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DeFi has long promised open and self-custodial finance. But for most users, actually using it still means juggling through wallets, dApps, bridges, pools, approvals, and risks that are very h
Total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (DeFi) has fallen by about 39% in 2026 so far, declining to just over $70 billion from roughly $115 billion in January. A Wednesday report fr
Hong Kong — June 24, 2026 (PinionNewswire) — Financial & AI Layer 1 Pharos Network today welcomed Circle, Avalon Labs, TermMax Finance, Primus and Tulipa Capital as the newest strategic partn
You can also read this news on BH NEWS: Tokenization Offers a Bright Path for Aave’s Future in DeFi Lending Standard Chartered has identified potential for a resurgence in Aave’s growth as th
Standard Chartered has suggested that Aave, one of the leading decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocols, could regain momentum as tokenized assets see wider adoption within DeFi. Accord
Restaking lets you take the ether you have already staked and put it to work a second time, securing other protocols for extra yield. It is one of the largest ideas in crypto today, and one o
Shibarium is a Layer 2 (L2) blockchain built on top of Ethereum that processes transactions off-chain in batches before settling them on the Ethereum mainnet. Launched on August 16, 2023, it
Ethereum quantum protection could cost as little as $0.07 per account, according to a proposal published on June 14, 2026, by Nicolas Consigny, the Ethereum Foundation's Kohaku project lead.
Binance (@binance) bStocks are tokenized securities that track select US stocks on the blockchain. Each one is a BEP-20 token issued by BTech Holdings Limited, a Binance group affiliate, and
Large holders of Hyperliquid's native token $HYPE are pulling significant sums off major custodians, with on-chain data pointing to a fresh wave of accumulation as the asset hovers near its a
First US Bank Accounts Tied Directly to On-Chain Dollars Telcoin Digital Asset Bank has announced that US users can now open a bank account natively connected to its bank-issued eUSD stableco
Clean Bill of Health From Halborn The XRP Ledger's native Lending Protocol has passed a full re-audit by Web3 security firm Halborn with no critical or high-severity vulnerabilities identifie
