DeFi News
Chamath Returns: $250M SPAC Targets AI, DeFi, Energy & Defence
Chamath Palihapitiya is returning to the SPAC market with a US$250M (AU$388M) vehicle, American Exceptionalism Acquisition Corp A (AEXA), fi...
Man Who Lost 8,000 BTC in Landfill Abandons Search, Launches DeFi Token Instead
Well, after 12 years, James Howells officially abandoned his bid to recover a hard drive containing 8,000 Bitcoin from a landfill in Newport...
Chainlink Unveils Real-Time Data Streams for U.S. Stocks and ETFs, Fueling DeFi’s Expansion Into Traditional Finance
Chainlink has released a new service called Data Streams to provide real-time pricing for US equities and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on-ch...
Ethereum’s New Safety Net: EIP-7983 Caps Transaction Gas at 16.77M to Thwart DoS Attacks
Ethereum may soon put a hard ceiling on how much gas any single transaction can burn under a new proposal: EIP-7983, a draft from Vitalik Bu...
Cardano Eyes $100M ADA Investment to Boost DeFi Ecosystem
Cardano’s co-founder Charles Hoskinson is pushing for a proposal that would allocate US$100M (AU$153M) in ADA toward growing its DeFi ecos...
SEC Rejection Stalls DeFi Development’s $1 Billion Solana Fundraise
DeFi Development Corp has withdrawn its attempt to raise US$1B (AU$1.56B) to buy more Solana (SOL) through a public offering. This is becaus...
Ripple Execs Confirm XRPL EVM Sidechain Mainnet Launch Slated for Q2 2025
Ripple Labs is preparing to launch an Ethereum-compatible sidechain for the XRP Ledger by the end of Q2. The announcement was made on the op...
Cardinal Leap: Cardano Bridges Bitcoin into DeFi
Cardano has unveiled Cardinal, a new protocol intended to connect Bitcoin with its decentralised finance (DeFi) ecosystem. Announced by foun...
SEC Chair Criticises Past Crypto Crackdown, Backs Self-Custody in DeFi Push
SEC Chair Paul Atkins took direct aim at his predecessor’s crypto legacy during a roundtable discussion Monday, framing the previous admin...
Maple Finance Takes syrupUSD to Solana with $30M Thrust to Supercharge DeFi Lending
Maple Finance is expanding beyond Ethereum, deploying its yield-bearing stablecoin, syrupUSD, onto Solana-based platforms Kamino and Orca, t...
Ethereum Foundation Announces New Treasury Policy for Critical 2025-26 Period
After facing scrutiny for recent sell-offs, the Ethereum Foundation (EF) is revamping its treasury strategy. In a blog post detailing ...
Ethereum Foundation Changes Tact, Goes ‘Full DeFi’
The Ethereum Foundation (EF) has taken a major step forward in decentralised finance (DeFi) by borrowing US$2 million (AU$3.11 million) in G...