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DeFi Development Closes $11M CHAD Preferred Raise to Buy More Solana (SOL)
DeFi Development Corp (DFDV) has closed the first digital credit offering built on Solana (SOL), raising approximately $11 million in gross proceeds that will flow almost entirely into additional SOL purchases.
SOLFull Sail Winds Down Sui (SUI) DeFi Protocol After $91,000 Oracle Vault Drain
Full Sail is winding down its Sui (SUI) DeFi protocol after a Switchboard oracle incident drained $91,000 from three vaults, with user compensation pledged.
SUIRipple and Partners Unveil XRPL Lending to Counter 98% Crypto-Centric DeFi Yield
Ripple, Clearpool, and Cicada are building an institutional lending platform on the XRP Ledger to redirect DeFi yields toward real-world credit, with $930M in…
XRPXRP Ledger DeFi Startup Plans Tokenless Mid-September 2026 Launch
Former Ripple and Meta-linked developers plan a tokenless XRP Ledger DeFi startup for mid-September 2026 while ETF demand and RLUSD activity remain soft.
XRPHashdex to Liquidate Bitcoin Spot ETF DEFI With 225 BTC
Hashdex Asset Management will close and liquidate the Hashdex Bitcoin ETF, the fund listed under the ticker DEFI on NYSE Arca, according to an Aug. 3 SEC filing reviewed by COINOTAG. The vehicle is the only series within the Hashdex Commodities Trust and holds spot Bitcoin (BTC) as its core asset.
BTCEU Extends MiCA Review to September 30 to Weigh DeFi Under MiFID II
The European Union is weighing whether to pull staking, crypto lending, decentralized finance and tokenized real-world assets under MiFID II, the bloc’s traditional securities rulebook, in a review launched immediately after the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) came into full force.
MICAHyperliquid Urges CFTC to Exempt DeFi From Legacy Rules in July 9 Filing
The Hyperliquid Policy Center (HPC), together with non-custodial wallet provider Phantom, has formally asked the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to stop treating decentralized finance like traditional financial intermediaries.
HYPESummer.fi Loses $6 Million in Active DeFi Exploit, SUMR Token Slides
A live exploit drained roughly $6 million from Summer.fi, the front-end for the onchain Lazy Summer vault protocol, in the second recorded DeFi breach of July.
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USDCEthereum DeFi Ponzi: Goliath CEO Pleads Guilty to $250M in Losses
Christopher Alexander Delgado, the 34-year-old chief executive of crypto firm Goliath Ventures, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to running a Ponzi scheme that drew at least $400 million from investors.
ETHMetaMask USD (mUSD) Money Account Launches With Up to 4% DeFi Yield
MetaMask USD (mUSD), the dollar-pegged stablecoin from Consensys, anchors a new self-custody product called Money Account that pays up to a variable 4% annual yield while letting holders spend and trade from one balance.
MUSDETHReal-World Assets Overtake Ethereum DeFi as Top Web3 Sector at 29%
Real-world assets (RWA) and tokenization have overtaken decentralized finance as the leading focus for Web3 founders in 2026, drawing 29% of builders against 23% for DeFi.
ETHEU Committee Backs MiCA Review of DeFi and Staking Ahead of July 7 Vote
The European Parliament's economic affairs committee has urged the European Commission to assess whether decentralized finance, staking, crypto lending and non-fungible tokens should be regulated under MiCA, the bloc's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation.
MICABitcoin Near $64K as Fed Hold Triggers $1.5B Unwind, DeFi TVL Sinks 57%
Digital-asset markets are cooling as capital exits and trading thins, while a surge in exploits compounds the chill. On-chain data shows total value locked across decentralized finance peaked near $171 billion on October 7, 2025, then fell to roughly $73 billion by mid-June 2026, a 57% contraction.
BTCBinance Tops Fortune Crypto 100 as DeFi Leverage Hits 2021 Highs, Bitcoin Near $67K
Binance claimed the top spot in the first-ever Fortune Crypto 100, ranking number one in the centralized finance category of a list profiling the most influential companies across digital assets.
DeFi Leverage Hits 2021 Highs on $13B Outflows as GAO Presses FDIC, BTC Near $67K
On-chain leverage across decentralized finance has climbed to roughly 38%, a reading last seen during the 2021 cycle.
BTCETHBitcoin Nears $66K on Iran Truce as AI Alpha Erodes and DeFi Yields Hit 14%
The era of cheap analysis is reshaping how investors hunt for an edge, and the advantage is shifting from processing information to verifying it.
Mantle DeFi TVL Surges 283% as Standard Bot Raises $200M, EquipmentShare Up 38%
Capital Bancorp is accelerating its shift toward a technology-led banking model, appointing former Capital One executive Don Busick to its board.
MNTAmazon Secures $17.5B AI Loan, 3Jane Opens DeFi Credit Vaults, SSGC Raises $3M
SafeSpace Global, trading as SSGC, has entered a revenue-generation phase as it pursues a financing round of up to $3 million priced at $0.20 per share with a two-year lockup.
Japan Megabanks Eye Joint Stablecoin as ETFs Shed $1.72B, AI Stokes DeFi Risk
Japan's three largest lenders, MUFG, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Mizuho, are preparing to issue a joint stablecoin during the 2026 fiscal year, marking one of the most significant institutional moves toward blockchain-based payments in the region.
DeFi Exploits Hit $36.7M as Humanity Protocol Loses $36M, CLARITY Act Stalls in Senate
Attackers drained at least $36.7 million from DeFi protocols running unverified smart contracts over the past six months, with on-chain data pointing to a sharp rise in AI-assisted exploit development.