News Archive
Browse retained market reporting from the past 30 days.
CryptoSlate
Full Sail confirmed vault losses, Virtue reported 47 liquidations and Volo paused withdrawals while Sui and IOTA remained online.
Crypto Briefing
Robinhood's blockchain success highlights a shift towards decentralized finance, potentially transforming traditional stock trading dynamics. Robinhood Crypto chain total tokenized value surpasses $70M.
Crypto Briefing
Integrating tokenized junk bonds into DeFi lending could enhance liquidity access for institutional investors, reshaping traditional finance dynamics. Securitize's HINC token accepted as collateral on Loopscale, bringing junk bonds to DeFi lending.
Crypto Economy
Binance said September 1 that it launched physically settled stock options on more than 1,000 U.S.-listed stocks and ETFs for eligible users outside the United States. The rollout adds calls and puts to its TradFi stack, making defined-risk equity options the latest bridge between crypto-native accounts and traditional markets.
Crypto news
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.
Crypto news
DeFi Development priced 2.2 million CHAD preferred shares at $9 each, with proceeds potentially supporting additional Solana purchases.
Cryptopolitan
According to a post on X by the investment firm Dialectic on August 31, their Starloop vault is set to launch in September 2026, providing holders of tokenized SpaceX exposure the opportunity to utilize credit to earn yield via DeFi without having to sell the tokens.
Crypto Economy
The aggregate capitalization of the sector exceeds $200 billion, with USDT and USDC concentrating the majority of that liquidity. Behind this digital payments infrastructure exists a business model that operates on logic distinct from that of DeFi protocols or exchanges.
Bitcoin
Robinhood Chain posted record decentralized exchange (DEX) activity at the end of August, with daily DEX volume reaching $875 million. Tokenized equities are emerging as a major source of that growth, giving DeFi venues and blockchain infrastructure a new stream of trading activity. Robinhood Chain Processes 5.
Crypto Briefing
Grok Bot's rapid automation could redefine developer productivity, pushing AI companies to prioritize speed and efficiency in tool design. Grok Bot transforms coding tasks as a16z investor calls it a ChatGPT moment.
CryptoSlate
Malicious actors exposed two decentralized finance (DeFi) lenders to over $84 million in losses over four days, using variations of a price-manipulation strategy previously targeted by US regulators. The larger incident hit Tectonic on the Cronos blockchain, where security firm GoPlus estimated roughly $75 million was affected.
CoinPedia
Galaxy Digital Inc. (NASDAQ: GLXY) is back at a valuation level that could define its next major move. After sliding nearly 50% from its $45.
Cointribune
DeFi is rapidly recovering. The SoSoValue crypto index $DEFI.ssi has gained nearly 38% since August 17, rising from 0.3616 to around 0.498 after peaking at 0.511.
Crypto Briefing
DeFi's shift towards revenue distribution highlights maturation but raises concerns over governance, efficiency, and long-term value alignment. DeFi protocols increase dividend and buyback distributions as sector matures.
CryptoPotato
DeFi's latest rally reflects growing expectations that protocol economics could matter more in token valuations.
CryptoTicker
Between August 28 and 29, 2026 roughly $775,400 drained out of seven Ethereum pools of the lending protocol Ajna v2. Because the contract is immutable and has no governance, there is no pause button: users have to withdraw themselves.
Crypto Briefing
The surge in tokenized equities highlights a shift towards decentralized finance, challenging traditional markets with 24/7 trading and new risks. Tokenized equities transfer volume surges to $23B as holder count doubles in a single month.
Crypto Briefing
Robinhood Chain's rapid growth highlights the potential for regulated brokerages to reshape DeFi, merging traditional finance with crypto innovation. Robinhood Chain daily DEX volume hits new all-time high as memecoins and tokenized stocks collide.
Tokenpost
The adoption of tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) in decentralized finance remains difficult to measure, with 2026 estimates ranging from below 1% to nearly 20%. While each figure can be supported by available data, the wide gap largely reflects differences in what researchers count as both tokenized assets and active DeFi usage.
Crypto Economy
The meeting held at the White House on Wednesday, August 19, delivered an important political signal for the digital asset industry: Washington is increasingly treating crypto as an integrated part of the U.S. financial infrastructure.