Category: Defi

CryptoQuant data shows Nexo users borrowed nearly 1 billion dollars in a year and over 30% returned, suggesting managed deleveraging as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana retreat. Summary CryptoQuant’s JA Maartun reports Nexo issued about 863 million dollars in credit, with...

BonkFun has moved to reset the economics of meme coin launches on Solana, announcing a sharp cut to creator fees that signals a renewed fight for relevance in an increasingly crowded launchpad market. In a post on X, the team...

Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. Over the past two years, the Bitcoin (BTC) ecosystem has witnessed a proliferation of “layer 2s” that...

Decentralized finance protocols are increasingly stepping back from public Discord servers, arguing that a platform once central to crypto community building has turned into a security risk that is harder to justify as the sector matures. The shift moved into...

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...