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50 articlesDTCC eyes October tokenized securities launch with 50 DeFi and TradFi giants
With $114 trillion in custodied liquid assets, Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation looks to position tokenization as future of existing financial ...
ZIGChain Summit 2026 marks a defining moment for onchain finance as ecosystem unites around execution, partnerships
ZIGChain, the blockchain built to bring regulated investment products onchain for everyday users, today reflected on its second annual ZIGChain Summit...
‘Stablecoins’ are an outdated term from crypto’s early years: a16z
John Palmer, a developer and brand adviser, said it "feels like a bug" to call them stablecoins and that they should have a self-defined and non-react...
‘Stablecoins’ are an outdated term from crypto’s early years: a16z Crypto
John Palmer, a developer and brand adviser, said it "feels like a bug" to call them stablecoins and that they should have a self-defined and non-react...
The $292M crypto hack exposed DeFi's weak spots. Here’s what must change, insiders say
As Wall Street moves onchain, the year's biggest crypto hack and DeFi crisis is forcing a rethink of risk, security and market structure, industry ins...
The GENIUS Act opened the door for stablecoins, but regulators want to narrow it
Stablecoin issuers spent years asking Washington for clear rules, and now those rules are becoming the industry’s biggest barrier to entry The news ha...
DeFi can freeze stolen funds, but not everyone agrees it should
Crypto faces backlash for freezing stolen funds and for doing nothing, with expectations pulling in opposite directions Market participants are carefu...
DeFi protocol Carrot becomes first casualty of $285M Drift exploit
Carrot's total value locked has collapsed 93% in a month, from $28 million to $1 The news has rattled market participants, with bears looking to push ...
Sentora brings institutional DeFi to the public with the launch of its Smart Yield platform
Sentora has announced that Sentora Smart Yield is now publicly available, opening access to its DeFi vault discovery and monitoring platform to all us...
Centrifuge brings Apollo, Janus tokenized credit to Monad
The move expands DeFi institutional assets to include Wall Street heavy hitters Market participants are carefully weighing the implications, with the ...
Crypto hack losses top $630M in April, highest since February 2025
Losses from crypto hacks have topped $630 million in April across more than 25 hacks, with DeFi dominating major incidents and exploits accelerating d...
South Korea’s Shinhan Card taps Solana to test real-world stablecoin payments
Shinhan Card signed a deal with Solana Foundation to expand stablecoin payment tests and explore non-custodial wallets and DeFi-based services Market ...
Andre Cronje says DeFi is ‘no longer DeFi’ as builders debate circuit breakers
Flying Tulip’s Andre Cronje says circuit breakers can give teams time to respond during abnormal outflows, while Curve’s Michael Egorov warns they may...
DeFi shaken by $292 million hack, but showing resilience, Standard Chartered says
The AAVE-led response and new safeguards underscore the sector's maturity as the bank maintains its $2 trillion RWA outlook The news has rattled marke...
Judge rejects new trial for former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried
A federal judge slammed Sam Bankman-Fried’s request for a new trial as seemingly “a plan to rescue his reputation,” denying the former FTX boss’s requ...
RedStone launches settlement layer to address RWA liquidity gap in DeFi lending
A new system targets the mismatch between fast DeFi liquidations and slow asset redemptions, a key barrier to the use of tokenized assets in lending m...
Aave moves onto Solana as part of rescue efforts after latest $290M exploit hit DeFi hard
AAVE, the native token of the Aave DeFi platform, is now available on the Solana blockchain network The news has rattled market participants, with bea...
Scammers use Gmail dot alias trick to spoof Robinhood in phishing scam
Visiting the fake login website alone isn’t enough for hackers to gain entry to accounts The news has rattled market participants, with bears looking ...
Industry leaders are pouring hundreds of millions into a rescue plan for Aave users after massive crypto hack
The response to the DeFi recovery fund has quickly extended beyond Aave, and in some cases began with direct outreach Market participants are carefull...
Curve founder pitches market-based fix for $700K bad debt in contrast to Aave bailout
The plan allows trapped lenders to sell tokenized claims on deposits, offering buyers an option-like bet on CRV's recovery Market participants are car...