Ethereum Turns 11 With $148B Stablecoin Base But Cooler Mainnet Fees
Ethereum has turned 11, and the network’s birthday arrives with a very Ethereum-style contradiction: it is still one of the most important settlement layers in crypto, but its base-chain revenue has cooled sharply. The validated July 31 notes show Ethereum hosting roughly $148.8 billion in stablecoins and around $15.5 billion in tokenized real-world assets. At…
Granite Protocol Listing Shows Bitcoin DeFi Is Still Building On Stacks
Granite Protocol has been listed on Borrow on Bitcoin, adding another lending route for users who want to put Bitcoin-linked collateral to work without leaving the broader Bitcoin DeFi stack. The listing centers on Granite’s Stacks-based lending market, where users can deposit sBTC collateral and borrow USDCx. The validated notes point to a variable borrow…
Trusted Volumes Hacker Returns 1,122 ETH, Keeps $2M Bounty
A hacker tied to the Trusted Volumes exploit has returned 1,122 ETH to the protocol, closing part of a security incident that began with a multi-million-dollar exploit earlier this year. The on-chain recovery is unusual because the attacker did not return everything. Instead, the wallet linked to the exploit sent back roughly $2 million worth…
Sui Launches Gas-Free Stablecoin Transfers At Protocol Level
Sui has launched gas-free stablecoin transfers, a move that goes directly at one of the most annoying pieces of crypto payments: needing the network’s native token just to move dollars. For experienced crypto users, gas is normal. For everyone else, it is friction. A user may have USDC or another stablecoin in a wallet, but…
Uniswap Founder Proposes v4 Protocol Fees Across Multiple Networks
Uniswap founder Hayden Adams has proposed expanding protocol fees across Uniswap v4 and several network deployments, putting one of DeFi’s longest-running governance debates back at the centre of the market. Protocol fees are a sensitive topic for Uniswap because the exchange is one of DeFi’s most important pieces of infrastructure. It processes huge volumes, sits…
eToro’s Extended Stake Shows Retail Brokers Are Still Eyeing On-Chain Derivatives
eToro’s Extended Stake Shows Retail Brokers Are Still Eyeing On-Chain Derivatives is a useful reminder that crypto coverage is not only about token prices. Sometimes the more important story is the infrastructure, regulation, security, or product layer sitting underneath the market noise. The immediate point is straightforward: eToro has taken a strategic stake in on-chain…
Aave V3 On zkSync Era Gives DeFi Lending Another Push Into ZK Rollups
Aave V3 On zkSync Era Gives DeFi Lending Another Push Into ZK Rollups is the kind of crypto story that looks simple at headline level but becomes more useful once you place it inside the wider market backdrop. Aave’s expansion strategy is a good lens for the broader DeFi market: liquidity follows users, but users…
Aave V4 Gas Optimization Push Shows DeFi Is Still Fighting Its Cost Problem
Aave’s V4 discussion is a useful reminder that DeFi’s next cycle will not be won only by bigger yields or louder token narratives. Cost still matters. If users have to think twice before every transaction, the product is not ready for the next wave of adoption. That is why the gas optimization side of Aave’s…
MakerDAO’s SPARK Rollout Plan Shows The Endgame Transition Is Getting More Concrete
MakerDAO’s Endgame plan can sound abstract until the token mechanics start to appear. The SPARK rollout discussion gives the market something more concrete to evaluate: distribution, incentives, and how Spark Protocol participants may fit into the new structure. The useful way to read this is not as a guaranteed price signal, but as a fresh…
Robinhood Launches Public L2 Mainnet Optimized For Real-World Assets
Robinhood is no longer just giving crypto users a trading button. The brokerage is now pushing deeper into blockchain infrastructure with the launch of Robinhood Chain, a public Layer 2 mainnet built around tokenized real-world assets and on-chain financial products. The move matters because it places one of the most recognizable retail brokerage brands directly…