DeFi News
Citadel’s Tokenised-Stock Warning Puts DeFi in the Crosshairs of Federal Rulemaking
Citadel Securities urged the SEC to regulate DeFi systems trading tokenised equities like traditional exchanges, citing risk and compliance ...
Aerodrome DEX Hit by DNS Hijack, Users Steered to Phishing Sites on Base
After a DNS hijack sent users to phishing sites, Aerodrome Finance confirmed its smart contracts are secure, with ENS mirrors safe to access...
Ripple Floats XRP Staking to Bring Token Deeper Into DeFi
Ripple is exploring adding native staking to the XRP Ledger (XRPL) to boost its DeFi utility. This would require major protocol changes to c...
Blockchain’s Cash Flow Moment: Onchain Revenues Soar Toward $20B
Blockchain networks are evolving into a revenue-generating ecosystem, with fee-based activity on track to approach US$19.8 billion (AU$30.2 ...
Standard Chartered Sees $2 Trillion Tokenisation Boom Led by Ethereum by 2028
Standard Chartered projects tokenised real-world assets (excluding stablecoins) to climb from about US$35 billion (AU$54.25 billion) today t...
DeFi Development Corp Partners with Superteam Japan to Launch First Solana Treasury Project
DeFi Development Corp, a Solana-focused firm, has teamed up with Superteam Japan to launch DFDV JP, Japan’s first Solana treasury project....
YZi Labs Launches $1B Builder Fund to Supercharge Innovation Across the BNB Ecosystem
YZi Labs has unveiled a US$1 billion (AU$1.55 billion) Builder Fund for founders building in the BNB ecosystem, targeting DeFi, real-world a...
Abracadabra Exploit Drains $1.8M in MIM Stablecoin, DAO Says Issue Contained
A security flaw on the Abracadabra DeFi lending platform allowed a hacker to steal around US$1.8 million (AU$2.7m) worth of the protocol’s...
DeFi Fees Surge 76% to $600M as Protocols Pivot Toward Sustainable Tokenomics
DeFi fee revenue rebounded in September to roughly US$600 million (AU$918 million), up from a 12-month low of US$340 million (AU$520 million...
Midas and Interop Labs Launch mXRP to Unlock Dormant XRP With Yields Up to 8%
Midas and Interop Labs have introduced mXRP, a tokenised product that converts idle XRP holdings into yield-generating assets. Announc...
Trump Family Nets $1.3B Boost from Bitcoin Ventures and DeFi Gains
The Trump family’s collective wealth increased by US$1.3B (AU$1.97) this week following the trading debut of American Bitcoin (ABTC) and g...
Messari Q2 Report: Flow Hits Record $68M TVL as Stablecoins, Disney, and DeFi Fuel Breakout Quarter
The quarterly report by crypto analytics firm Messari reveals that Flow delivered its strongest quarter yet in Q2 2025, with total value loc...