DeFi

Elon Musk said lenders have largely stopped financing specialist AI cloud companies without substantial revenue outside data centers, predicting consolidation among more than 200 neocloud providers.

Lido's Community Staking Module went live on October 23, enabling independent operators to run larger Ethereum validators with effective balances up to 2,048 ETH, requiring a 32 ETH bond for the first validator key.

Total stablecoin deposits into decentralized finance protocols have reached $24 billion, representing a 560.8% increase over three years. USDC leads with 38.2% of deposits, followed by USDT and USDe, as users increasingl...

Total value locked in DeFi protocols for tokenized stocks reached over $300 million in recent months, representing more than 2,400% growth year-over-year, with three blockchains and a single issuer dominating the activit...

Kraken began trading SFI on October 23, giving broader exchange access to the governance token of Saffron, a protocol that now centers its product around swapping Uniswap trading fees.

Wells Fargo, Cisco, Intuit, and five other major corporations have joined objections to tokenized stock trading on OKXICE TSV, bringing the total number of opposing companies to 22.

W Group, the ecosystem behind crypto exchange WhiteBIT, has backed derivatives provider SwapGlobal as it prepares to offer institutional pre-IPO derivatives contracts. The investment marks an expansion into private asset...

Aave Labs clarified that its proposed V3.8 reentrancy guard would exclude flash-loan entry points, allowing callbacks to continue invoking Pool actions including liquidations. The upgrade uses Ethereum's transient storag...

Sentora is managing borrowing markets for RLUSD, PYUSD and OUSD, setting collateral and risk rules within a governance-approved Aave V4 deployment.

BNB Chain led blockchain networks in tokenized stock trading during the third quarter, with volume surging 11-fold to $25.6 billion and supply reaching $1.13 billion, according to Blockworks data.

JUST has launched an upgraded JST buyback and burn mechanism that diversifies funding sources across three products and allocates $20.34 million in surplus capital for future token repurchases.

Broadridge's distributed-ledger repo platform processed an average of $359 billion per day in September, helping financial institutions coordinate short-term borrowing against securities more efficiently through tokenize...

DeepBook Protocol's DEEP token, a on‑chain central limit order book on the Sui blockchain, has fallen 86% from its April 2025 high and trades around $0.016. Analysts cite supply vesting, staking incentives and ecosystem ...

Uniswap has lost 25.75% of its value over the past month, but on-chain data reveals new wallets arriving at the fastest pace since November 2022, with 2,295 new UNI wallets created in a single day.

Pendle's recent protocol upgrades, including a 71% reduction in token emissions and an 80% revenue buyback program, are positioned to support price momentum through 2026 and beyond. Market analysts project varying price ...

Franklin Templeton has increased its tokenized fund position on the XRP Ledger by roughly $150 million, bringing its total sgBENJI holdings to nearly 193 million shares worth approximately $200 million.

The JUST ecosystem has expanded its JST token buyback mechanism to include revenue from GasFree alongside JustLend and USDD, while establishing a $50 million treasury reserve and deploying $20.34 million in surplus capit...

Franklin Templeton added approximately $150 million in shares of its tokenized money market fund to the XRP Ledger on Thursday, bringing the network's total holdings to nearly 193 million shares worth about $200 million....

Grayscale's analysis shows how token supply growth can offset staking rewards and buybacks, proposing earnings-based metrics to assess crypto protocol valuations beyond market narratives.

Papertrade is facing criticism for maintaining transfer restrictions on its PAPER token after accruing about $140 million in deposits, with experts warning of manipulation risks.