DeFi


Markets

ArbitrumDAO Incentivizes DeFi Growth With 24M ARB Token Rollout

Season one of the DAO's $40 million DeFi Renaissance Incentive Program (DRIP), is aimed to drive up DeFi in its ecosystem

Arbitrum Booth(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

SmartGold, Chintai Tokenize $1.6B in IRA Gold, Add DeFi Yield for U.S. Investors

The tokenized gold structure lets U.S. retirement investors earn yield on crypto protocols while keeping tax advantages.

gold bars (Philip Oroni/Unsplash+)

Markets

Trump-Linked World Liberty Team Floats Buyback-and-Burn Plan as WLFI Sinks

The Trump-linked DeFi project proposes using all liquidity fees to permanently reduce supply, as steep early losses highlight investor skepticism.

Eric Trump speaks at Consensus 2025 in Toronto (CoinDesk)

CoinDesk Indices

Crypto for Advisors: The Growth of Solana and Ethererum

Bitcoin leads the way, but a new wave of blockchains offers compelling opportunities with applications that are growing and generating revenues.

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Finance

Aave Labs Debuts Horizon to Let Institutions Borrow Stablecoins Against Tokenized Assets

The platofrm allows borrowing Circle's USDC, Ripple's RLUSD and Aave's GHO against a selection of tokenized funds, making real-world assets useful capital.

(Christian Dubovan/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

Hemi Labs Raises $15M to Expand Bitcoin Programmability

The Jeff Garzik–backed network adds fresh funding as it pushes to merge Bitcoin’s security with Ethereum’s flexibility for DeFi applications.

Jeff Garzik, co-founder of Hemi Labs (TEDx)

Markets

Ethereum DeFi Lags Behind, Even as Ether Price Crossed Record Highs

Institutional inflows are driving ETH's price highs, while retail DeFi activity remains subdued compared to previous cycles.

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Tech

Bitcoin Liquid Staking Gains Momentum as Lombard Launches BARD Token and Foundation

Lombard is attempting to make the world's original cryptocurrency into a more productive asset for DeFi functions

16:9 Liquid staking (ataribravo99/Pixabay)

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Finance

Hyperliquid Now Dominates DeFi Derivatives, Processing $30B a Day

A new RedStone report says Hyperliquid’s on-chain order book, HIP-3 market creation, and dual-chain design have propelled it to over 80% market share.

A trader sits in front of screens.

CoinDesk Indices

The Era of Real-World Assets DeFi Looping is Here

Looping is a proven DeFi strategy offering higher yields with transparent, managed risks and is set to become key in on-chain portfolios as tokenized RWAs grow, bridging traditional and decentralized finance, writes RedStone’s Marcin Kazmierczak.

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