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MANTRA and Laser Digital Deny Role in OM Token Collapse
14.4.2025
Two major players tied to the OM token—MANTRA’s co-founder and Nomura’s Laser Digital—issued statements Monday distancing themselves from the token’s 90% price drop over the weekend. MANTRA’s Mullin Defends Project After OM Tumbled 90% John Patrick Mullin, co-founder of MANTRA, addressed the token...
Crypto lending down 43% from 2021 highs, DeFi borrowing surges 959%
14.4.2025
The crypto lending market’s size remains significantly down from its $64 billion high, but decentralized finance (DeFi) borrowing has made an over 900% recovery from bear market lows.Crypto lending enables borrowers to use their crypto holdings as collateral to obtain a crypto or fiat loan...
Crypto lending down 43% from 2021 highs, DeFi borrowing surges 959%
14.4.2025
The crypto lending market’s size remains significantly down from its $64 billion high, but decentralized finance (DeFi) borrowing has made a more than 900% recovery from bear market lows.Crypto lending enables borrowers to use their crypto holdings as collateral to obtain a crypto or fiat...
Kava Labs' Scott Stuart: Decentralized AI Delivers Real Value, Not NFT Style-Hype
14.4.2025
Kava's co-founder explains why the DeFi-to-AI pivot helped it beat the market, while other AI tokens have flopped
On-Chain Finance’s Growth Depends on What You Can’t See
14.4.2025
In the early days of blockchain, transparency was the movement’s rallying cry. Every transaction could be visible, every balance public and every action open to audit. This transparency helped DeFi stand apart from traditional finance (TradFi), where data is often inaccessible and decisions...
Bybit integrates Avalon through CeFi to DeFi bridge for Bitcoin yield
14.4.2025
Crypto exchange Bybit has partnered with lending protocol Avalon to offer Bitcoin yield to its users.According to an April 14 X Avalon Labs announcement, the centralized decentralized finance (CeDeFi) protocol will now be a part of the exchange’s yield product, Bybit Earn. Avalon explains...
Bybit integrates Avalon through CeFi to DeFi bridge for Bitcoin yield
14.4.2025
Crypto exchange Bybit has partnered with lending protocol Avalon to offer Bitcoin yield to its users.According to an April 14 Avalon Labs X announcement, the centralized decentralized finance (CeDeFi) protocol will now be a part of the exchange’s yield product, Bybit Earn. Avalon said it will...
Ethereum Drives Highest Daily Liquidations on Aave V3 Since February Amid Market Volatility
14.4.2025
This past week, Aave V3 on the Ethereum mainnet experienced its highest daily liquidations since early February, coinciding with significant market volatility. According to Galaxy Research, approximately $98.6 million in collateral was liquidated between April 6 and 7, following a similar trend...
MANTRA’s OM Token Crashes 90% Amid Insider Sell-Off Allegations
14.4.2025
The MANTRA crypto project is embroiled in controversy after its OM token crashed 90% on Sunday, with investors alleging an insider dumped its holdings, wiping out an estimated $5 billion in market value. MANTRA Blames ‘Reckless Liquidations’ for OM Token’s Historic Crash MANTRA...
Babylon and Axelar Bring Bitcoin Staking to Over 70 Chains
12.4.2025
Babylon Labs also unveiled the Babylon Genesis mainnet, a layer one blockchain powered by its native token “baby.” Seventy Chains and Counting: Bitcoin Staking Expands With Mainnet Launch and New Integration Four-billion-dollar bitcoin staking protocol Babylon and blockchain interoperability...
US Senate bill threatens crypto, AI data centers with fees — Report
11.4.2025
Draft legislation in the US Senate threatens to hit data centers serving blockchain networks and artificial intelligence models with fees if they exceed federal emissions targets, according to an April 11 Bloomberg report. Led by Senate Democrats Sheldon Whitehouse and John Fetterman,...
Bridging TradFi and DeFi: Keyrock, Centrifuge Report Touts Tokenization’s $50B Bull Case
11.4.2025
The tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs) is accelerating a fundamental shift in global finance, with blockchain-based U.S. Treasuries, equities, commodities, and private credit poised for exponential growth this year, according to a report by market maker Keyrock and tokenization platform...
Scotland's Lomond School accepts Bitcoin for tuition payments, a first in the UK
11.4.2025
The Lomond School in Scotland will accept Bitcoin (BTC) tuition payments beginning in the Autumn semester of 2025, making it the first school in the United Kingdom to do so.Accepting Bitcoin is part of the school's plan to integrate “sound money principles” from the Austrian School...
Crypto Biz: Ripple’s ‘defining moment,’ Binance’s ongoing purge
11.4.2025
Ripple made headlines this week when it became the first crypto-native company to acquire a multi-asset prime broker, potentially setting the stage for wider adoption of its XRP Ledger technology. The acquisition of Hidden Road didn’t come cheap, either, as Ripple doled out $1.25 billion...
US Fed 'absolutely' ready to step in if liquidity dries up — Voting member
11.4.2025
The US Federal Reserve is prepared to use its vast arsenal of monetary policy tools to prevent financial and economic conditions from deteriorating rapidly but will do so only if liquidity dries up or markets become disorderly, a top central banker said.In an interview with the Financial Times...
Bitcoin price preparing for 'up only mode' as US bonds suffer worst selloff since 2019
11.4.2025
Bitcoin (BTC) is entering what former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes calls “up only mode,” as a deepening crisis in the US bond market potentially drives investors away from traditional haven assets and toward alternative stores of value.Loss of confidence in US policy boosts Bitcoin’s...
This year's top ETF strategy? Shorting Ether — Bloomberg Intelligence
11.4.2025
Betting against Ether has been the best performing exchange traded fund (ETF) strategy so far in 2025, according to Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas.Two ETFs designed to take two-times leveraged short positions in Ether claimed (ETH) first and second place in a Bloomberg Intelligence ranking of...
Fed’s Kashkari hints at liquidity support — Is $100K Bitcoin back on the table?
11.4.2025
Neel Kashkari, President of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve, addressed the issue of rising Treasury yields on April 11, suggesting that they might indicate a shift in investor sentiment away from United States government debt. Kashkari highlighted that the Federal Reserve has tools to provide more...
Bitcoin’s 10% weekly gain amid worrying US economic data shows crypto trader sentiment shift
11.4.2025
A key Bitcoin (BTC) metric signaled a potential shift in its positioning after BTC’s long-term holder realized cap (LTH Realized Cap) surpassed $18 billion for the first time since September 2024. Data from CryptoQuant indicated that this cohort has exhibited aggressive accumulation, which...
Trump kills DeFi broker rule in major crypto win: Finance Redefined
11.4.2025
Trump kills DeFi broker rule in major crypto win: Finance Redefined, April 4–11In a significant win for decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, US President Donald Trump overturned the Internal Revenue Service’s DeFi broker rule, which would have expanded existing reporting requirements...