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Is Your Stablecoin Actually Depegging? Here Is How to Tell
9.3.2026
In the crypto landscape, stablecoin depegging often causes alarm, but this is frequently misinterpreted. Cain O’Sullivan of Hyperdrive explains that price drops can stem from liquidity issues rather than failures in the underlying reserves. The New Money Market ‘Meta’: Redemption over Oracles...
Aave Labs Outlines Year-Long Security Blueprint for Aave V4 Lending Protocol
6.3.2026
This week, Aave Labs unveiled a detailed security framework for Aave V4, describing nearly a year of audits, formal verification, and public testing designed to harden what is widely considered decentralized finance’s largest lending protocol before it goes live. DeFi Giant Aave Releases Security...
Hyperdrive Targets Institutional DeFi With New Redemption-Based Settlement Protocol
5.3.2026
Hyperdrive launches a new leverage markets protocol to end decentralized finance “death spirals.” By using redemption-based pricing instead of volatile market data, Hyperdrive brings institutional-grade structured credit to real-world assets and liquid staking tokens markets. Addressing...
Gate Ventures Backs Sats Terminal as Bitcoin Lending Tools Expand
4.3.2026
Gate Ventures, the venture capital arm of Gate.com, has made a strategic investment in Bitcoin finance platform Sats Terminal, a startup building tools that let users borrow, swap, and generate yield with bitcoin while keeping custody of their coins. Sats Terminal Aims to Turn Idle Bitcoin Into...
OKX Integrates Katana Infrastructure to Launch Native Onchain DeFi Yield
3.3.2026
OKX to embed Katana’s native decentralized finance ( DeFi) yield infrastructure, allowing users to access onchain returns without manual bridging. On March 3, 2026, global crypto platform OKX announced an integration with Katana, a DeFi-focused blockchain incubated by Polygon Labs and GSR. This...
Starknet Develops ‘strkBTC’ to Bring Shielded Transactions to Bitcoin
1.3.2026
Starknet has introduced strkBTC, a new wrapped bitcoin asset that enables users to shield their balances and transaction history using zero-knowledge proofs. Announced on February 26, 2026, strkBTC is a native Starknet asset designed to solve bitcoin’s “transparency problem.” While bitcoin is...
Metamask, Mastercard Roll out Self-Custodial Crypto Card in US
26.2.2026
Metamask and Mastercard have launched the Metamask Card nationwide in the United States, including New York for the first time, introducing a metal tier and onchain cashback rewards. Mastercard Powers Metamask Card Expansion to All 50 States Mastercard and Consensys announced the general...
Morph Integrates Circle’s USDC and CCTP for Payment Infrastructure
26.2.2026
USDC and Circle’s Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol are set to launch on the Morph network, expanding dollar-denominated stablecoin settlement for payment-focused infrastructure. Circle to Issue USDC on Morph, Expanding Stablecoin Settlement The rollout introduces canonical USDC on Morph, issued...
Drama and Competing Reports Set Stage for High-Stakes Aave DAO Decision
25.2.2026
A governance dispute within the Aave ecosystem intensified this week after Aave Chan Initiative (ACI) founder Marc Zeller published what he called an “audit” of Aave Labs’ track record, seven hours after Aave Labs released its own contributions report ahead of a major funding vote. Marc Zeller...
BGD Labs Announces Offboarding Plan From Aave Protocol
22.2.2026
After climbing the previous week on the heels of Grayscale’s S-1 filing, the decentralized finance ( DeFi) token linked to the lending protocol Aave slipped 7% against the greenback, giving back a portion of those earlier gains. As the market recalibrated, BGD Labs disclosed it will end...
Uniswap AI Suite Seeks to Streamline Autonomous Trading
21.2.2026
Uniswap Labs has released seven open-source artificial intelligence (AI) “Skills” designed to let autonomous agents execute core decentralized exchange ( DEX) operations with cleaner code, fewer failed transactions and tighter control over slippage. Uniswap Moves DeFi Toward Machine-Native...
DeFi Analytics Firm Parsec Shuts Down After Five Years
21.2.2026
After five years in the industry, onchain analytics firm Parsec announced its closure on Feb. 19, 2026. CEO Will Sheehan noted that the 2022 collapse of FTX permanently altered the spot lending leverage environment. The FTX Fallout and Shifting Market Structures The on-chain analytics firm Parsec...
Donald Trump Jr. Defends Crypto Pivot as Shield Against Banking ‘Ponzi Scheme’
19.2.2026
On Feb. 18, Donald Trump Jr. defended his family’s pivot to cryptocurrency, describing it as a survival tactic against a “Ponzi scheme” banking system that had deplatformed them. Mounting Political Scrutiny Donald Trump Jr. issued a defiant defense of his family’s digital asset ventures...
Hyperliquid Policy Center Launches to Advance Decentralized Finance Infrastructure in Washington
19.2.2026
The Hyperliquid Policy Center officially debuts as an independent advocacy organization to promote regulated blockchain-based financial systems within the United States. The Hyperliquid Policy Center (HPC), a new research and advocacy group, officially launches in Washington, D.C., on February...
Enso Launches Live Cross‑Chain Execution With Chainlink CCIP, Expanding DeFi Infrastructure
18.2.2026
Enso has launched live production deployments of cross‑chain minting and execution flows using Chainlink’s CCIP, advancing decentralized finance ( DeFi) infrastructure from simple asset transfers to deterministic, outcome‑driven execution. Launch Partners and Production Deployments Enso...
Throughput vs. Latency: Why DBFV is the Superior Choice for Complex Financial Logic
15.2.2026
Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) has long promised secure computation on encrypted data, but was too slow for real-world finance. Fhenix’s Decomposed BFV changes this by breaking ciphertexts into smaller “limbs,” reducing noise growth and delaying costly bootstraps. The ‘Precision Wall’...
Institutional-Grade Yield: Buck Labs Upgrades Savings Token to 10% APY
13.2.2026
Buck Labs raised the yield on its Savingscoin from 7% to 10% and revamped distribution to auto‑deliver rewards without gas fees. Automated Yield Buck Labs, a Florida-based technology firm, announced Feb. 12 an upgrade to the yield on its “savings” digital coin from 7% to 10%, alongside a total...
Robinhood Launches Public Testnet for Layer-2 Chain
12.2.2026
Robinhood has launched a public testnet for its Ethereum layer-2 network, inviting developers and institutions to experiment with tokenized assets. Ethereum L2 Testnet to Expand DeFi Push for Robinhood Robinhood is taking its blockchain ambitions a step further. The retail brokerage announced that...
Ondo Partners With Chainlink to Enable Tokenized US Stocks as DeFi Collateral
12.2.2026
Ondo Global Markets adopts Chainlink data feeds to bring institutional‑grade pricing to Ondo tokenized U.S. stocks, enabling their use as collateral in Ethereum Decentralized Finance ( DeFi). Ondo Global Markets announces that Chainlink data feeds for Ondo tokenized assets—including SPYon, QQQon...
Lombard Launches Bitcoin Smart Accounts Linking Custody to DeFi
12.2.2026
Lombard unveils Bitcoin Smart Accounts to recognize custodied BTC as onchain collateral, enabling decentralized finance ( DeFi) access without moving custody. Lombard announces Bitcoin Smart Accounts, a rail that lets BTC held in qualified custody, multi‑party computation (MPC) or self‑custody...