DeFi

Robinhood's Arbitrum-based Layer 2 blockchain recorded $10.47 billion in decentralized exchange volume in a single week, nearly doubling the prior week's activity and positioning the chain among major DeFi platforms.

Uniswap's daily UNI token burns reached $1.15 million for the first time, driven by increased activity on Robinhood Chain where the decentralized exchange accounts for 98% of trading volume.

Uniswap v4's rapid hook adoption highlights a shift towards customizable, efficient DeFi solutions, potentially reshaping liquidity management. The post Uniswap v4 hits over 90K hooks initialized and linked to deployed p...

NBA star LeBron James teased an upcoming partnership with prediction marketplace Polymarket in a video posted Saturday, as the sector logs billions in monthly trading volume.

A recent academic study explores how traditional tax-avoidance strategies adapted for decentralized finance can create hidden credit risks for lending pools.

Tether Gold (XAUT) is driving renewed interest in blockchain-based gold, with growing activity on decentralized exchanges, lending platforms, and futures markets as traders seek defensive assets and collateral alternativ...

Robinhood's stock tokens have reached 862,800 holders, surpassing Binance bStocks, while its Ethereum layer-2 network generates revenue at a $1.7 billion annualized pace.

Confidential Ripple slides shared by crypto researcher SMQKE describe gig-economy platforms as prime use cases for instant cross-border payments to overseas workers and suppliers.

CoinRabbit has received the Best Crypto Lending Platform 2026 award from International Business Magazine, recognizing the platform's lending services that have issued over $1.45 billion in loans since 2020.

Polymarket expanded its prediction market platform on September 3 with a new perpetual futures product offering leverage up to 20x across crypto, stocks, and commodities. U.S. traders remain restricted to a separate CFTC...

CoinRabbit has received the Best Crypto Lending Platform 2026 award from International Business Magazine, recognizing over $1.45 billion in loans issued since 2020 and the platform's no-rehypothecation policy.

CoinRabbit has been named Best Crypto Lending Platform 2026 by International Business Magazine, recognizing the platform's lending product that has issued more than $1.45 billion in loans since 2020.

Swift service provider Bottomline has partnered with Chainlink to enable blockchain-based payments for over 600 banks while maintaining compatibility with existing financial messaging standards.

Uniswap Labs purchased a stake in PONS as part of a partnership agreement, triggering a 40% surge in the token's price to a new record and driving significant trading volume on Robinhood Chain.

Uniswap Labs has purchased PONS, the token of a launchpad platform on Robinhood Chain, citing long-term alignment between the projects. The deal terms remain undisclosed, but PONS surged 17.5% following the announcement....

Rain Protocol has permanently burned 7.4 billion RAIN tokens following community approval of a settlement addressing coordinated activity in its Credit Refund program. The Rain Foundation committed $23 million in USDT to...

Flowra and Korea Gold Exchange Digital Asset have signed a memorandum of understanding to evaluate using KGLD, a gold-backed digital asset, as collateral for securing Solana validator operations, capitalizing on the grow...

EigenLayer has crossed 5 million ETH in restaking deposits across operators, combining native ETH and liquid staking token holdings. The milestone reflects rapid growth in the restaking sector, though analysts note the n...

Uniswap's v4 hook library has grown to include automated liquidity management capabilities, enabling developers to add custom logic to trading pools while introducing new considerations around smart contract risk.

Decentralized exchange volume surged roughly 9,260x from 2019 to 2025, but liquidity is now distributed across multiple blockchains and protocols, creating complexity for traders.