Sui’s Hashi Plans Bitcoin Lending Launch With $500M Committed
Hashi’s phased October rollout has more than $500 million in commitments, with Anchorage Digital adding custody and self-custody access for institutions.
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The DeFi & FinTech section explores the expanding world of decentralized finance and next-generation financial technology. From lending protocols, staking platforms, and liquidity ecosystems to digital banking, payments innovation, and emerging fintech models, this category covers the tools reshaping how value moves across the digital economy. Readers get clear insights into major developments, integrations, and trends transforming both DeFi and traditional financial technology.
Latest DeFi & FinTech News
Pyth DAO Commits 100% of Product Receipts to PYTH Buybacks
Pyth DAO will use all eligible product receipts to accumulate PYTH, replacing monthly votes as the network reports $11.5 million in annual recurring revenue.
Justin Sun Sees Banks Losing Ground as TRON Targets AI Payments
Justin Sun expects younger users to rely less on banks as crypto adoption grows, while positioning TRON for AI-agent payments and tokenized stocks.
Gate and Visa Announce Crypto Card Rollout Across 40+ Markets
Gate’s Visa collaboration targets more than 40 countries and territories, linking crypto balances to everyday purchases through automatic fiat conversion.
Samsung Wallet Sets USDC Launch for 82M US Galaxy Devices
Samsung Wallet will add USDC transfers in late October, with Bastion infrastructure, Coinbase Prime custody and bank payouts in more than 60 countries.
Standard Chartered Plans Institutional Crypto Custody in Singapore
Standard Chartered plans Singapore custody for cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and tokenized assets, extending its institutional digital asset network.
Orca and Loopscale Merge to Finance AI, Robotics and Defense
Orca and Loopscale are combining as Formation, pairing Solana trading and lending infrastructure to finance AI, energy, robotics and defense.
Ripple Challenges Wall Street Banks in ETF Swap Financing
Ripple Prime’s expansion spans equity swaps, institutional financing and major fund clients, as WSJ highlights its role in leveraged ETF financing.
Robinhood Chain Adds Confidential Swaps Through NEAR Intents
Robinhood Chain is live on near.com with ETH, USDG, PONS and CASHCAT, adding confidential transfers and access to liquidity across more than 30 networks.
Tether and Kazakhstan’s Central Bank Explore Tenge Stablecoin
Tether, Kazakhstan’s central bank and Alatau City Authority will study a tenge stablecoin and prepare an asset-tokenization pilot, potentially using Hadron.
Ledger Adds USDC and USDT Loans Backed by Wrapped Bitcoin
Ledger Wallet adds USDC and USDT loans against cbBTC or wBTC through Morpho and Yield.xyz, with on-device signing, variable rates and liquidation risk.
Trump-Linked USD1 Targets Millions of Merchants Through Mesh
World Liberty Financial and Mesh plan to bring USD1 to millions of merchants, while a wider push into Web2 payments still lacks named partners.