DeFi
Rain Adds Mastercard Support As $1.95B Stablecoin Startup Targets On-chain Settlement
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Rain, a $1.95B-valued stablecoin infrastructure firm, is adding Mastercard support to extend its Visa-based model and pl... Read more
Tether Gold Market Cap Tops $3.3B As Reserves Jump 36% In Q1 2026
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Tether’s latest attestation shows its Tether Gold token, XAU₮, swelling to more than $3.3 billion in value on the ba... Read more
Canada To Launch $25B Canada Strong Fund — Crypto Asks If Bitcoin Is Next
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Canada’s new C$25B Canada Strong Fund aims to back “nation‑building” projects, but crypto circles instantly seiz... Read more
Stablecoins Quietly Out‑settle Visa As Coinbase Crowns Them The Internets Real Money
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Coinbase says stablecoins settled $33T in 2025, eclipsing Visa’s $16.7T and turning on‑chain dollars into the intern... Read more
Can Solanas DeFi United Aave Bailout Stop SOL Drifting Below The Mid‑80s?
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Solana lends USDT to Aave and onboards AAVE after the KelpDAO exploit, as SOL chops in the mid‑$80s and markets ask if... Read more
Circle Quietly Plugs Aaves Hole As DeFis Kelp Shock Tests USDC Strategy
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Circle Ventures snaps up AAVE days after a $293M KelpDAO exploit, shoring up Aave’s bad‑debt shock while Washington ... Read more
TRUMP Memecoin Gala Returns To Mar‑a‑Lago At Fire‑sale On‑chain Prices
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Trump’s second Mar‑a‑Lago TRUMP memecoin gala goes ahead as the token crashes, turning “exclusive” on‑chain ... Read more
The Blocks New CEO Bet: Azukis Steve Chung And A $10M Institutional Push
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The Block taps ex‑Azuki COO Steve Chung as CEO and takes another $10M from Foresight Ventures, doubling down on an ins... Read more
Why Moving IP On-chain Is Right For The Entertainment Industry
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Onchain IP turns static, illiquid rights into transparent, tradable assets, letting games like My Pet Hooligan convert f... Read more
Consensys And Joseph Lubin Deploy 30K ETH For RsETH Recovery
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Consensys and Joseph Lubin pledge up to 30K ETH to DeFi United’s rsETH rescue stack, shoring up Aave and DeFi after Ke... Read more
Whale Accumulates 72K HYPE Worth $30.6M
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Whale pulls 72K HYPE off Gate.io, expanding a $168M stash as spot buyers face off against crowded leveraged shorts aroun... Read more
Tokenization Firm KAIO Raises $8m From Tether To Scale On-chain Funds
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KAIO raises $8m from Tether to bring BlackRock‑style funds onchain with $100 tickets. Abu Dhabi-regulated tokenization... Read more
Grinex Hack Blows A Hole In Russias Sanctions‑evading Crypto Lifeline
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A suspected state‑linked $13m hack has shuttered sanctioned Russian crypto exchange Grinex, cutting a major ruble‑to... Read more
Nasdaq Slip Tests Cryptos Decoupling Story As BTC And ETH Hold Up
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Nasdaq drops 1% and the S&P 500 0.6%, but Bitcoin near $75k and Ethereum around $2.3k show crypto holding up better ... Read more
ETH Whale With $44.6m In Gains Doubles Down On Leveraged Longs
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A whale who made $44.61m on leveraged ETH in two months has topped up a long to 30,000 ETH around $2,288, turning profit... Read more
Trumps Iran Bomb Warning Puts Oil, Bitcoin And Crypto Risk Back In Play
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Trump’s threat of “lots of bombs” if the Iran ceasefire lapses feeds straight into Bitcoin’s war‑driven volati... Read more
Kelp DAO Blames LayerZero Defaults For $290m RsETH Bridge Disaster
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Kelp DAO says a LayerZero “default” single‑validator setup helped enable a $290m rsETH bridge hack, forcing a mess... Read more
U.S. CLARITY Act Stablecoin Bill Faces May Delay Amid Bank Pushback
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U.S. CLARITY Act faces a May delay as banks fight stablecoin yields, clashing with a White House report that says the le... Read more
Altcoin Rotation Favors Throughput Over Clever DeFi Narratives
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2026’s altcoin rotation is skipping meme narratives and flowing into XRP, BNB, Solana, TRON and Hyperliquid, as trader... Read more
Crypto Hacks Top $600m In April As Market Prices In Security Tax
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April has already seen over $600m stolen across DeFi, bridges and wallets, turning security from a protocol‑level conc... Read more
