DeFi

World Liberty Financial opened WLFI claims at 8:00 am ET, driving a rush of on-chain transactions that pushed Ethereum gas into triple digits

Developers debated the buffer between client releases and the first testnet fork in an effort to keep Fusaka on schedule

Despite incentives and a sweeping rebrand from MakerDAO, USDS growth has stalled and DAI is quietly resurging

12% of validators have voted in favor so far

The integration introduces Bitcoin with native yield to Solana DeFi

Faster markets and bigger bets are reshaping how capital and predictions flow onchain

External Rewards let protocols distribute native token incentives to stakers and node operators

Several teams in crypto have explored the idea of using futarchy to overhaul DAO governance

The Google Cloud Web3 lead outlined a new Layer 1 with CME piloting tokenization on its rails

Over 100 crypto firms and advocates urge Congress to shield open-source builders and non-custodial providers

MetaMask now lets users create and restore wallets via social accounts

Hyperliquid’s fundamentals continue to improve, yet its valuation remains discounted compared to other L1s

Supporters call the proposal a credit line to scale crvUSD, but critics warn it could set a dangerous precedent

New PeerDAS design raises throughput ahead of Fusaka upgrade

Exchange says all validators now run in distributed clusters, boosting decentralization and fault tolerance

EigenLayer founder Sreeram Kannan says the distinction comes down to what Ethereum enforces onchain

Fears that rollups would abandon Ethereum haven’t materialized — instead, chains like Celo and Lisk have migrated the other way

Stripe and Circle launch L1 chains

From Ronin’s classic L2 pivot to Taiko’s based rollup and Puffer’s ultra-low-latency appchain testnet, Ethereum-aligned architectures are multiplying

ETF flows slow, REV stagnates, Pump strikes back and Drift punches up

Founder Michael Egorov reflects on the mystery, CRV’s role in DeFi, and what’s next

Offchain Labs’ acquisition of ZeroDev marks a shift toward full-stack developer tooling

Institutions launching their own L1s isn’t good for Solana — but it’s just as bad for everyone else

Perp DEX Extended migrates from StarkEx to Starknet, with a UX that keeps EVM traders out of the bridge lane entirely