Sky Governance Proposal Seeks To Double USDC PSM Buffer To $800 Million
TL;DR BA Labs has proposed doubling key LITE-PSM-USDC-A parameters in the Sky stablecoin system from 400 million to 800 million. The proposal says USDC reserves stand at 4.13 billion, up 108% since the last recalibration in October 2024. The change would raise daily refresh capacity to 1.6 billion and total serving capacity to 2.4 billion,…
Fireblocks Says Institutional ETH Staking Is Moving Toward Standardized Rails
TL;DR Fireblocks says it has launched ETH Staking Link, a standardized interface for institutional Ethereum staking integrations. The company says more than 36 million ETH, roughly 30% of circulating supply, is now staked across Ethereum. Fireblocks says Ethereum staking on its platform has more than doubled over the last six months. The update also highlights…
Aave Proposal Moves To Add Circle Wrapped Bitcoin As Collateral
TL;DR Aave Labs has proposed onboarding Circle Wrapped Bitcoin, or cirBTC, to Aave V3 Core and Aave V4 Core on Ethereum. The proposal says cirBTC is an ERC-20 token backed 1:1 by Bitcoin custodied at a regulated Circle entity. The move is still at the ARFC stage, meaning it needs community feedback, a Snapshot vote…
Crypto Volume Drops To 2-Year Low—Is A Relief Rally Next?
On-chain data shows trading volume in the crypto sector has slumped to the lowest level in two years, a sign that investors have turned their attention away from the market. Crypto Trading Volume Has Seen A Notable Decline In a new trading volume of crypto assets. The “trading volume” here refers to an indicator that…
Crypto Hackers Drain Over $36M From Protocols Using Unverified Contracts
A crypto hacker who drained $26 million from Ethereum-based protocol Truebit in January had likely practiced the technique on smaller targets first, according to blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. A Contract Left Exposed For Years The Truebit exploit was the largest of four incidents Chainalysis identified in a new report covering the past six months. Together,…
XRP Sees Intense Capitulation As Realized Profit-To-Loss Ratio Plunges
As the XRP price attempts to rebound from its recent lows, Glassnode has shared key on-chain metrics pointing to weakening momentum and “intense capitulation.” XRP Profit/Loss Ratio Falls To Lowest Levels Since 2024 On Tuesday, market intelligence platform Glassnode revealed that XRP is flashing warning signals, with key on-chain indicators pointing to widespread capitulation and…
CLARITY Act Momentum Slows As Approval Odds Fall To 60%
A July 4 target date for advancing crypto market-structure legislation through the Senate is now looking less certain, according to Galaxy Digital’s head of research. Senate Calendar Creates A Bottleneck Alex Thorn revised his probability estimate for the CLARITY Act passing in 2026 from 75% down to 60%, citing a Senate schedule that has grown…
Hyperliquid Strategies Stays Profitable: Strategy And Bitmine Record Losses Above $10 Billion
Crypto markets endured further pressure this week as the sell-off spread to some of the industry’s largest digital asset treasuries (DATs). As of Friday, Bitcoin (BTC) had slipped back below $60,000 for the first time since 2024, Ethereum (ETH) was trading around $1,550, and Hyperliquid (HYPE) was near $57. While the declines weighed on the…
‘Coldest Crypto Winter Ever’: Bloomberg’s Weisenthal Lists 12 Reasons
Bloomberg’s Joe Weisenthal has revived and expanded his argument that crypto is stuck in what he calls the “coldest crypto winter ever,” pointing to a 12-part case that goes beyond price action and into market psychology, capital rotation, regulation, AI and quantum computing. Writing in his Odd Lots newsletter and sharing the piece on X,…
Crypto Treasury Flows Lose Steam, Marking Deepest Drop Since 2024
Bitcoin carried nearly all of May’s inflows. Monthly flows into crypto treasury companies dropped to $180 million for the month, the weakest level since October 2024, and Bitcoin-linked firms accounted for almost all of it with $177 million. Smaller additions went to ZCash, Story and Sui, while Litecoin posted a $1.89 million outflow. The fall…