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Updated April 17, 2026 · 11:30 AM UTC

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Stablecoins

Tether uses $127M Drift rescue to challenge Circle’s grip on Solana payments

Tether just challenged Circle’s USDC grip on Solana by rescuing Drift Protocol and forcing a new USDT standard.

1 day ago

Pile of stablecoins spilling into a city storm drain as a trader checks a phone in the rain, symbolizing how a single crypto swap mistake can drain nearly all funds while trading bots capture the remaining value

DeFi

Miss this warning and you too could lose 99.9% in one swap while Ethereum bots walk away with the rest

Aave and CoW Protocol defend platforms, emphasizing user error and highlighting the need for enhanced DeFi safeguards.

1 month ago

Derivatives

While gold markets were closed, crypto traders priced the Iran war in real time

With benchmarks dark, always on metals perps became the live risk barometer and one venue tracked Sunday’s reopen best.

2 months ago

Uniswap token displayed on a judge’s gavel block inside a courtroom, symbolizing Uniswap defeating fraud claims and a ruling that could reshape liability for online scams

Legal

US judge rules crypto platforms aren’t responsible when scammers use them

A New York judge drew a hard line on neutral infrastructure, and it could ripple from DeFi into app stores and AI.

2 months ago

Bear Market

Hyperliquid 71% surge flips the bear market script with while trillions vanish from global risk trades

HYPE defies market turmoil by thriving on volatility, expanding into real world assets, and capitalizing on prediction markets.

2 months ago

Cracked Bitcoin coin on a desk as a trader watches screens flip from green to red, reflecting Hyperliquid’s public tape turning volatile as copy traders follow losses

Derivatives

October Trump tariff trader loses $100M erasing all 10/10 gains after price dip

With massive on chain perp scale, visible leverage can turn big positions into crowd magnets and liquidation targets.

3 months ago

A large gold-rimmed crypto token with an upward-pointing double-arrow symbol floats in front of a Coinbase skyscraper as golden coins swirl around it.

DeFi

Coinbase’s latest acquisition caused controversial 10X token boom – Who knew?

Coinbase folds Vector tech into its app while Tensor Foundation keeps the marketplace and TNSR, stoking questions about pre-announcement buying and tokenholder upside on future launches.

5 months ago

A hyperrealistic dusk city harbor with a towering ocean wave made of glowing green and red candlesticks surges toward shore, holographic Uniswap, dYdX, and SushiSwap logos hovering above the reflective water to evoke $1T DEX volume amid volatility.

DEX

Decentralized exchanges surpass $1 trillion monthly volume as volatility spikes

Hyperliquid, Aster and Lighter drove a ~50% MoM surge. Here’s who’s winning and why it matters for CEXs.

6 months ago

Crypto

Why did MetaMask show $0 on Ethereum when AWS went offline?

DNS/load-balancer fault in us-east-1 exposed RPC single-points; expect multi-cloud pivots.

6 months ago

Can Solana’s $11.6B staking reboot pull liquidity from Ethereum’s L2s?

DeFi 6 months ago

Anyone can now create Hyperliquid perp contracts with $20M: Is DeFi about to break?

Derivatives 6 months ago

CZ says Aster’s privacy beats Hyperliquid’s transparent order books

DEX 6 months ago

Decentralized exchanges post record $1.43 trillion Q3 volume

DEX 6 months ago

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DEX news today

Tether uses $127M Drift rescue to challenge Circle’s grip on Solana payments

Miss this warning and you too could lose 99.9% in one swap while Ethereum bots walk away with the rest

While gold markets were closed, crypto traders priced the Iran war in real time

US judge rules crypto platforms aren’t responsible when scammers use them

Hyperliquid 71% surge flips the bear market script with while trillions vanish from global risk trades

October Trump tariff trader loses $100M erasing all 10/10 gains after price dip

Coinbase’s latest acquisition caused controversial 10X token boom – Who knew?

Decentralized exchanges surpass $1 trillion monthly volume as volatility spikes

Why did MetaMask show $0 on Ethereum when AWS went offline?

Can Solana’s $11.6B staking reboot pull liquidity from Ethereum’s L2s?

Anyone can now create Hyperliquid perp contracts with $20M: Is DeFi about to break?

CZ says Aster’s privacy beats Hyperliquid’s transparent order books