DeFi
DeFi

BlackRock Files Likely-Final Amendment for Yield-Generating Bitcoin ETF With 65bps Fee, Launch Expected Soon

BlackRock filed a likely-final S-1 amendment for its iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF (BITA), a covered-call product with a 65bps…
Jun 11, 2026
AI

AI lender targets $650M test of one-day equipment loans on blockchain rails

The $650 million equipment-finance target gives RWAs a real-economy use case, but loan performance will still depend on underwriting, collateral,…
Jun 11, 2026
DeFi

Solana Exchange Raydium Hit With $1.34 Million Exploit as DeFi Attacks Grow

Solana-based decentralized exchange Raydium will repay the funds swiped in the $1.34 million exploit using its treasury. Read Full Story…
Jun 10, 2026
DeFi

On-Chain Tracking Revives Allegations That Hoskinson Sold 1.5B ADA in the 2021 Rally

An NFT creator published a thread claiming to trace large ADA flows to IOG-linked stake pool pledges from the 2021…
Jun 10, 2026
AI

MetaMask just gave AI agents a DeFi wallet with a leash

Agent Wallet lets software trade across DeFi, but every permission rule becomes part of the security boundary. The post MetaMask…
Jun 10, 2026
DeFi

Crypto Long & Short: Who answers the 3am call when DeFi breaks?

In this week’s Crypto Long & Short, Ben Nadareski writes that to win over big investors, DeFi builders must act…
Jun 10, 2026
DeFi

DeFi's Near-Death Moment | Mike Silagadze on Ether.fi, Security, and What Comes Next

How close did DeFi come to a real systemic collapse? In this episode, Camila Russo sits down with Mike Silagadze,…
Jun 10, 2026
DeFi

Botanix Shuts Down Bitcoin L2 Spiderchain After Four Years

Polychain-backed Botanix Labs is winding down its Spiderchain Bitcoin Layer 2 after a year of mainnet operation, citing insufficient demand…
Jun 10, 2026
DeFi

Wall Street is buying DeFi tokens again, even as everyone worries the code is unsafe

The total value locked (TVL) on DeFi fell from $172 billion to $148 billion as the sector logged $635 million…
Jun 10, 2026
DeFi

A 'Bitcoin DeFi' project just shut down with a brutal post-mortem: Users just didn't care

“It did not work,” Botanix said. “At lest not in this market and not in this timeline.” Read Full Story…
Jun 10, 2026