Will new Uniswap protocol fee proposals drive ‘substantial UNI burn’?
Uniswap has officially submitted three governance proposals for protocol fee activation across several chains and different versions of the DEX. The first fee proposal will be for versions 2 (V2) and 3 (V3) on the Robinhood chain. The…
Senator Warren Requests 2026 Reporting for Trump’s Crypto Earnings after $1.4B Disclosure
Update (July 17, 11:59 pm UTC): This article has been updated to include a response from the White House.Senator Elizabeth Warren, one of the more outspoken voices in the US Congress associating digital assets with illicit activities, has…
Aave Brings V4 to Avalanche as Tokenized Asset Market Grows
Decentralized lending protocol Aave has launched V4 on Avalanche, marking the first expansion of its latest lending infrastructure beyond Ethereum and setting the stage for future lending markets backed by tokenized real-world assets.The…
SBI Holdings Acquires Coinhako Majority Stake, Deepens its Asia Crypto Footprint
Key TakeawaysSBI acquired control of Coinhako on July 16 after MAS approval, expanding its Singapore footprint.Coinhako gives SBI a regulated Singapore base, tightening competition across Asia’s crypto market.SBI plans stablecoins and…
Ether Bridged To Robinhood Chain Tops $70M in First Week
The amount of Ether bridged to Robinhood’s new layer-2 blockchain exceeded $70 million in just the first week, according to Token Terminal. Robinhood Chain, an EVM-compatible Arbitrum-based layer-2 network that uses ETH as its native gas…
White House Touts ‘Trump Coin’ as TRUMP Memecoin Holders Sit on $3.81 Billion in Losses
Key TakeawaysThe White House posted a nine-second Trump Coin video, touting a $1 coin for America’s 250th birthday.Nearly 989,000 of 1.48 million TRUMP token wallets are underwater, with combined losses of $3.81 billion.The U.S. Mint plans…
Ostium Pauses Trading After Apparent Oracle Exploit Targets OLP Vault
Decentralized trading protocol Ostium paused trading Wednesday after blockchain security firms Blockaid and CertiK reported an apparent exploit of its OLP liquidity vault.Blockaid estimated the exploit resulted in $18 million in losses,…
ARK pushes back against a16z’s ‘TradFi wants blockchain, not DeFi’ claim
ARK Invest’s director of research disputed a16z crypto’s thesis that traditional finance will adopt permissioned blockchain infrastructure instead of decentralized finance, saying institutions will increasingly rely on DeFi rails.
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Injective Files SEC Transfer Agent Application for Onchain Securities
Injective said Thursday it has filed a transfer agent registration with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, seeking to bring one of the core record-keeping functions of securities markets onto blockchain infrastructure.Transfer…
Is Robinhood Chain’s Success Bullish or Bearish for ETH?
Robinhood Chain’s explosive launch this month has reignited one of Ethereum’s longest-running debates: Do successful layer-2 networks increase demand for ETH, the asset, or do the new entrants capture all of the value for themselves?The…