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Hasan (Hatu) Sheikh is the founder of Coin Terminal, a platform that positions itself as Web3’s most liquid primary market.…
TLDR Andre Cronje left DeFi in 2022 due to persistent SEC investigations into Yearn Finance SEC initially investigated potential securities…
Jupiter, Solana’s leading decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator, will use 50% of its protocol fee revenue to repurchase $JUP tokens, said…
TLDR: WLFI has invested $178.2 million across six different cryptocurrencies in just three days, bringing total holdings to $365.5 million…
TLDR Ethereum Foundation initiates major organizational changes amid community pressure and criticism Vitalik Buterin confirms ongoing reforms while rejecting aggressive…
TLDR: Coinbase and Morpho have partnered to offer Bitcoin-backed USDC loans up to $100,000 on the Base blockchain, with Bitcoin…
TLDR Sony launched Soneium, an Ethereum Layer 2 platform, after a successful testnet with 14 million users The network restricted…
TLDR Jupiter announces second “Jupuary” airdrop worth $575 million, distributing 700 million JUP tokens next week before January 25-26 Istanbul…
• Hyperliquid faced criticism over network centralization and validator selection
• Platform currently operates with 16 validators
• Critics raised concerns about closed-source code and limited API access
• Company denied allegations of selling validator seats
• Hyperliquid committed to making code open-source once stable
• DeFAI is emerging as a new segment combining AI agents with DeFi activities
• Messari projects DeFAI market cap could grow from under $1B to $25-50B by end of 2025
• Griffain, Neur, and Hey Anon are leading DeFAI launchpad projects
• Binance Labs is backing several unreleased AI agent projects including DIN and Gud.Tech
• MyShell has gained 200,000+ agents and 5M users before mainnet launch
TLDR Trump’s DeFi project World Liberty Financial has spent nearly $45M on various cryptocurrencies in December, including ETH ($30M), cbBTC…
TLDR: World Liberty Financial, backed by Trump family, purchased $12M worth of cryptocurrencies: $10M in ETH and $1M each in…
Decentralized finance, or DeFi, has exploded atop the Ethereum blockchain this year. In doing so, the sector’s top apps, like…
The global banking system, burdened by decades-old infrastructure, has struggled to keep pace with the demands of the digital age.…
TLDR Fifth Circuit Court ruled that immutable smart contracts can’t be sanctioned as property, favoring Tornado Cash TORN token surged…
TLDR Uniswap Labs launches record $15.5M bug bounty program for v4 core contracts Bounty payouts range from $2,000 to $15.5M…
TLDR: Solana’s DeFi TVL reached $5.7 billion in Q3, up 26% from Q2 Daily active users approaching 7 million, largely…
TLDR: Kraken plans to launch Ink blockchain in early 2025 as an Ethereum Layer 2 rollup Built on Optimism’s Superchain…
TLDR: MakerDAO considering abandoning Sky rebrand after lukewarm reception SKY token underperformed with only 8% of MKR tokens converted USDS…
TLDR Lido Finance expands to Optimism, allowing stETH deployment on the layer-2 solution Users can benefit from daily staking rewards…