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Tron’s Sunperp Debuts as Perp DEX Competition Intensifies
Tron’s latest entrant in decentralized derivatives, Sunperp, has opened for traders, adding a new venue to a field crowded by perp players like Hyperliquid, Avantis, Aster, Dydx, GMX, and Jupiter. Sun...
Vitalik Buterin: Low‑Risk DeFi Could Be Ethereum’s “Search” Moment
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin argued in a blog post Sept. 21, 2025, that “low‑risk” decentralized finance (DeFi) could become for Ethereum what search was for Google, providing the primary, sust...
From Mempool Hunters to Math Proofs: Grvt’s $19M Onchain Play
Grvt just closed a $19 million Series A to fuse privacy and scale into onchain finance, pitching a zero-knowledge (ZK) exchange that makes institutional polish feel retail-friendly. Grvt’s $19M Lift T...
DeFi TVL Nears 2021 Peak as $160B Locks In
Decentralized finance (DeFi) TVL has climbed to $160.985 billion, nearing the $177.421 billion peak from November 2021, per defillama.com. DeFi TVL Eyes Its All-Time High Defillama shows total value l...
Defillama Criticizes Misleading RWA Metrics, Calls out Figure Co-Founder Allegations
0xngmi, founder of Defillama, has called out some companies for promoting what he called fake RWA metrics, replicating database movements onto blockchains to simulate activity. The post comes as an an...
Coinbase Welcomes Sensible Co-Founders in Corporate Lift-out
Sensible was an investment platform that allowed users to earn “up to 8%” yield on deposited crypto. Coinbase Makes Strategic Talent Grab, Acquires Team From Sensible The two co-founders of crypto inv...
Active Tokenized Private Credit Loans Near $16 Billion, APR Slips Below 10%
Active loans in tokenized private credit now top $15.95 billion, signaling rapid growth but also sharper fault lines in protocol performance. Loan Counts Fall as Tokenized Credit Market Consolidates T...
Linea Launches $1 Billion Token Incentive Program
Linea has launched Ignition, a ten-week incentive program distributing 1 billion LINEA tokens to boost liquidity across major DeFi protocols. Brevis ZK Proofs Drive Linea’s New Liquidity Rewards Progr...
Curve Finance Debuts New Pool for Foreign Exchange Trading
Curve Finance has launched FXSwap, a new type of cryptopool specifically designed for foreign exchange and low-volatility trading pairs onchain. Curve’s New AMM Design Aims to Bring Forex Markets Onch...
Chainlink and Solv Protocol Launch Secure Exchange Rate Feed
Solv Protocol and Chainlink have launched a new Secure Exchange Rate feed for the SolvBTC wrapped bitcoin asset hosted on Ethereum. Chainlink Proof of Reserve Tech Used for Solv Protocol’s Exchange Ra...
Apriori Raises $20M to Build Institutional-Grade Onchain Trading Infrastructure
Apriori Network Inc. announced that it has raised $20 million in a strategic funding round led by prominent participants including Hashkey Capital and Pantera Capital Management LP, with additional su...
Falcon Finance Launches $10M Onchain Insurance Fund
Falcon Finance has launched an onchain insurance fund with an initial $10 million contribution to enhance risk management and protect users of its USDf stablecoin ecosystem. $10M Backstop: Falcon Fina...