Payments

Daya Raises $2.4M to Build Stablecoin Payment Stack for African Businesses

Daya, a stablecoin-native payments startup focused on African businesses, has raised $2.4 million in pre-seed funding, the company told Unchained on Wednesday. The round was led by Hivemind Capital, with participation from Lattice, Alliance and Globelink, and included a strategic……
Jun 24, 2026 • Editorial Desk
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DeFi

THORChain Resumes Trading After Month-Long Halt From $10.7M Exploit

The cross-chain DEX restored signing, churning, swaps, and LP actions Tuesday morning, six weeks after an Asgard vault breach drained…
Jun 24, 2026
DeFi

THORChain Resumes Trading After Month-Long Halt From $10.7M Exploit

The cross-chain DEX restored signing, churning, swaps, and LP actions Tuesday morning, six weeks after an Asgard vault breach drained…
Jun 24, 2026
Markets

CZ called Hyperliquid’s no KYC model “awesome” – Then mentioned lawyers

CZ praised the product, but his Galaxy remarks put the access model at the center of the next regulatory fight.…
Jun 24, 2026
Markets

StarkWare introduces 'Private KYC' to address personal data breaches

“Identity checks today ask for your whole document when they only need one fact,” Starknet said. Read Full Story at…
Jun 24, 2026
Regulation

Crypto PAC's $5.5 million Congress pick gets Maryland win, more crypto allies advance

The Fairshake super PAC supported Adrian Boafo in Maryland, plus other candidates in Maryland, New York and Utah as each…
Jun 24, 2026
Institutional

Congress Passes Fed CBDC Ban Through 2030, Sends Bill to Trump

Both chambers of Congress have passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which prohibits the Federal Reserve from issuing…
Jun 24, 2026
Markets

CFTC sues Kentucky after state’s prediction market lawsuits

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has sued Kentucky, now the ninth state the regulator is battling in its fight over…
Jun 24, 2026
DeFi

Goldfinch wind-down raises a hard question – can DeFi RWA survive real-world debt?

GIP-87 shows how tokenized lending can shift from yield growth to borrower workouts, legal administration, and governance-funded cleanup. The post…
Jun 24, 2026
DeFi

Ethereum’s much-hated staking 'tax' may already be obsolete

Ethereum’s latest “funding crisis” has triggered a fierce debate over whether to tax staking rewards or to pursue funding from…
Jun 23, 2026