DeFi news
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Apple and Google Go Hunting for Crypto Talent, Hint at Stablecoin Push
The senior roles cover Apple’s consumer payment products and Google Cloud’s institutional blockchain business in Asia.
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Bitcoin Reaches Its Highest Level Since January as Crude Sinks 8%
Bitcoin reached its highest level in almost eight months on Monday, climbing through the London morning and holding the gain into New York, as crude oil fell more than 8% and U.S. equities opened higher. Spot buying and short covering are carrying the move. Perpetual funding rates on OKX and......
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Why banks and offshore hubs like Dubai are winners of the Senate killing the Clarity Act
One expert believes that the failure to pass the bill is a win for the banks that staunchly oppose stablecoin yields, while a global crypto lawyer believes overseas jurisdictions benefit.
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Google and Apple seek crypto talent as Big Tech eyes stablecoin and tokenization rails
The tech giants’ job listings could indicate that they are separately pursuing experts in stablecoins and tokenized deposits for future projects.
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Visa Moves to Close Meme Coin Credit Card Rewards Loophole: Source
After banks lost their push for tighter stablecoin rules in the failed Clarity Act, JP Morgan scored a narrower win as Visa moves to stop meme coin purchases from being coded as ordinary "digital media" and earning card rewards.
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Coinbase Files to List Single-Stock Perps on Apple, Tesla and Nvidia
The filing seeks CFTC approval for contracts giving US traders 24/5 leveraged exposure to individual stocks without ownership.
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Neutrl Opens NUSD Redemptions at 51 Cents as Strata Junior Tranche Faces Wipeout
Neutrl has opened a redemption program whose Ethereum contract pays 0.51 USDC per NUSD, giving holders an exit at a 49% shortfall to the token’s $1 reference value. The rate is directly visible in Neutrl’s redemption contract: its `redemptionRate()` function returns 510000000000000000, an... Read...
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Coinbase Seeks CFTC Approval for US Single-Stock Perpetual Futures
Coinbase Derivatives has asked the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to approve a suite of cash-settled perpetual futures tied to individual U.S.-listed stocks and exchange-traded funds, extending its domestic perpetual-futures push from equity indexes to single securities. U.S. customers...
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Bitcoin Runs to $81,000 and NEAR Adds 32% as Tokenization Tokens Lead
Bitcoin reached $81,000 on Friday and NEAR Protocol gained 32% over 24 hours, as DeFi and tokenization tokens led a rally that started in the Asia session and extended through the first 90 minutes of U.S. trading. Equities did not follow. The S&P 500 was at 7,630, 0.1% below Thursday's 7,638...
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Morpho Opens Borrowing Against Coinbase's Tokenized Stocks
Lending and borrowing against Coinbase's tokenized stocks is live on Base, Morpho said in a post on X. Holders can pledge the tokens and draw USDC at variable or fixed rates. The markets make Coinbase's stock tokens collateral. Coinbase began issuing them in August for users outside the United......
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WisdomTree Opens Tokenized Treasury Fund To MoonPay's 35 Million Accounts
WisdomTree and MoonPay will build an access point letting U.S. investors buy shares of WisdomTree's tokenized government money market fund inside MoonPay's platform, and MoonPay will use the fund in the reserve management behind its stablecoin business, the two firms said on Thursday. The... Read...
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Polymarket Hires Ex-Zora CEO for Onchain Product Push
Polymarket has hired former Zora CEO Jacob Horne to work on product with an emphasis on its DeFi offering, as CEO Shayne Coplan acknowledged that the performance of the prediction market’s onchain product has “waned” while the company scaled. Coplan said some longtime users believed Polymarket...
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World Rolls Out Money App as Key Features Remain Country-Limited
World has begun rolling out World Money in more than 150 countries, bringing stablecoin balances, global payments, virtual accounts, trading, yield programs and Mini Apps into a self-custodial financial app. Existing World App and World ID App users can carry their credentials into World Money....
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Tenka Announces Pre-Seed Round Led by Maven 11 to Build Market Infrastructure for Asset-Backed Finance
Tenka has closed its pre-seed round to build the market infrastructure that connects the origination of asset-backed finance with a secondary market, giving investors a credible route to liquidity before maturity without changing the terms of the underlying loans. London, England, September 17,......
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The Next Bull Run Could Be One Big Airdrop Away
If you used Uniswap just once before September 2020, even for a failed transaction, you woke up exactly six years ago today to 400 UNI sitting in your wallet, worth about $1,200. Fourteen months after that $450 million airdrop, total crypto market capitalization had surged from roughly $350...
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The Vanishing Debt — An Analysis of the Notional Finance Hack
Background On September 4, 2026, the well-known decentralized lending platform Notional Finance was attacked, resulting in approximately $1.73 million in losses. The following is a detailed analysis of this attack by the SlowMist Security Team: Prerequisite Knowledge In Notional Finance V1, fCash...
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SlowMist: MistTrack & SlowMist KYT Partner Program Officially Launches
As crypto assets, stablecoin payments, and digital financial services continue to develop, on-chain AML, KYT, and fund risk analysis are becoming practical needs for an increasing number of institutions. To this end, MistTrack & SlowMist KYT has officially launched its Partner Program, recruiting...