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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin argued in a blog post Sept. 21, 2025, that “low‑risk” decentralized finance (DeFi) could become for Ethereum what search was for Google, providing the primary, sustainable revenue engine while preserving the platform’s broader cultural and technical goals. Buterin defines low‑risk DeFi as payment and savings primitives, fully collateralized lending, and synthetic … Read more
Grvt just closed a $19 million Series A to fuse privacy and scale into onchain finance, pitching a zero-knowledge (ZK) exchange that makes institutional polish feel retail-friendly. Grvt’s $19M Lift Targets MEV Pain and Compliance Friction Grvt (pronounced gravity) — a decentralized exchange (DEX) and investment marketplace on the ZKsync Stack — says the round … Read more
Decentralized finance (DeFi) TVL has climbed to $160.985 billion, nearing the $177.421 billion peak from November 2021, per defillama.com. DeFi TVL Eyes Its All-Time High Defillama shows total value locked (TVL) dipped 1.17% in the past 24 hours, but the stack hasn’t looked this hefty since the last cycle. Stablecoins sit at a $292.626 billion … Read more
0xngmi, founder of Defillama, has called out some companies for promoting what he called fake RWA metrics, replicating database movements onto blockchains to simulate activity. The post comes as an answer to Figure, which claims that Defillama has repeatedly refused to list their volumes due to their low follower count on X. Defillama Criticizes Figure’s … Read more
Sensible was an investment platform that allowed users to earn “up to 8%” yield on deposited crypto. Coinbase Makes Strategic Talent Grab, Acquires Team From Sensible The two co-founders of crypto investment platform Sensible, Jacob Frantz and Zachary Salmon, have now joined Coinbase as part of the cryptocurrency exchange’s latest “acqui-hire” announced Tuesday morning. Frantz, … Read more
Active loans in tokenized private credit now top $15.95 billion, signaling rapid growth but also sharper fault lines in protocol performance. Loan Counts Fall as Tokenized Credit Market Consolidates Tokenized private credit has grown significantly since mid-June, adding more than $2 billion in active loans and $4.3 billion in cumulative lending. As of Sept. 6, … Read more
Linea has launched Ignition, a ten-week incentive program distributing 1 billion LINEA tokens to boost liquidity across major DeFi protocols. Brevis ZK Proofs Drive Linea’s New Liquidity Rewards Program Linea is rolling out Ignition, a 10-week growth initiative distributing 1 billion LINEA tokens to strengthen liquidity across Etherex, Aave, and Euler. Unlike traditional reward schemes, … Read more
Curve Finance has launched FXSwap, a new type of cryptopool specifically designed for foreign exchange and low-volatility trading pairs onchain. Curve’s New AMM Design Aims to Bring Forex Markets Onchain The implementation introduces a “refuel” mechanism where a stream of external funds maintains high liquidity density around the market exchange rate. This design ensures traders … Read more
Solv Protocol and Chainlink have launched a new Secure Exchange Rate feed for the SolvBTC wrapped bitcoin asset hosted on Ethereum. Chainlink Proof of Reserve Tech Used for Solv Protocol’s Exchange Rate Solv Protocol has launched a Secure Exchange Rate feed for its SolvBTC wrapped bitcoin asset issued on the Ethereum blockchain. The feed is … Read more
Apriori Network Inc. announced that it has raised $20 million in a strategic funding round led by prominent participants including Hashkey Capital and Pantera Capital Management LP, with additional support from Primitive Ventures, IMC Trading, GEM Labs, Gate Labs, Ambush Capital and Big Brain Collective. Founded in 2023 by former quants and engineers from Jump … Read more