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World Liberty Financial plans tokens tied to a Trump resort loan. The offering targets accredited investors seeking fixed yield plus loan revenue from a Maldives project, extending tokenization into an illiquid slice of private real estate. Sales could start within the next 30 days. WLFI’s own token has lost
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Polymarket has acquired prediction market API startup Dome for an undisclosed sum. The deal strengthens Polymarket’s developer infrastructure as competition intensifies across regulated and onchain event markets. Dome, part of Y Combinator’s Fall 2025 cohort, provides a unified application programming interface that lets developers build tools across multiple
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Coinbase expanded its onchain lending product to accept XRP, Dogecoin, Cardano, and Litecoin as collateral. The move broadens access to USDC liquidity without requiring investors to sell spot holdings. Eligible U.S. customers, excluding New York residents, can now borrow up to $100,000 in USDC against the four tokens.
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Moonwell recorded $1.78 million in bad debt after an oracle misconfiguration mispriced Coinbase Wrapped ETH (cbETH). The incident exposes persistent fragility in decentralized finance (DeFi) price feeds, where minor configuration errors can cascade into automated liquidations within minutes. The Feb. 15 event followed execution of governance proposal MIP-X43, which
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Ripple has taken a notable step into decentralized finance by integrating Hyperliquid into its Ripple Prime brokerage platform. The move marks the first time Ripple Prime has directly supported a DeFi venue, signaling growing institutional interest in accessing onchain markets through familiar, regulated-style infrastructure. With the new integration, Ripple Prime
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Polymarket is expanding its reach onto the Solana blockchain through a new integration with Jupiter, one of the network’s largest decentralized exchange aggregators. The move brings event-based prediction markets directly into the Jupiter app, allowing users to trade Polymarket contracts without leaving the platform. Jupiter announced the integration in
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Lido, the largest liquid staking protocol on Ethereum, has officially rolled out its stVaults infrastructure on mainnet, marking a significant step in how staking products are designed and deployed. The launch follows nearly a year of testing with institutional validators, data firms, and blockchain networks, and is already seeing adoption
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Bitwise Asset Management has taken a clear step into decentralized finance with the launch of its first onchain vault strategy, built on the Morpho lending protocol. The new product targets yields of up to 6% on the USDC stablecoin, marking Bitwise’s debut as an active curator of DeFi strategies
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Matcha Meta, a decentralized exchange aggregator, has disclosed a security incident tied to its SwapNet integration after blockchain security firms detected a significant outflow of funds over the weekend. According to on-chain analysis shared by PeckShield, the exploit resulted in an estimated $16.8 million in assets being drained. Data
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A ruble-backed stablecoin designed to help Russia bypass international sanctions has processed more than $100 billion in transactions within its first year, according to new data from blockchain analytics firm Elliptic. Known as A7A5, the token operates on both the Ethereum and Tron blockchain networks and was created to enable
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The public token sale for Space Protocol has become a fresh point of debate in the crypto industry, highlighting ongoing tensions around fundraising transparency and investor expectations. Space Protocol, a project developing a leveraged prediction market on the Solana blockchain, recently reported more than $20 million in demand for its
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Justin Sun, founder of the Tron blockchain, has invested $8 million in the decentralized finance project River, a move aimed at deepening integration across the Tron ecosystem. The investment, announced Wednesday by River on X, came as the project’s native token surged to new highs, drawing attention from both