DeFi
DeFi

SoFi and Kraken Parent Payward Link Banking Rails to Crypto Markets in 24/7 Settlement Deal

Payward will join SoFi’s round-the-clock dollar settlement network and list SoFiUSD on Kraken, while SoFi taps Kraken Prime for crypto…
Sep 4, 2026
DeFi

Uniswap Labs Bought Pons Token for 'Long-Term Alignment'

Pons said Uniswap Labs purchased its token “for long-term alignment” four weeks after Uniswap Labs put a rival launchpad on…
Sep 3, 2026
DeFi

Lighter Leads Perp DEX Token Rally

LIT rose 13% to $4.21 and has doubled in 30 days as traders position for a U.S. perpetuals opening that…
Sep 3, 2026
DeFi

Curve Hands Its Risk Mandate To Two Resupply Developers

veCRV holders backed yRisk with 536.9 million votes and none against, then funded the mandate on Sept. 2 with 125,000…
Sep 3, 2026
Data

CIAN Yield Layer TVL surges 9.4% to $0.28B

CIAN Yield Layer protocol TVL moved 9.4% in 24h to $0.28B. Category: Yield Aggregator. Active on Ethereum, Mantle, Arbitrum. Read…
Sep 2, 2026
DeFi

Nomura's Laser Digital Moves Into DeFi Fixed Income

Laser Digital will act as risk governor for lending markets built with Keyring Network, with the first markets readied for…
Sep 2, 2026
DeFi

North Korea’s $30M crypto cashout just handed legacy finance its best weapon to kill DeFi’s US debut

CME and ICE told Washington in May that Hyperliquid’s pseudonymous, always-on markets could let sanctioned state actors circumvent enforcement. On…
Sep 2, 2026
AI

TRON H1 2026 Strategy Report: Dual-Engine Growth via DeFi and AI Delivers Record Traction

Abstract: In H1 2026, TRON bucked broader market headwinds through a twin-track strategy: solidifying its core DeFi engine while aggressively…
Sep 2, 2026
DeFi

Strategy keeps STRC at 12% as Saylor has seven days to salvage the $10 billion Bitcoin yield product as costs spiral

Michael Saylor has roughly one week to orchestrate STRC’s return to its $100 par value by his informal Sept. 8…
Sep 2, 2026
DeFi

Sui DeFi protocol Full Sail to wind down after Switchboard incident

Full Sail is shutting down after an attacker removed about $91,000 from three vaults during a security incident linked to…
Sep 2, 2026