SushiSwap names Alex McCurry; SUSHI falls 12%
Jared Grey is handing day-to-day control of SushiSwap to Synthesis founder Alex McCurry after a fresh investment, while SUSHI slides 12% amid a wea...
DeFi
Tokenized Gold Rises as Bitcoin Falls and DeFi Cools
Bitcoin drops 24% and DeFi TVL sinks, but tokenized gold keeps climbing. Tether Gold and Paxos Gold now lead a $3.63B on-chain commodities market.
Kinetiq's KNTQ Launches at $130M FDV on Hyperliquid
Kinetiq's KNTQ debuts at $0.13 on Hyperliquid with ~$130M FDV, while TVL drops 60% from October's peak as airdrop activity fades and rewards shift.
MegaETH Refunds USDm Deposits After Multisig Error
MegaETH will refund USDC from its USDm pre-deposit after a multisig slip. A new audited contract will process returns, with rewards still expected.
Tether Slams S&P as USDT Gets Lowest Stability Score
S&P cut USDT to its weakest stability score, citing more risky reserves and Bitcoin exposure. Tether's CEO fired back, but traders barely reacted.
Hyperliquid Sparks Outcry, Gives MON Ticker to Monad
Hyperliquid moved the MON label on its site to Monad, renaming Pixelmon's token MONPRO. On-chain names didn't change, fueling decentralization conc...
Hyperliquid Fee Cut Lifts TradeXYZ to $540M Day
Hyperliquids 90% fee drop sent tokenized stock trades to $540M, led by TradeXYZ. Next test: Nov. 29 HYPE unlocks and a $91M unstake.
Klarna Unveils Stablecoin on Stripe's Tempo Network
Klarna launches KlarnaUSD to speed cross‑border payments, plugging into Stripe's Tempo and Bridge. Stablecoin volumes now top $27T–$52T a year.
Monad Goes Live as Coinbase Lists MON Near $0.025
Monads Layer 1 mainnet is live and MON began trading on major exchanges. After a quick 14% jump, the token hovered near its ICO price around $0.025.
Court Blocks Maple's Bitcoin Yield Launch in Core Dispute
A Cayman court ordered Maple Finance to pause syrupBTC after Core alleged an exclusivity breach. The fight shows DeFi deals still run through real ...
Dinari Brings Tokenized Stocks Across Chains via LayerZero
Dinari links tokenized U.S. stocks to LayerZero, letting dShares move across four blockchains today. 200 equities are live, with 150+ chains on deck.
Crypto Lending Sets Record; DeFi Takes 63% Share
Galaxy Digital reports a $14.5B jump in Q3 borrowing, lifting crypto loans to a record $73.6B. DeFi leads gains, but CeFi opacity may inflate totals.
Securitize Deploys on Plume; Solv Commits $10M
Securitize will list Hamilton Lane funds on Plume's Nest, linking tokenized assets to 280,000 RWA users as Solv plans up to $10M in vaults.
Polymarket Eyes $12B Value as Trading Hits New Highs
Polymarket chases a $12B valuation after a trading surge. November could beat October's $3B volume, even as odds of a 2025 US launch fall.
Zcash Holders With Old Coins Hit Ledger Roadblock
Zcash's rally hits a snag as Ledger won't sign some pre-2018 transactions. A fix is planned for Q2 2026 after user complaints over dropped support.
USDC Cross-Chain Boost: Circle Launches xReserve
Circle's xReserve lets blockchains mint USDC-backed tokens that move natively, cutting reliance on bridges. Canton and Stacks are first partners.
Paxos and LayerZero Launch USDG0 to Bridge USDG
USDG0 lets Paxos's USDG stablecoin hop to new chains. Launch starts on Hyperliquid, with Plume and Aptos next, as stablecoins keep gaining.
0xbow Secures $3.5M to Scale Privacy Pools on Ethereum
New funding will help 0xbow grow Privacy Pools, expand beyond Ethereum, and hire talent after $6M in use and a recent Kohaku wallet integration.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.