DeFi
DeFi

Bitcoin’s first institutional bear market is starting to take shape and draining liquidity

In an institutional bear market, a Bitcoin ETF redemption is almost aggressively boring. An investor sells shares, an authorized participant…
Aug 8, 2026
DeFi

Japan’s top 3 banks boost foreign currency liquidity buffers to $1.25tn

Japan’s top 3 banks boost foreign currency liquidity buffers to $1.25tn Read the full story at Nikkei Asia →
Aug 8, 2026
DeFi

Domestic stablecoins could boost demand for dollar-backed tokens: IMF

IMF first deputy managing director Dan Katz says users may favor digital dollars for their liquidity, network effects and cross-border…
Aug 8, 2026
DeFi

Lightning Nodes Drained As BTCPay Server Users Race To Patch

Hardware wallet maker Foundation and the Bitcoin zine Citadel21 both said their nodes were swept, in some cases hours before…
Aug 7, 2026
DeFi

Solana Perp DEX Flash Trade to Wind Down Unless It Finds a Buyer

Any proceeds from a sale of the exchange’s tech stack, brand and IP go to FAF holders pro rata, with…
Aug 7, 2026
DeFi

SharpLink Opposes Ethereum Proposal to Burn a Growing Share of Validator Rewards

Joseph Chalom argues the draft would strip the base rate out from under roughly $35 billion in liquid staking token…
Aug 7, 2026
DeFi

Fierce backlash to Ethereum’s EIP-8363 staking proposal

Ethereum’s proposed EIP-8363 staking overhaul aims to reduce issuance, but critics say it could hurt DeFi, decentralization and institutional adoption.…
Aug 7, 2026
DeFi

Tokenized Asset Deposits Tripled to $7.4B as DeFi Shrank: CoinShares

Gold, Treasuries and the S&P 500 led the growth, in a year when spot volumes on decentralized exchanges fell by…
Aug 7, 2026
DeFi

Crypto market maker Wintermute launches US broker-dealer

Wintermute said the registration allows the firm to position itself for the growth of tokenized securities in the US. Read…
Aug 7, 2026
DeFi

Black Lake Launches Harbor Verify to Bring Verifiable Credit to Onchain Markets

Black Lake Digital Markets has launched Harbor Verify, a browser-based tool that lets investors, lenders, auditors, and rating agencies independently…
Aug 6, 2026