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Updated April 21, 2026 · 9:45 PM UTC

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Technology

Linea pledges 85% of tokens to community amid new native ETH staking program

Linea's bold tokenomics promise aligns economic incentives with Ethereum's growth and sustainability.

9 months ago

Stablecoins

Binance launches RWUSD yield bearing stablecoin-like product offering 4.2% APR from RWAs

Binance's RWUSD allows users to earn yield from real-world assets without holding tokenized securities.

9 months ago

Legal

Venture investor Dragonfly faces potential charges over Tornado Cash involvement

Dragonfly defends Tornado Cash investment amid legal scrutiny, calling potential charges "outrageous" and detrimental to innovation.

9 months ago

Research

Capital shifts to stablecoins as DeFi protocols bleed TVL

The market added billions in stablecoins, but DeFi TVL dropped, signaling that capital isn’t leaving crypto, it’s just parked.

9 months ago

Legal

Solana Labs, Jito Labs hit with RICO charges in amended Pump Fun fraud lawsuit

Burwick Law expands lawsuit to include Solana and Jito Labs in PumpFun case under RICO Act.

9 months ago

RWA

Solana’s tokenized stocks surpass $100M in less than a month, yet DeFi use still lags

The largest tokenized stocks, TSLAx and SPYx, have less than 10% ratio of DeFi usage compared to their market caps.

9 months ago

SOL Strategies CEO discusses Solana treasury companies’ role in driving institutional blockchain adoption

Technology

Jito proposes a block marketplace to turn Solana into a ‘decentralized Nasdaq’

The Block Assembly Marketplace proposal includes private orders until execution, a public audit trail of every ordered bundle, and scheduling logic through Plugins.

9 months ago

Legal

Roman Storm’s defense hints at mistrial after agents fail to trace funds stolen from witness to Tornado Cash

The dispute arose after MetaMask security lead Taylor Monahan published a thread on July 18, in which she shared her review of the witness' transactions.

9 months ago

Analysis

Memecoins and DeFi beat Bitcoin as BONK, CRV, FRAX post over 20% gains in 24 hours

Memecoins shift from speculation to functional assets amid Bitcoin's new high and rising institutional interest.

9 months ago

World Liberty Financial holders back WLFI public trading with massive 99.9% positive votes

Crypto 9 months ago

Exchange-run launchpads average 10x gains but face scrutiny over steep valuations, opaque models

Analysis 9 months ago

Daily Bitcoin Ordinals sales volume soar to strongest level since December

Analysis 9 months ago

Aave net deposits of $50 billion compares to ranking in top 50 of banks in US

DeFi 9 months ago

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DeFi news today

Linea pledges 85% of tokens to community amid new native ETH staking program

Binance launches RWUSD yield bearing stablecoin-like product offering 4.2% APR from RWAs

Venture investor Dragonfly faces potential charges over Tornado Cash involvement

Capital shifts to stablecoins as DeFi protocols bleed TVL

Solana Labs, Jito Labs hit with RICO charges in amended Pump Fun fraud lawsuit

Solana’s tokenized stocks surpass $100M in less than a month, yet DeFi use still lags

Jito proposes a block marketplace to turn Solana into a ‘decentralized Nasdaq’

Roman Storm’s defense hints at mistrial after agents fail to trace funds stolen from witness to Tornado Cash

Memecoins and DeFi beat Bitcoin as BONK, CRV, FRAX post over 20% gains in 24 hours

World Liberty Financial holders back WLFI public trading with massive 99.9% positive votes

Exchange-run launchpads average 10x gains but face scrutiny over steep valuations, opaque models

Daily Bitcoin Ordinals sales volume soar to strongest level since December

Aave net deposits of $50 billion compares to ranking in top 50 of banks in US

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