PayPal's PYUSD Adds $625M, Now 6th-Largest in DeFi
PayPal's stablecoin minted $625M since Nov. 10, lifting supply 22% in a week. PYUSD now holds just over 1% of the $303B market, mostly on Ethereum.
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1inch Opens Aqua to Builders, Targeting Liquidity Fragmentation With Strategy‑Ready AMMs
Developers can start experimenting with Aqua's SDK on GitHub and compete for bounties up to $100,000, while a public interface is planned for Q1 2026.
BlackRock's BUIDL Jumps to BNB Chain as Binance Switches On Collateral Utility
BlackRock's tokenized U.S. Treasury fund, BUIDL, is now live on BNB Chain and eligible to post as collateral on Binance—extending a $2.5B RWA produ...
Aztec Bets on Uniswap's New CCA for Token Debut, Pairing Fairness Caps with ZK Compliance
Aztec Network will launch its token through Uniswap Labs' Continuous Clearing Auction, opening registration Thursday at 10 a.m. EST and running bid...
Yield Magnet: Sky Savings Breaks $4B TVL as SKY Jumps 14%
Deposits into Sky's yield vaults have surged more than 60% in a month, propelling TVL past $4B and lifting SKY even as the broader market struggles.
Zero-Fee Perp DEX Lighter Surges to No. 1 as It Raises $68M at $1.5B Valuation
Backed by Founders Fund and Ribbit Capital, Lighter has vaulted ahead of rivals on daily and weekly trading volumes while onchain perps hit record ...
POPCAT Gambit Leaves Hyperliquid LP Vault Nursing ~$5M Loss; Bridge Auto‑Lock Briefly Engaged
An engineered POPCAT liquidation loaded Hyperliquid's HLP vault with roughly $25M in inventory, resulting in about a $4.9M loss and a short-lived A...
Dromos Labs Unveils "Aero" Super‑DEX to Unite Aerodrome and Velodrome, Eyes Ethereum and Circle's Arc by 2026
Dromos Labs will fold Aerodrome and Velodrome into a single cross‑chain DEX called Aero, with Base as the hub and early expansions to Ethereum main...
Ethena Opens Season 4 Payouts as ENA Bounces 9%
Ethena begins Season 4 payouts after weeks of delay. ENA ticks up 9% while TVL stays below peak. Here's what's claimable now and what's next.
LayerZero Buys $10M of ZRO, Token Jumps 11%
LayerZero snapped up $10M in ZRO, lifting the token as crypto teams increasingly return revenue to holders through buybacks and direct payouts.