Last-minute revisions to the Clarity Act Clarifications Eye DeFi | Without a bank The clarity law has just received a new draft before its closing vote on September 15. This week, Senate Republicans dropped a updated draft of the Clarity Act, the main US bill on the structure of the crypto market. The changes would … Read more
In recent days, Robinhood Chain metrics are up and to the right. Transactions, volume, revenue, deployments, etc. A growing field of native applications like Pons, HintAnd Stocknetall of which can be, or are explicitly designed to be, used with the L2’s burgeoning distribution of tokenized actions, e.g. NVDA, AAPL, SPCX, GOOGLEetc. Memecoins now trade against … Read more
DeFi tokens have soared nearly 38% since August 17, as investors reassess how U.S. crypto policy could affect protocol revenue and token values. SoSoValue says the rally moves DeFi closer to a market where fees, redemptions, and on-chain activity can play a larger role in how tokens are valued. Policy change and protocol revenue behind … Read more
Hashdex has begun liquidating its Hashdex Bitcoin ETF, ticker DEFI, marking the first closure of a US spot Bitcoin ETF since the category launched in 2024. The fund ceased trading on the NYSE Arca on August 17. Hashdex cited low assets under management, high operating costs and a small asset base of around $14.7 million … Read more
A wave of high-profile crypto hacks in April, which many suspected were orchestrated using sophisticated AI tools to identify smart contract exploits, raised fears that every DeFi protocol was suddenly under threat. In May, Manuel Aráoz, founder of blockchain security platform OpenZeppelin, declared “all DeFi dangerous” after $630 million in crypto losses due to exploits … Read more
Sky Protocol’s annualized gross revenue soared by nearly $419 million, according to its State of Governance dashboard, giving DeFi investors another reason to pay attention to the protocol’s fundamentals rather than token prices alone. This figure is dynamic and can change as rates, deposits, and protocol activity evolve. It should not be considered as a … Read more