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Grayscale calls Solana ‘crypto’s financial bazaar’: Does the data back it up?

We test the thesis on users, fees, and UX—and the SVM moat using primary datasets.

3 months ago

A bright, cinematic 16:9 scene shows a glossy Visa card transforming into glowing blockchain rails that route programmable stablecoin payments to a phone wallet and point-of-sale terminal, with USDC-like coins flowing through vivid blue, cyan, gold, and magenta nodes.

Crypto

Can Visa’s $670B bet on programmable money rewrite global credit?

Visa’s new paper pitches stablecoin-powered lending to over 15,000 banks: here’s what the data says and what would have to change next.

3 months ago

luminous Solana LST coins (mSOL, jitoSOL, bSOL) flowing as neon streams into a central SOL router ring, with a cityscape and data panels behind and a stylized Ethereum stack to the side hinting at liquidity shifting from L2s.

DeFi

Can Solana’s $11.6B staking reboot pull liquidity from Ethereum’s L2s?

Solana just got its missing staking layer, and it might finally make liquid staking as easy as swapping SOL.

3 months ago

a giant glass padlock of collateral at center with neon data arcs connecting isolated bubble-like perp markets guarded by validator shields over a sunlit skyline.

Derivatives

Anyone can now create Hyperliquid perp contracts with $20M: Is DeFi about to break?

Listing anything is easy; risk and liquidity are hard, and here’s the model.Hyperliquid’s HIP-3 removes gatekeepers by letting anyone launch perpetuals if they stake $20 million. It’s either DeFi’s boldest safety experiment, or its next stress test.

3 months ago

Exchanges

Crypto.com CEO urges regulators to probe exchanges with the most liquidations

Kris Marszalek believes regulators need to hold exchanges accountable and “conduct a thorough review of fairness of practices.”

3 months ago

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Slate Sunday

Build it and they will come may not be enough for Bitcoin DeFi

There's a thriving ecosystem called Bitcoin DeFi (BTCFi for those in the know). The only problem? As 65% of Bitcoin holders can't name a single protocol, not that many people are in the know.

3 months ago

CZ stands between matte Aster and Hyperliquid logos as warm privacy panels face a cool wireframe order-book grid in a bright, cinematic split-tone scen

DEX

CZ says Aster’s privacy beats Hyperliquid’s transparent order books

CZ attributed BNB's recent meme explosion to an unplanned Mid-Autumn Festival post, and outlined his investment thesis favoring privacy-focused perpetual DEXs over transparent alternatives.

3 months ago

A bright daytime scene shows the U.S. Capitol with glowing teal “crypto rails” and red regulatory ribbons converging on merging tracks toward a golden justice scale, flanked by a brass padlock with a fingerprint chip and Ethereum/DeFi logos to symbolize the fight over control of U.S. crypto infrastructure.

In Focus

Will the Senate’s leaked DeFi bill drain what’s left of US liquidity?

The proposed Senate bill seeks to impose KYC on DeFi, sparking fears of an exodus to offshore liquidity platforms.

4 months ago

A bright, cinematic 16:9 scene shows glowing AMM curves, Uniswap and Ethereum logos, and layered on-chain charts surging across a stylized cityscape to symbolize DEX-led price discovery.

DEX

Decentralized exchanges post record $1.43 trillion Q3 volume

The figure represents a 43.6% increase from the $1 trillion registered in the second quarter, and surpasses the previous record of nearly $1.2 trillion set between January and March.

4 months ago

Daylight, photorealistic plaza scene shows a Coinbase-branded phone bridging tokens across a glowing Base pillar into a web of DEX nodes with 1inch and 0x liquidity icons and a locked wallet, symbolizing non-custodial swaps and early access on a decentralized rail.

Exchanges

Coinbase brings DEX trading to US users as CEXs go DeFi

As liquidity migrates on-chain, major exchanges are racing to merge CEX speed with DeFi control.

4 months ago

A brightly lit server room frames a large Ethereum emblem atop a pressure gauge pinned into the red as warm gold inflow streams meet red-orange outflow lines beside validator racks flashing teal and red alarms.

Staking

Ethereum’s $11B staking withdrawal delays ignite concerns over systemic vulnerabilities

With Ethereum validator exits delayed up to 42 days, ecosystem analysts warn of potential DeFi ripple effects.

4 months ago

Slate Sunday

The ultimate battlefield: 1inch cofounder Sergej Kunz is coming for centralized exchanges

1inch co-founder Sergej Kunz is transforming DeFi by uniting fragmented liquidity, pioneering seamless cross-chain swaps, and laying the groundwork for a UX to render centralized exchanges obsolete.

4 months ago

#	Name	Price	24H %	Mcap
1	Wrapped Bitcoin WBTC	$66,036.62	+0.98%	$10.12B
2	Chainlink LINK	$12.41	+0.89%	$8.78B
3	Wrapped eETH weETH	$3,743.58	+1.5%	$5.7B
4	Dai DAI	$1.00	-0.01%	$5.36B
5	Avalanche AVAX	$12.40	+1.99%	$5.35B

DeFi News

Grayscale calls Solana ‘crypto’s financial bazaar’: Does the data back it up?

Can Visa’s $670B bet on programmable money rewrite global credit?

Can Solana’s $11.6B staking reboot pull liquidity from Ethereum’s L2s?

Anyone can now create Hyperliquid perp contracts with $20M: Is DeFi about to break?

Crypto.com CEO urges regulators to probe exchanges with the most liquidations

Build it and they will come may not be enough for Bitcoin DeFi

CZ says Aster’s privacy beats Hyperliquid’s transparent order books

Will the Senate’s leaked DeFi bill drain what’s left of US liquidity?

Decentralized exchanges post record $1.43 trillion Q3 volume

Coinbase brings DEX trading to US users as CEXs go DeFi

Ethereum’s $11B staking withdrawal delays ignite concerns over systemic vulnerabilities

The ultimate battlefield: 1inch cofounder Sergej Kunz is coming for centralized exchanges

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Grayscale calls Solana ‘crypto’s financial bazaar’: Does the data back it up?

Can Visa’s $670B bet on programmable money rewrite global credit?

Can Solana’s $11.6B staking reboot pull liquidity from Ethereum’s L2s?

Anyone can now create Hyperliquid perp contracts with $20M: Is DeFi about to break?

Crypto.com CEO urges regulators to probe exchanges with the most liquidations

Build it and they will come may not be enough for Bitcoin DeFi

CZ says Aster’s privacy beats Hyperliquid’s transparent order books

Will the Senate’s leaked DeFi bill drain what’s left of US liquidity?

Decentralized exchanges post record $1.43 trillion Q3 volume

Coinbase brings DEX trading to US users as CEXs go DeFi

Ethereum’s $11B staking withdrawal delays ignite concerns over systemic vulnerabilities

The ultimate battlefield: 1inch cofounder Sergej Kunz is coming for centralized exchanges

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