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Pyra users face a September exit deadline while fresh Solana minting signals show liquidity moving faster than recovery systems.
Liam 'Akiba' Wright 6 min read 
The Solstice CMO discusses SLX, delta-neutral yield, institutional DeFi, stablecoins, Solana diligence, and the credibility gap still facing crypto after the last cycle.
Botanix is winding down after showing Bitcoin DeFi could run, but still struggled to attract enough real demand.
The reported $100 UNI target hinges on tokenized assets leaving closed rails for liquid, composable markets.
From DeFi vaults to BlackRock’s new income ETF and Metaplanet’s Japan push, finance is turning Bitcoin into a yield product, even though the yield still has to come from somewhere else.
Kraken’s early traction suggests the next wave of DeFi adoption will come through neobanks and fintech apps that hide vault complexity behind familiar savings products.
Raydium’s legacy exploit shows how legacy DeFi contracts can stay live, forgotten, and vulnerable after protocols move on.
Solana ETF inflows and network activity are rising, but inflation, weak fee burn, and macro pressure still weigh on SOL.
A $36 million H exploit shows how one custody failure can threaten a project built around digital identity trust.
