A CryptoSlate-built tracker has recognized no less than 109 crypto challenge shutdowns, wind-downs, or inactivity in 2026 as of Aug. 5. DeFi accounted for 28 of them, greater than some other sector. The rely captures a harsh cull throughout crypto. At the similar time, banks and cost networks are processing actual quantity on some managed blockchain…
A Bitcoin holder who needs much less draw back publicity at present normally sells the asset or shorts a perpetual futures contract, taking on funding prices and liquidation threat. On-chain options supply a 3rd path consisting of paying a set premium, preserving the Bitcoin, and handing the crash threat to whoever is prepared to worth…
A newly proposed Ethereum staking reward cut, outlined in Ethereum Improvement Proposal 8361 (EIP-8361), would decrease validators’ yield from 2.6% to about 1.2%, a 54% discount phased in over 18 months. The mechanism is a burn: validators lose a bigger share of their consensus reward as the overall quantity of staked ETH climbs, and the…
In a July 29 forum-stage proposal, Aave danger service supplier LlamaRisk beneficial winding down the decentralized lender’s V3 deployments on Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium, and Aptos. The plan would put $4.1 million of debt on a staged exit path that retains current positions open throughout the preliminary step. The Aave Request for Final Comments,…
(*11*)Ethereum has turned 11, and the community’s birthday arrives with a really Ethereum-style contradiction: it’s nonetheless one of the necessary settlement layers in crypto, however its base-chain income has cooled sharply. (*11*)The validated July 31 notes present Ethereum internet hosting roughly $148.8 billion in stablecoins and round $15.5 billion in tokenized real-world property. At the…
Granite Protocol has been listed on Borrow on Bitcoin, including one other lending route for customers who need to put Bitcoin-linked collateral to work with out leaving the broader Bitcoin DeFi stack. The itemizing facilities on Granite’s Stacks-based lending market, the place customers can deposit sBTC collateral and borrow USDCx. The validated notes level to…
A two-minute worth shock in a Hyperliquid market tied to South Korea’s SK Hynix has put the mechanics and oversight of equity-linked perpetuals below scrutiny. SKHX, a TradeXYZ-operated perpetual on Hyperliquid that tracks the US greenback worth of 1 Korean SK Hynix share, briefly sank to $927 throughout South Korea’s pre-market window earlier than recovering…
Tom Lee has referred to as Lighter (LIT) a breakout success and a essential piece of Ethereum’s infrastructure. The remarks observe a new Bankless interview with the alternate’s founder. Lee isn’t any informal voice right here. He chairs BitMine, which calls itself the world’s largest Ethereum treasury. The agency holds 5.79 million ether. Bitmine Ethereum…
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has warned that crypto vaults might face federal securities-law scrutiny when folks management how property earn yield. Morpho Vault V2 gives a transparent case examine as a result of its structure divides the similar powers Peirce highlighted. Curators select the technique and appoint allocators, whereas allocators transfer property inside these limits….
Chainlink drew greater than $7 billion of token worth onto its cross-chain infrastructure within the second quarter as institutional adoption accelerated, in accordance to its second-quarter review. The migration got here as crypto initiatives changed older bridging programs and traditional-finance companies moved deeper into tokenized markets, increasing Chainlink’s function throughout each side of the digital-asset…