Category: Defi

Pi price climbed double‑digits on Friday as the network’s long‑running experiment in “mobile‑first” crypto collides with hard mainnet deadlines and bruised holders looking for a bottom. Summary Pi price trades near $0.152 on TradingView’s PI3USD pair, up roughly 12% on...

X’s decision to clamp down on so-called InfoFi applications has sent fresh shockwaves through the crypto market, dragging several tokens sharply lower and forcing a rethink across a niche that had grown tightly intertwined with the social media platform. The...

U.S. stocks extend a strong risk‑on rally while Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana slip, underscoring crypto’s role as high‑beta macro risk tied to Wall Street. Summary S&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow open sharply higher as tech and growth lead a renewed risk‑on move...

Cybersecurity researchers are becoming interested in a newly discovered ransomware strain called DeadLock that abuses Polygon smart contracts to silently service its infrastructure and bypass conventional detection tools, as a recent report by threat intelligence firm Group-IB depicts. DeadLock, first...

Hyperscale Data lifts its Bitcoin treasury to 589 BTC and targets $100m, using a strict dollar‑cost‑averaging plan as crypto remains a macro risk barometer. Summary Hyperscale Data now holds 589.4502 BTC worth about $41.4m, aiming to scale its Bitcoin balance‑sheet...

Pump.fun has rolled out a new social feature that is already stirring debate across Solana’s meme coin scene, after founder Alon Cohen said he would personally use it to “call” a low market cap token as a live test. The...

Perpetual DEXs processed over $70B on Feb. 5, their second‑biggest day ever, as Hyperliquid, Aster, edgeX and Lighter absorbed a sharp BTC, ETH, SOL‑led deleveraging. Summary Per DeFiLlama, perp DEXs cleared $70B+ on Feb. 5, second only to the Oct. 10, 2025...

A sharp sell-off in Aster’s token is drawing fresh attention to the decentralized perpetuals trading sector, even as overall derivatives activity remains historically high. ASTER fell roughly 75% from its peak to trade near new lows this week, showing the...

CryptoQuant’s Ki Young Ju warns that absent a near-term Bitcoin rebound, forced liquidations and cascading institutional selling could hit ETFs, miners, and trust. Summary CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju says large BTC releases may signal forced institutional liquidations that pressure...

Aave has handed stewardship of the Lens Protocol to Mask Network, marking a strategic shift that narrows Aave’s focus back to decentralized finance. This will place the next phase of decentralized social development in the hands of a team more...