Tether Discontinues Experimental Gold-Backed Derivative Stablecoin aUSDT
Tether shutters its two-year-old synthetic dollar experiment in favor of direct commodity tokenization.
Liquid Restaking Tokens
Liquid restaking tokens are derivative digital assets issued to users who deposit their staked cryptocurrencies into a restaking protocol. When users lock their assets to secure multiple networks through restaking, those underlying funds become illiquid and cannot be used elsewhere in decentralized finance. To solve this, protocols issue liquid restaking tokens as a receipt representing the user’s initial deposit plus any accrued restaking rewards. These receipt tokens can then be freely traded, used as collateral for loans, or deployed into other yield-generating decentralized applications. This mechanism works by combining the capital efficiency of restaking with the operational flexibility of liquid staking derivatives. They allow investors to maximize their earning potential across the broader decentralized finance ecosystem without sacrificing the shared security they provide to emerging networks.
Standard Chartered Initiates Uniswap Coverage: Forecasts 40x Surge for UNI Token by 2030
Banking giant Standard Chartered has issued an aggressive structural growth forecast for decentralized exchange leader Uniswap, framing it as a vital infrastructure layer for institutional TradFi integration.
DeFi Heavyweights Warn Treasury That Strict GENIUS Act Rules Could Choke On-Chain Liquidity
A joint comment letter argues that holding stablecoin issuers strictly liable for untraceable secondary-market smart contract interactions is an unworkable mandate that threatens open Web3 protocols.
Bitcoin Rebounds Toward $64K as Leverage Resets, but $162M Liquidity Magnet Lurks Below
By
Michael Turner
• 3 mins read
A spot market stabilization pushes BTC back toward key overhead resistance, yet an open interest reset and a persistent midweek cycle pattern suggest the bounce faces a crucial structural test.
Multicoin’s Kyle Samani Declares Web3 Dead, Pointing to DeFi and DePIN Domination
By
David Walker
• 2 mins read
Kyle Samani argues that speculative Web3 concepts are giving way to revenue-generating infrastructure, while also drawing fire for comparing Hyperliquid to Binance.
Trezor Integrates Morpho to Launch Native Stablecoin Yield in Trezor Suite
By
Daniel Brooks
• 2 mins read
Trezor users can now earn yield on Ethereum-based USDC and USDT directly inside their hardware wallet interface, bypassing external dApps through a seamless integration with Morpho.
Gemini Revenue Jumps 42% as Financial Services Pivot Offsets Exchange Slump
By
David Walker
• 3 mins read
Despite a 27% drop in crypto exchange revenue, Gemini’s strategic expansion into consumer finance and credit products has pushed total revenue to $50.3 million, marking a major shift for the firm.
Coinbase to Unify Hyperliquid Markets as Official USDC Treasury Deployer
By
Matthew Clarke
• 2 mins read
Coinbase is taking over as the official treasury deployer for USDC on Hyperliquid, acquiring USDH brand assets as the network transitions to a unified, USDC-backed marketplace with over $5 billion in liquidity.
Starknet Launches strkBTC: New Wrapped Bitcoin Token with Built-In Privacy
By
Matthew Clarke
• 2 mins read
Starknet has officially deployed strkBTC, a zero-knowledge Bitcoin wrapper that enables private balances and confidential transfers on Ethereum’s Layer 2.
Ondo Finance Pipes 35 Tokenized US Stocks to Hyperliquid’s HyperEVM
By
Michael Turner
• 3 mins read
Ondo Finance has extended its multi-chain bridge to Hyperliquid, bringing 35 blue-chip US stocks and ETFs to the perpetuals-focused ecosystem for advanced on-chain trading.