Tag: DeFi

USDT grew on Ethereum through 2024, but smart contract holdings stalled, BIS data show

Extra USDT was issued with no sustained rise in balances held by…

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Circle launches Bitcoin-backed USDC borrowing, leaving liquidation risk with Morpho protocol

Eligible Circle Mint establishments can now deposit Bitcoin, flip it into wrapped…

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Hackers mint trillions in fake Bitcoin, but 15 BTC bridge recovery leaves liquidity providers unpaid

Cross-chain protocol Symbiosis mentioned it recovered roughly 15 BTC after an attacker…

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Ethereum’s institutional staking boom is growing, but Lido’s share is shrinking

Lido, the liquid-staking protocol, captured simply 5.7% of Ethereum’s internet staking progress…

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CEO Jeremy Allaire says Circle built “the platform for the internet financial system”, but cirBTC has only 40 BTC

Circle's wrapped Bitcoin product entered the market with unusually robust institutional credentials…

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BTCS used Ethereum to repay Aave debt and ended Q2 with just $317,000 in cash

Nasdaq-listed Ethereum infrastructure firm BTCS swapped ETH into USDT to pay down…

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Unresolved $11 million liquidity crash leaves pools exposed as attacker still holds 20.83 BTC on Maya Protocol

The suspected Bitcoin handle on the middle of Maya Protocol’s Aug. 18…

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Bitcoin treasury Hyperscale sells 686 BTC to clear loans but says cash won’t cover next 12 months

In August 2026, Hyperscale Knowledge bought roughly 686 Bitcoin for about $43.4…

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Half of Aave’s debt sits in just 9% of positions built around one Ethereum correlation trade

Galaxy's Aug. 7 snapshot of Aave V3 Core discovered 19,073 loans on…

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