A $3.5 million exploit just proved that liquid staking protocols are still the soft underbelly of crypto infrastructure. Volo Protocol, a Sui-based liquid staking platform, lost roughly $3.5 million from its WBTC, XAUm, and USDC vaults in an exploit
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DoorDash just made stablecoins useful for something other than trading jpegs. DoorDash partnered with Tempo blockchain to integrate stablecoin-powered payment infrastructure, alongside Stripe, Paradigm, Coastal Bank, and ARQ
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Prediction markets are worth billions, but the crypto one just got a $7 billion haircut. Polymarket is raising $400 million at a $15 billion valuation, a steep discount to rival Kalshi's $22 billion mark
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Self-custody wallets just got serious about derivatives, and the timing tells you everything about where regulation is heading. Blockchain.com integrated Hyperliquid to bring perpetual futures trading directly into its DeFi wallet, covering 190+ crypto markets with no custodial handoff.
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Crypto exchanges just turned private equity into a tradable asset class with leverage, and SpaceX is the guinea pig. BTCC launched SPACEXUSDT perpetual futures with 50x leverage, while Bitget opened IPO Prime with Republic to offer Solana-based tokens tied to pre-IPO companies
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One in three European investors will leave their bank if a competitor offers better crypto access, and traditional institutions just realized they're in a retention war they didn't see coming.
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DoorDash just made stablecoins boring, which means they finally matter. DoorDash is rolling out stablecoin payouts to drivers globally through Tempo, a blockchain payments network backed by Stripe Stripe, Coastal Bank, and ARQ are also deploying stablecoin payment flows on Tempo alongside DoorDash
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The UK just stopped treating stablecoins like experimental tech and started treating them like pounds. HM Treasury proposed unifying UK payments rules to cover traditional payment services, stablecoins, and tokenized deposits under one framework during London's Fintech Week.
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Twelve European banks just decided the dollar's reign over crypto rails needs competition. The Qivalis consortium, backed by BBVA, BNP Paribas, ING, UniCredit and eight other major European banks, is launching a euro-denominated stablecoin with Fireblocks handling custody infrastructure
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A Korean software giant just turned 20 tons of physical gold into digital tokens, and it's about to make buying gold as easy as sending a text message.
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A $292 million exploit just proved that DeFi's composability is also its kill switch—and one wallet got out with $274 million before everyone else could. A KelpDAO bridge exploit drained $292M in rsETH, creating $200M in bad debt on AAVE's wETH pool when the token went to zero
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The Bank for International Settlements just called stablecoins ETFs in disguise, and that changes everything about how they'll be regulated. The BIS says stablecoins function more like ETFs than actual money, challenging the entire premise of what the $300 billion stablecoin market claims to be.
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Tether just bought a piece of the machinery that keeps Bitcoin running, and it's not done shopping. Tether acquired an 8.2% stake in Antalpha, a Bitcoin mining finance platform The move extends Tether's buying spree into crypto infrastructure, on the same day it announced an investment in Kaio
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Polymarket just went from crypto curiosity to Wall Street darling, and now it wants another $400 million to prove prediction markets can eat the financial world.
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Tether just wrote an $8 million check to make UAE institutional capital flow on blockchain rails, and it's the clearest signal yet that tokenization is moving from PowerPoint to production.
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Coinbase just made your bitcoin and ether work for you in the UK, no sale required. Coinbase launched USDC borrowing in the UK, letting users borrow up to $5 million against bitcoin, ether, and cbETH collateral.
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Mastercard just started testing stablecoin settlement for card transactions, and it's the clearest signal yet that the rails underneath global payments are about to get rewritten.
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Stablecoins aren't just for payments anymore. They're becoming balance sheet weapons that turn treasury drag into yield. Paxos Labs raised $12M to help companies issue their own stablecoins and capture yield previously lost to banks and payment processors
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Moody's just told banks they can stop worrying about stablecoins eating their lunch, which means stablecoins are probably closer to eating their lunch than anyone thinks.
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Tether just launched a self-custody wallet that supports USDT, Bitcoin, and tokenized gold, betting that ordinary people will finally want to hold their own keys.
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