Browsing: DeFi & Web3

FBTC allows Bitcoin (BTC▲$62,630.00) holders to utilize their BTC in decentralized finance without having to sell the underlying asset. The token was created by Function (previously Ignition) as a Bitcoin-backed token for cross-chain liquidity, smart contracts, and yield strategies. FBTC tokens are meant to always be backed 1:1 by BTC, which is native to the…

Lido DAO (LDO)’s approximately 3.7 percentage point gain over the past 24 hours appears driven by a combination of sector-level rotation into staking assets, a supportive market backdrop, and pure technical momentum, rather than a single fundamental announcement.

The decentralized exchange crossed the billion-dollar milestone for tokenized stocks, ETFs, and commodities just days after reporting $100M in its mid-year recap

Hyperliquid (CRYPTO: $HYPE) has announced plans to add decentralized prediction markets to its platform as it diversifies into new revenue streams. 

Andy Burnham took office as the UK’s seventh prime minister in 10 years on Monday, and crypto executives are watching whether the former Manchester mayor eases Labour’s cautious digital asset stance.

Lorenzo Protocol is an on-chain asset management platform that packages professionally managed strategies into tokenized financial products.

On-chain data confirms the milestone as new staking products and protocol upgrades signal a maturing ecosystem

DeFi explained simply: decentralized finance is a blockchain-based financial system where lending, trading, payments, asset management, and insurance run through smart contracts instead of banks, brokers, or payment processors. Most activity still centers on Ethereum and EVM-compatible networks, but the DeFi stack now spans Layer 2 rollups, bridges, stablecoins, tokenized real-world assets, and AI-assisted automation.

DeFi platform Spreadefi has reported that the total volume of funds users placed in liquidity pools topped $25 million in the second quarter. For a relatively young project, that’s a significant milestone, especially with interest in the decentralized finance sector only gradually picking back up after a long stretch of subdued activity.

Summary: The fourth round of JST’s buyback and burn has concluded with higher-than-expected results. A total of over 355 million JST tokens—valued at more than $34.59 million—were burned in this round, marking the highest single-round burn by value to date.