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Plume Network has officially launched its Genesis mainnet, marking a major step toward merging decentralized finance (DeFi) with real-world assets (RWAs). The rollout comes after a successful Alpha phase, during which over $150 million in RWA capital was deployed on-chain. The new mainnet, unveiled on June 5, is purpose-built for
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Crypto credit startup 3Jane has emerged from stealth with a clear mission: bring unsecured lending to the digital asset economy. Backed by a $5.2 million seed round led by Paradigm, the company aims to fill what it sees as a major gap in decentralized finance (DeFi)—a scalable, trustless
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COTI has rolled out PriveX, a new decentralized trading platform that puts privacy and performance front and center. Built on COTI’s privacy infrastructure and now live on its mainnet, PriveX is designed to deliver a centralized exchange-like experience in a fully decentralized environment—without exposing sensitive trade data on-chain.
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World Liberty Financial, a crypto venture associated with former U.S. President Donald Trump, has quietly distributed its USD1 stablecoin to holders of its native token, WLFI. According to blockchain tracking platforms Lookonchain and SlowMist, wallets linked to the project initiated bulk transfers late Tuesday night, sending 47 USD1 tokens
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As summer kicks off with a quiet crypto market, industry players are making bold moves behind the scenes. From billion-dollar treasury strategies to institutional expansion, several key announcements this week reflect growing confidence in the digital asset space despite muted trading activity. Robinhood has officially completed its $200 million acquisition
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LiFi Protocol, a cross-chain bridge facilitating asset transfers across multiple blockchains, recently reported record-breaking growth—but new allegations suggest the surge may not be as organic as it appears. According to blockchain analyst ZachXBT, the spike in LiFi activity during May—amounting to $3 billion in volume and over 4.
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The crypto industry took a $302 million hit in May, primarily from hacks targeting decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms, according to blockchain security firm Certik. While that total marks a 16.9% drop from April, the majority of losses stemmed from vulnerabilities in smart contract code—a persistent challenge for the
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The Open Network (TON), a blockchain project closely linked to messaging giant Telegram, has fully recovered from a temporary outage that briefly halted block production on June 1. Developers moved swiftly to address the issue, restoring normal operations just 40 minutes after the disruption began. Block production has been restored
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Decentralized exchanges (DEXs) reached a major milestone in May, claiming 25% of global spot crypto trading volume—an all-time high and a clear signal of growing momentum behind decentralized finance. According to data, DEXs handled $410.2 billion in trading volume last month, up sharply from previous months. PancakeSwap led
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Speaking at the recent Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas, Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether—the world’s leading issuer of the U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin USDT—revealed the scale of the company’s impressive reserves. According to Ardoino, Tether currently holds more than 100,000 bitcoin, valued at over
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Coinbase has unveiled a new solution aimed at redefining wallet infrastructure for blockchain developers. The release of CDP Wallets—currently available in open beta—marks a major shift in how developers can build, manage, and interact with self-custodied crypto wallets without the burden of handling private keys or deploying complex
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Ethereum-based DeFi protocol Euler is preparing to launch EulerSwap, a decentralized exchange designed to transform how liquidity providers (LPs) earn yield and manage risk. By combining lending mechanics directly with trading infrastructure, Euler aims to offer deeper capital efficiency and more strategic flexibility than traditional automated market makers (AMMs). Built