Ethena ($ENA) shot up by 18.0% in the past 24 hours, trading at $0.6864, as whales piled in. But with $4 million in longs gone, can the bulls survive a sell-wall showdown? This price jump comes after fresh capital and deals brought life back into Ethena, but charts now flash warning signs as the recovery…
Solana’s DEX ecosystem has had a very active month, fueled by a spike in new token listings, surging volume, and PumpSwap’s growing grip over trading flows. While SOL retreated to just below $180 after peaking above $205, the spike in activity across DEXs suggests that the retail-driven memecoin wave primarily powered the turnover. However, the…
Dragonfly managing partner Haseeb Qureshi revealed that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) will not bring criminal charges against the crypto venture firm, as Tornado Cash co‑founder Roman Storm’s federal trial in Manhattan neared its conclusion. Qureshi, whose investment firm backed several blockchain startups, wrote on social media that federal prosecutor Nathan Rehn told the…
Major oracle network RedStone, has launched its Atom oracle, which allows real-time liquidations and automated native MEV (Miner Extractable Value) capture for DeFi lending protocols. According to the press release shared with Cryptonews, RedStone Atom is “the first oracle with native liquidation intelligence.” LENDING SUPERCHARGED. RedStone Atom is live. The first oracle with liquidation intelligence,…
Linea, a Layer-2 network built on Ethereum, has introduced a comprehensive roadmap to strengthen its integration with the Ethereum ecosystem, according to a July 29 statement shared with CryptoSlate. At the heart of the plan is a new ETH-native staking system that enables bridged ETH to earn yield directly from Ethereum’s mainnet validators. This will…
Binance has launched RWUSD, a new principal-protected yield product offering up to 4.2% APR benchmarked against tokenized U.S. Treasury bills and other real-world assets. The offering aims to continue Binance’s plan to incorporate off-chain financial instruments into its Earn product suite while avoiding direct exposure to tokenized assets. Users can subscribe to RWUSD using stablecoins…
Venture capital firm Dragonfly said Friday that the U.S. government is weighing potential charges over its 2020 investment in PepperSec, the developer of Tornado Cash, marking a rare instance where federal prosecutors may target a venture investor for backing a crypto project. In a detailed statement, Dragonfly managing partner Haseeb Qureshi called the prospect of…
Between July 21 and 25, the total stablecoin market cap increased by $4.505 billion to reach $265.22 billion, a 1.73% expansion. Over the same timeframe, total value locked (TVL) in DeFi dropped from $140.804 billion to $135.934 billion, a 3.46% drawdown. While the rise in stablecoin supply could be interpreted as a sign of incoming…
Solana Labs and Jito Labs have been named as co-defendants in a newly amended federal lawsuit that accuses them of playing a central role in an alleged $1.5 billion fraud tied to the Solana-based memecoin launchpad Pump.Fun. The amended lawsuit, filed on July 22 by Burwick Law in the Southern District of New York, expands…
Solana-based tokenized stocks surpassed $100 million in market capitalization less than one month since their official launch on June 30. According to rwa.xyz data, the tokenized stock market on Solana is valued at nearly $102 million as of July 22, representing a 242% increase from its $29.8 million size at the debut date. This market…