Decentralized finance: lending, DEXs, stablecoins, yield, and liquidity. 279 stories curated by CryptoCatalyst.
Farmers in Brazil are tokenizing dairy cows to bypass traditional bank lending limits. Smart collars track herd health in real time, preventing fraud and enabling access to thousands in funding.
Uniswap has introduced a new framework, developed with Superstate, Securitize, and Dowgo, that allows regulated funds and securities to trade on its platform while enforcing compliance rules necessary for institutional investors.
Brazilian dairy farmers are tokenizing cows on the stock exchange to secure loans, offering a solution to the sector's credit crisis. This innovative approach uses blockchain to represent cows as digital assets, making them easier to collateralize.
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon supports the Crypto Clarity Act, breaking with JP Morgan's Jamie Dimon and banking trade groups who warn the bill's stablecoin-yield provisions could pull deposits away from traditional lenders.
BitMEX, the exchange that introduced 100x leverage perpetual swaps, is closing by September 23. The platform's shutdown marks the end of an era in crypto derivatives trading.
A hacker drained $24 million from the Arbitrum-based perpetual DEX AFX Trade, exploiting a custody bridge. The platform is offering the hacker 30% of the funds to return them.
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce warned that certain decentralized finance (DeFi) vaults and onchain lending strategies could fall under securities laws. The classification depends on how these financial products are structured and marketed, she said.
The Balance stablecoin lost 99% of its value after an attacker exploited a flaw in its lending system. The attacker manipulated bitcoin prices to drain vaults, pocketing $1 million in a single transaction.
Arcus, a decentralized exchange built by the dYdX team and backed by Robinhood, has expanded its offerings to include tokenized stocks and perpetual futures on the Robinhood Chain. This move is part of a broader trend of crypto platforms bringing traditional financial assets onchain.
Augustus, a fintech startup, has raised $180 million to integrate stablecoins into a federally chartered bank, aiming to modernize cross-border payments. The Tiger Global-led round values the company at $1 billion.
Morpho has introduced a new fixed-rate lending protocol called Midnight, complementing its existing variable-rate markets on Base. This offers users more predictable borrowing and lending options in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space.
Allbridge, a cross-chain protocol, has temporarily halted operations following a $1.65 million exploit involving a flash loan. The attacker manipulated pool ratios to withdraw assets at favorable rates before bridging funds.
Hyperliquid is introducing permissionless prediction markets, first on testnet and later on mainnet, as part of the HIP-4 upgrade.
AZ-Com Maruwa, a logistics firm supplying Amazon Japan, will pay 2,300 partners using the yen-pegged stablecoin JPYC. This marks Japan's first large-scale corporate adoption of stablecoins for payments.
Allbridge, a cross-chain bridge, has temporarily paused operations after a $1.65 million flash loan attack. The attacker exploited Solana stablecoin pools before transferring the funds to Ethereum, according to security firms.
US federal agencies missed the July 19, 2026 deadline set by the GENIUS Act to finalize stablecoin regulations, issuing 10 proposed rules instead. The delay leaves the stablecoin market in regulatory limbo, creating uncertainty for businesses and consumers.
Tether's USDT stablecoin faces a two-year countdown as the GENIUS Act's regulations will be fully enforced by July 2028, threatening its availability on U.S. crypto platforms. The act, which marked its first anniversary this week, has yet to see regulators meet deadlines for writing the necessary rules.
Uniswap's governance is voting on two proposals that could increase the UNI token burn rate. The votes, open from July 19 to July 26, would route new fees from Uniswap v4 and the Robinhood Chain into the burn system established under the "UNIfication" overhaul in December 2025.
Washington views Brazil's promotion of non-dollar payment channels, including Pix and the growth of stablecoins, as a potential threat to dollar-based trade, even as dollar-linked stablecoins account for about 90% of Brazil's crypto transactions.
Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings has received regulatory approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore to acquire a majority stake in Singapore-based crypto exchange Coinhako, expanding into stablecoins, onchain finance, and tokenized assets.
OKX Europe now lets users swap Tether’s USDT for Circle’s USDC, which complies with the EU’s MiCA stablecoin regulations. This move comes as MiCA reshapes the European stablecoin market, offering a voluntary path away from USDT.
Robinhood is pushing to onboard 10 million casual investors to decentralized finance (DeFi), but early activity is dominated by memecoins. The company's original vision of tokenizing traditional assets remains small. Robinhood claims its advantage is in bringing retail customers onchain, but the current focus on memecoins may not align with its broader goals.
Solana Router AI has introduced new features to simplify crypto swaps on the Solana blockchain. The update includes faster transaction times and lower fees for users.
Japan's SBI Holdings will use its JPYSC stablecoin for settlement and collateral while distributing Ondo's financial products through its network, as part of a deal to tokenize Japanese stocks.