Pendle Unveils sPENDLE In Major Overhaul Of Its Token Model

Pendle is entering a decisive new phase. The yield-trading protocol has officially unveiled sPENDLE, a liquid staking token designed to replace the long-standing vePENDLE governance lock model. The change marks one of the most significant structural upgrades in Pendle’s history, shifting the protocol away from rigid long-term lockups toward a more capital-efficient, revenue-aligned token economy. … Read more

Tether Mints $1 Billion USDT On Tron Amid Market Pullback

Tether has minted another $1 billion USDT on the Tron network, adding to a growing wave of stablecoin issuance in 2026. The fresh mint was executed by Tether Treasury and quickly flagged by on-chain trackers, reinforcing Tron’s position as one of the most active settlement layers for USDT transfers. According to blockchain data shared by … Read more

Prediction Markets Set New Fee Record As Short-Term Trading Takes Over

Prediction markets are entering a new phase of maturity, and the numbers now make that shift impossible to ignore. Over the past week, the sector generated more than $2.7 million in fees, marking an all-time high for the category. The milestone signals more than rising activity. It highlights a clear change in trader behavior, platform … Read more

BNB Chain Launches Trenching Season With $650K In Rewards Across Five Platforms

BNB Chain is kicking off the year with an aggressive, trader-focused initiative called Trenching Season, launching on January 19 and rolling out a coordinated set of trading competitions across five major platforms. Instead of concentrating activity into a single leaderboard, the ecosystem is spreading the contests across familiar interfaces, each with its own rules, ranking … Read more

Aster Activates Strategic Buyback Reserve Amidst $ASTER Record Low & Massive Unlock 

$ASTER is entering one of the most turbulent periods in its history. After plunging to a new low of $0.61, Aster_DEX has officially activated its Strategic Buyback Reserve, pushing automatic token repurchases live on-chain. The team confirmed the deployment publicly, saying the system is designed to stabilize supply, restore confidence, and counter accelerating market pressure, … Read more

‘Sell America’ Trade Roars Back as US Dollar Slides and Markets Brace for Turbulence

On Monday, the U.S. dollar is sliding, with the Dollar Index (DXY)—which pits the greenback against a mix of heavyweights like the euro, yen, onshore yuan, and pound—tilting lower. Market watchers chalk it up to the “Sell America” trade, a strategy getting extra fuel from U.S. President Donald Trump’s run-ins with the Federal Reserve and … Read more

Bitcoin’s Rally Fizzles—Is a Crash Below $91K Looming?

Bitcoin is currently priced at $92,970, with a formidable market cap of $1.85 trillion. Over the past 24 hours, it has moved within an intraday range of $91,917 to $95,467 on a trading volume of $41.72 billion. If bitcoin were a poker player, it just might be bluffing—trading sideways after an intense hand, daring the … Read more

Upbit Towers Over Rivals as South Korea’s Primary Crypto Liquidity Hub, Research Finds

Liquidity on South Korea’s cryptocurrency exchanges looks deceptively simple on the surface, but Kaiko Research finds that beneath the headline volumes lies a far more nuanced—and occasionally unforgiving—market structure. South Korea’s Crypto Liquidity Is Complicated—Kaiko Research Explains Why In its report, “The State of Liquidity on Korean Crypto Markets,” Kaiko Research defines liquidity not as … Read more

Report: China’s Digital Yuan Processes $55B as Cross-Border CBDC Rails Take Shape

According to a Reuters report citing data compiled by the Atlantic Council, a Washington-based think tank that tracks central bank digital currencies ( CBDCs) and their expansion, China’s CBDC, known as e-CNY, has processed $55 billion through the ‘mBridge’ platform. Digital Yuan Momentum Builds as mBridge Fuels Cross-Border Payments China’s CBDC is steadily finding its … Read more

Jupiter Introduces JupUSD As A Yield-Bearing Stablecoin On Solana

Solana-based decentralized exchange aggregator Jupiter has introduced JupUSD, a new stablecoin designed to bring native treasury yield directly back to the ecosystem. The launch marks a notable shift in how stablecoins function in DeFi, positioning JupUSD not just as a dollar-pegged asset, but as a yield-generating primitive built for composability and transparency. Unlike traditional stablecoins … Read more

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