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Identity verification is becoming a core part of the DeFi stack as developers look to embed reusable credentials, privacy-preserving proofs and compliance checks directly into lending, payments, stablecoins and tokenized asset platforms. As decentralized finance expands into lending, payments, stablecoins…
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Protocol 26 tightened the smart contract layer, Protocol 27 is bringing automated market making to testnet, and a decentralized exchange is planned for September; the token has not moved above nine cents. Pi Network has been shipping infrastructure at a…
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XRP rallied 37% in August on a wave of record ETF inflows. The market is pricing momentum. It is not pricing the Sept. 11 mainnet upgrade that hardens Vaults, AMMs, and the Lending Protocol for institutional use. The anatomy of…
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A two-month-old Layer 2 built by a stock brokerage is now processing more daily decentralized exchange volume than chains that have existed for years, and the market is only beginning to pay attention. How Robinhood built a top-five chain in…
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A research paper published this week quantifies what happens when bank deposits move at blockchain speed. The number is large enough to reshape how banks fund the economy, and the crypto industry is building the pipes without acknowledging the consequences.…
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Stellar’s tokenized real-world asset market has climbed from about $785 million in January to more than $3 billion in July, while only just over $2 million has entered Blend pools that accept RWAs. Stellar’s RWA market has crossed $3 billion…
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Chainlink has introduced price feeds for four Coinbase tokenized stocks on Base, giving DeFi protocols the data needed to assess NVDAc, METAc, AAPLc, and GOOGLc as collateral. Chainlink feeds support tokenized stock collateral Chainlink said in an Aug. 26 X…
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Mantle has expanded its real-world asset yield business into DeFi with a non-custodial stablecoin vault after its Bybit-based product crossed $200 million in assets under management. According to Mantle’s Aug. 25 X thread, the new product is available through Fluxion…
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An attacker bought a controlling stake in a DAO governance token for less than $1,000, passed malicious proposals, and drained $8.5 million from strategy vaults. The exploit exposes a vulnerability that most DeFi protocols have not patched. The math is…
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RWA deposits reached $7.4 billion as tokenized asset trading and collateral use expanded despite a broader decline across DeFi markets.
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The biggest single day ETH move in two years did not trigger the liquidation cascade. But the concentrated staking correlation trade on Aave is one bad day from unwinding. The number that matters from Aug. 20 is not 18%. It…
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The Commission published 400 pages of token offering rules while Congress left town. If both frameworks survive, they will contradict each other on the questions that matter most. The timing was not subtle. On Aug. 7, 2026, the United States…
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The Kelp DAO bridge exploit did not just steal $292 million. It triggered the largest infrastructure migration in DeFi history, and the math shows LayerZero may never recover the lost ground. On April 18, 2026, an attacker forged a cross-chain…
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Arthur Hayes has proposed allocating roughly 20% of Flop Network’s FLOP token supply to testnet participants over 10 years as part of a self-funded decentralized computing network for artificial intelligence agents. Arthur Hayes said in an Aug. 19 Substack article…
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Interstice Digital has launched a non-custodial cross-chain swap engine with FalconX that connects the Canton Network with Ethereum, Solana, and Robinhood Chain while using FalconX to supply liquidity. Interstice Digital said in an Aug. 18 announcement that the engine lets…
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Galaxy Digital slashed its passage odds to 10%. Polymarket fell from 82% to under 20%. The bill that was supposed to give the $2.28 trillion industry a permanent regulatory framework is running out of calendar, votes and political goodwill. Here is what went wrong and what replaces it if it fails.
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