DeFi
DeFi

A $2 trillion asset class is getting a new blockchain rail

ADI Chain and Shipfinex are partnering to tokenize commercial ships, aiming to open the $680B ship-finance market to wider capital…
Aug 11, 2026
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Payments platform Decta explores stablecoin-enabled treasury settlement

Decta will use USDC through OpenPayd’s infrastructure for international treasury settlement, seeking faster transfers and more efficient liquidity management. Read…
Aug 11, 2026
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SharpLink posts $1B loss as its $1.7B Ethereum treasury could take 90 days to fully convert to cash

The six-month loss was predominantly non-cash, while the company estimates its full staking portfolio could take about 90 days to…
Aug 10, 2026
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South Korea puts crypto exchanges on a seven-day clock under new seizure rules

Civil creditors could compel custodians to freeze, disclose, transfer, swap and sell debtors’ assets if the rules advance. The post…
Aug 10, 2026
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TaoWeave promised to hoard TAO forever, but paying the bills just forced another crypto treasury sell-off of 3,959 TAO

The company expects further sales as needed, with no committed liquidity source independent of its digital assets. The post TaoWeave…
Aug 10, 2026
DeFi

Decentralization was the beginning. Call it onchain finance

The following is a guest post and opinion piece by Andre Cronje, Founder and CEO of Flying Tulip. Decentralization was…
Aug 10, 2026
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Solana lending giant Jupiter now lets the same dollar earn twice

The new Lend v2 product turns deposits and borrowed assets into trading liquidity, tying higher returns to whether Jupiter’s router…
Aug 10, 2026
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Japan aims to ease startup fundraising with looser lending rules

Japan aims to ease startup fundraising with looser lending rules Read the full story at Nikkei Asia →
Aug 10, 2026
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Solana gets its first Strategy STRC product through Solstice Finance

The Solana vault splits income from Strategy’s preferred stock into a lower-risk senior token and a higher-risk junior token. Read…
Aug 10, 2026
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Wall Street put $7B into tokenized funds, but under 1% is actually being used in DeFi

DeFi recorded 99 hacks in the second quarter of 2026, more than any quarter on record in DeFiLlama’s database. Real-world…
Aug 9, 2026