leaving $9.19 mi...

Polymarket's monthly trading volume fell to $8.41 billion in August, down from $12.89 billion in July, as the surge driven by World Cup betting interest faded. Rival Kalshi maintained stronger momentum, processing nearly...

The Institutes RiskStream Collaborative, representing over 30 insurance carriers and reinsurers, has joined Hedera's council to develop property risk tokenization technology, moving the project from proof of concept into...

The CEO of major fund administrator Apex Group argues that tokenization on blockchain infrastructure can connect wealth managers and family offices with institutional-grade private-market deals. The firm, which administe...

Uniswap founder Hayden Adams announced that the protocol's annualized UNI token burn rate has exceeded $250 million, driven by increased decentralized exchange volume on Robinhood Chain.

The XRP Ledger's XLS-66d lending amendment has gained support from 71.4% of validators, moving closer to the 80% threshold needed for activation. The amendment would introduce native uncollateralized lending primitives t...

Aave is considering a proposal to grant emergency Guardian powers that would allow lending pools to be frozen quickly during active exploits, balancing rapid response with transparency concerns.

An Arbitrum community proposal aims to disqualify three DeFi protocols from future DAO grant allocations citing reporting failures and misuse of prior incentives. The proposal remains at the discussion stage and is not y...

Two major banks demonstrated rapid settlement of a USD payment over the weekend using Swift's Digital Ledger, a blockchain platform designed to enable 24/7 financial transactions while traditional banking rails were clos...

A technical analysis of XRPL's lending protocol reveals that loan structure significantly affects how losses are distributed between brokers and depositors when loans default, despite identical reserve levels.

A Solana Foundation payment system designed to process over one million transactions per second can leave merchants unpaid even after delivering services, due to complex recovery procedures and timing constraints when op...

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin sees a 60% chance that advanced cryptographic technologies could eventually operate at less than 10 times the cost of ordinary computation, potentially reshaping privacy infrastructure...

Real-world asset perpetual futures trading surpassed $2 trillion in cumulative Q3 volume, more than doubling Q2's $1.2 trillion as decentralized exchanges gain ground over centralized platforms.

Retail borrowers nearly doubled their lending activity in 2026 while collateral choices shifted away from Bitcoin toward assets like Zcash, according to new data. BlackRock also lowered barriers to converting Bitcoin int...

Arbitrum's Watchdog Committee has given Good Entry, Limitless, and APX Finance a tentative September 10 deadline to address misuse findings or face off-chain votes on permanent exclusion.

Uniswap V4 has captured $59.1 million in tokenized-stock liquidity, representing 31% of the $192.6 million market. Rising protocol revenue is expected to accelerate UNI token burns once the fee switch activates.

Injective announced plans to build privacy capabilities into its layer-1 blockchain, targeting institutional-grade transactions, token issuance, and real-world asset functionality, though technical details remain undiscl...

Aave DAO voters are deciding whether to grant Risk Stewards limited control over V4 parameters on Ethereum and Avalanche, including no-delay emergency roles that cannot yet be used by current steward software.

Decentralized lending protocol Pencil Finance announced the completion of a $1 million student-loan cycle managed entirely on-chain, supporting thousands of students in Southeast Asia.