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The Protocol: Ethereum’s Final Pectra Test Goes Live
26.3.2025
Also: Hyperliquid Eases Token Transfers for DeFi With Integration Between HyperCore and HyperEVM; Celo Migration to Layer-2 Network Is Done, Bringing in New Era for the Blockchain; Bitcoin DeFi Expansion Faces Fork Dilemma as Developers Explore ZK Proofs
Polymarket Suffers UMA Governance Attack After Rouge Actor Becomes Top-5 Token Staker
26.3.2025
BornTooLate.Eth has accumulated over 1.3 million UMA tokens to attack a Ukraine-themed market — but nobody has appeared to have made much money
DeFi lender Nostra pauses borrowing after price feed error
24.3.2025
Nostra, a lending protocol on Starknet, has paused borrowing for two liquid staking tokens after identifying a “critical issue” with its price feeds, the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol said. On March 24, errors in Nostra’s price feed inflated the reported prices...
DeFi lender Nostra pauses borrowing after price feed error
24.3.2025
Nostra, a lending protocol on Starknet, has paused borrowing for two liquid staking tokens after identifying a “critical issue” with its price feeds, the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol said. On March 24, errors in Nostra’s price feed inflated the reported prices...
DYDX Token Jumps 7% After Derivatives Exchange Protocol dYdX Starts Buyback Program
24.3.2025
DYdX is allocating 25% of protocol fees to the program, with active governance discussions on an increase to 100%
DYDX shoots up 10% as buybacks get a quarter of protocol revenue
24.3.2025
Decentralized finance (DeFi) trading platform dYdX announced its first-ever token buyback program on March 24, aiming to reinvest in its ecosystem to enhance security and governance.According to the announcement, 25% of the protocol’s net fees will be dedicated to monthly buybacks of...
DYDX shoots up 10% as buybacks get a quarter of protocol revenue
24.3.2025
Decentralized finance (DeFi) trading platform dYdX announced its first-ever token buyback program on March 24, aiming to reinvest in its ecosystem to enhance security and governance.According to the announcement, 25% of the protocol’s net fees will be dedicated to monthly buybacks of...
Hacker steals $8.4M from RWA restaking protocol Zoth
21.3.2025
Real-world asset (RWA) re-staking protocol Zoth suffered an exploit leading to over $8.4 million in losses, leading the platform to put its site on maintenance mode. On March 21, blockchain security firm Cyvers flagged a suspicious Zoth transaction. The security firm said that...
How Ether.fi Retained TVL as Restaking Lost Its Luster
20.3.2025
Ether.fi, the market leader, has 2.6 million ETH staked on its platform and has plans to become a neobank
Data Storage Protocol Walrus Raises $140M in Token Sale Ahead of Mainnet Launch
20.3.2025
The mainnet of the protocol, originally developed by Mysten Labs and built on layer-1 blockchain Sui, will launch on March 27
Inside Pump.fun's Plan to Dominate Solana DeFi Trading
20.3.2025
Solana's most profitable protocol Pump.fun is gunning for an even greater share of the chain's DeFi economy
TON-based XDAO protocol grants legal status to 367k DAOs
20.3.2025
XDAO, a protocol based on The Open Network (TON), has enabled over 367,000 decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) to achieve legal status through its initiative that automates legal recognition for such organizations. In an announcement, XDAO said it had streamlined the DAO creation...
The Protocol: Meet Hoodi, Ethereum’s New Testnet
19.3.2025
Also: Microsoft Raises Alarm of Malware Targeting Crypto Wallets; Halliday Raises $20M for AI Protocol; Sam Altman's World and Razer Want to Defeat Gaming's Bot Problem
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Index Rises 3.4% as All Assets Trade Higher
19.3.2025
Near Protocol (NEAR) jumps 7.3% and Aave (AAVE) gains 6.1%, leading index higher
Solv Protocol Targets Bitcoin for Institutions With $10M Raise
19.3.2025
With the dominant cryptocurrency now playing the role of “digital gold,” Solv wants to help institutional investors squeeze out as much yield as possible from the asset. Solv Protocol Secures $10M to Bring Bitcoin Solutions to Institutional Investors The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...
Halliday Raises $20M for AI Protocol to Eliminate Writing Smart Contracts for DeFi
18.3.2025
The Series A investment was led by venture capital giant a16z's crypto arm, following a $6 million seed round in 2022
Solana's Biggest Protocol Jito Leans In on a Changed DC
18.3.2025
JitoSOL is not a security, the protocol claimed in a new research paper
Stablecoin Protocol Level Aims to Expand $80M DeFi Yield Token With Fresh Capital Raise
18.3.2025
The protocol's lvlUSD stablecoin hit $80 million market capitalization since its beta launch and outperformed rival yield-generating stablecoins, founders told CoinDesk in an interview
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Stellar (XLM) Gains 11.6%, Leading Index Higher
13.3.2025
NEAR Protocol (NEAR) was also a top performer, gaining 3.7% from Wednesday
The Protocol: Ethereum’s Holesky Testnet Finalizes, Finally
12.3.2025
Also: Starknet Settles to Bitcoin And Ethereum, Danny Ryan’s New Mission from Ethereum’s Engine Room to Wall Street, And Japanese Tech Giants Sony and LINE Join Forces