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Kraken moves Bitcoin to Chainlink as bridge fears spread across DeFi
Kraken is rebuilding how Bitcoin moves through DeFi after the KelpDAO shock.
Liam 'Akiba' Wright 7 min read
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Crypto is no longer a single industry, and that may be bullish
Hunter Horsley says crypto has split into stablecoins, Bitcoin, tokenization and infrastructure. That fragmentation may explain the market’s mixed mood, and why it could be a sign of maturity.
Stablecoins
HYPE jumps as Coinbase and Circle back Hyperliquid’s stablecoin model
HYPE rallied after Coinbase and Circle committed to Hyperliquid’s AQAv2 upgrade, bringing USDC’s liquidity together with the protocol-aligned yield model pioneered by USDH.
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Bitcoin holders can now hide more of their activity, but only by trusting new middlemen
Starknet’s strkBTC launch highlights a broader Bitcoin privacy tradeoff, where the fastest way to shield BTC may be to move it into wrappers, sidechains or e-cash systems that add new trust assumptions.
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Cardano to focus on tokenized institutional vaults as DeFi’s retail focus fades
Institutions need vaults, policy controls, audit records, and risk-managed workflows, and that is where Cardano’s next adoption test begins.
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Chainlink emerges as the unlikely $3B winner of KelpDAO exploit as DeFi projects dump LayerZero
More than $3 billion in DeFi value is moving toward Chainlink’s CCIP after the KelpDAO exploit exposed weaknesses in bridge verification.
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After the $16.5 billion in exploits, DeFi is now being forced toward the controls it once resisted
Aave’s rsETH bad debt shows DeFi’s next security crisis rests in broken assumptions across bridges, governance, collateral listings, and risk controls.
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TON price doubles after Telegram made a move critics say cuts against crypto’s core promise
TON has doubled as traders bet Telegram is turning the blockchain into the financial layer of its messaging empire.
DeFi
Ethereum loses 10% of its DeFi market share as rival chains close in
Ethereum's lead is being chipped away by chains winning specific markets, such as BSC in DEX flow, Tron in stablecoins, Bitcoin in collateral, Base in L2 activity, and Hyperliquid in perps.
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