DeFi

ETH derivatives open interest jumps 11.59% in 24 hours to $34.165B, with Binance, Gate, Bybit and OKX carrying most of

ECB chief economist Philip Lane warned the central bank could still raise interest rates if inflation’s impact lasts longer than

Tokenized commodities and equities now top $7b as gold-backed tokens lead a 600% RWA surge into live, onchain collateral. Summary

Tether’s new self-custody tether.wallet puts USDT rails directly in users’ hands, blending stablecoin plumbing with a consumer payments app. Summary

Paxos Labs, a spin‑off from Paxos, just raised $12M to help big enterprises launch their own branded stablecoins and plug

Binance’s on‑chain perps launch collides with big BNB and Binance Life outflows. Summary Binance Wallet adds perpetual futures trading with

Summary The American Bankers Association says yield‑bearing payment stablecoins could accelerate deposit flight from community banks once the market scales

Ondo wants the SEC to sign off on a model where tokens on Ethereum mirror existing securities entitlements at U.S.

Foundry’s U.S.‑based, compliance‑first Zcash pool has already grown to roughly one‑third of network hashrate, giving institutional miners a regulated way

Former CFTC chair J. Christopher “CryptoDad” Giancarlo has quit his senior role at Willkie to focus full‑time on crypto, AI