SEC Chair Champions Self-Custody Rights—New Exemption Could Fuel Crypto Boom

SEC Chair Paul Atkins’ push for greater self-custody rights and regulatory clarity could unleash massive growth in crypto and DeFi, empowering users and fueling innovation across the sector. Bullish Signals: SEC’s Self-Custody and Exemption Proposal Could Spark DeFi Frenzy U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Paul Atkins addressed the Crypto Task Force Roundtable on … Read more

Cetus Protocol Relaunches After $220M Hack, Restores Liquidity

Cetus Protocol has relaunched just two weeks after a significant hack that compromised its concentrated liquidity market maker pools. Normal Users’ LP Functions to Resume Cetus Protocol, a leading decentralized exchange (DEX) and concentrated liquidity market maker (CLMM) on the Sui and Aptos blockchains, has relaunched just two weeks after a sophisticated hack severely impacted … Read more

Ethereum Lender 3Jane Emerges From Stealth With Paradigm-Led Funding Round

Ethereum-based credit protocol 3Jane has raised $5.2 million in a seed round led by Paradigm to build a scalable infrastructure for uncollateralized, crypto-native credit. Paradigm Backs 3Jane in Bid to Reinvent Onchain Credit 3Jane, a protocol focused on creating uncollateralized credit rails for decentralized finance (DeFi), has exited stealth mode with a $5.2 million seed … Read more

SEC Launches DeFi Roundtable to Redesign Crypto Regulation

The SEC’s upcoming DeFi roundtable signals a bold pivot toward regulatory collaboration, unlocking high-stakes potential to reshape crypto policy and accelerate decentralized innovation nationwide. SEC Targets DeFi Policy Shakeup in New Roundtable—Industry Voices Invited The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on May 28 that it will convene a roundtable titled “DeFi and the … Read more

Hyperliquid Achieves $10.1 Billion Open Interest High as HYPE Token Surges

Hyperliquid has announced that it has achieved a new all-time high in open interest, reaching $10.1 billion. The decentralized exchange (DEX) also reported 24-hour fees of $5.6 million and a total value locked (TVL) in USDC of $3.5 billion. This DEX trading milestone reflects the growing activity and engagement within the Hyperliquid ecosystem, welcoming new … Read more

Ethereum’s DeFi Reign Slips 37% Since 2021—A Blockchain Power Shift?

Current metrics place the total value locked into decentralized finance (DeFi) at approximately $117.856 billion. Ethereum, once commanding more than 56% of that figure at the close of 2024, has since dipped to 51.24% in May, marking a notable decline in its share. Battle for DeFi Dominance Heats up: Ethereum Slides, Solana and Bitcoin Advance … Read more

BitcoinOS Launches Charms: Metaprotocol for Programmable Tokens on Bitcoin and UTXO Blockchains

BitcoinOS (BOS) has announced the launch of Charms, a groundbreaking metaprotocol designed to enable native, programmable tokens on Bitcoin and other UTXO blockchains without the need for bridges or custodians. This new protocol allows developers to create decentralized applications and smart assets directly on Bitcoin, facilitating seamless token transfers across UTXO-based chains such as Cardano, … Read more

R3 and Solana Foundation Unite to Bridge TradFi and DeFi via Strategic Collaboration

R3 announced a strategic collaboration with the Solana Foundation aimed at merging public and private blockchain networks to enhance institutional access to digital capital markets. This partnership will leverage R3’s enterprise-grade private blockchain technology alongside solana’s high-performance public mainnet, facilitating the integration of regulated financial institutions with tokenized real-world assets (RWAs). The initiative is expected … Read more

VeChain Launches Bridge Enabling Interoperability With Bitcoin, Ethereum, and 40 More Cryptos

VeChain has announced the launch of its bridge through an integration with Wanchain, enabling interoperability with bitcoin, ethereum, and over 40 other leading blockchains. This milestone marks a significant evolution in VeChain’s transition to a fully interconnected Web3 ecosystem, allowing users to bridge assets such as BTC, ETH, and USDC directly into VeChain while also … Read more

Magic Eden Taps Spark to Enhance Bitcoin DeFi With Fast, Low-Cost Settlement

Crypto platform Magic Eden has announced a partnership with Spark to enhance trading on bitcoin by providing fast and low-cost settlement for native assets. By integrating with Spark, Magic Eden plans to unlock efficient transactions for various market types, including stablecoin-to- BTC swaps, while maintaining the integrity of bitcoin’s trust model. Spark is designed to … Read more

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