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Vitalik Buterin Proposes Options-Based DeFi to Replace Liquidation-Driven Debt Model
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin proposed splitting 1 ETH into two paired option assets that always sum back to 1 ETH, eliminating forced liquidations and letting synthetics rely on slow, prediction-market-style oracles.
Anchorage Digital Pushes Federally Chartered Settlement Into Non-Custodial DeFi With Coordinated Multiparty Layer
The OCC-chartered crypto bank is positioning its Atlas network as a coordinated multiparty settlement layer for institutional trading on Hyperliquid, Lighter, and Aave — letting funds touch live DeFi without moving assets offshore or prefunding venues.
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Vitalik Buterin Proposes Options-Based DeFi to Replace Liquidation-Driven Debt Model
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin proposed splitting 1 ETH into two paired option assets that always sum back to 1 ETH, eliminating forced liquidations and letting synthetics rely on slow, prediction-market-style oracles.
Anchorage Digital Pushes Federally Chartered Settlement Into Non-Custodial DeFi With Coordinated Multiparty Layer
The OCC-chartered crypto bank is positioning its Atlas network as a coordinated multiparty settlement layer for institutional trading on Hyperliquid, Lighter, and Aave — letting funds touch live DeFi without moving assets offshore or prefunding venues.
Radiant Capital Winds Down to a $2M Husk, 20 Months After DPRK-Linked $50M Heist
The cross-chain lender that once held more than $300M in deposits now has $2.21M in total value locked, a sub-$2M market cap, and no remaining major-exchange listing — the slow end-state of an October 2024 exploit Mandiant traced to North Korea.
Circle Freeze on Zama's Confidential USDC Locks $12.6M of User Funds in DeFi 'Crossfire'
A court-ordered restraining order pushed Circle to blacklist Zama's cUSDC wrapper on Ethereum. The privacy protocol is not a defendant but every depositor in the pooled contract is locked out alongside the targeted funds.
ICE Chief Sprecher Calls Hyperliquid 'Bigger Than Nasdaq' as HYPE Run Draws TradFi Notice
The founder of the company that owns the New York Stock Exchange praised the small decentralized exchange and its SpaceX pre-IPO market, even as ICE presses regulators over how to police perpetual futures.
Base Launches MCP Agent Gateway for Onchain Portfolio Management
Base introduces Model Context Protocol integration enabling AI agents to execute swaps, trades, and portfolio management across leading DeFi protocols.
Tokenized Stocks Emerge as Fastest-Growing Asset Class on Ethereum
Token Terminal reports that tokenized stocks have become the leading category of tokenized assets on Ethereum, with xStocks and Ondo Finance leading the sector.
Steakhouse Fi Pulls $1 Billion Lead Over Competing Morpho Vault Curators
Steakhouse Fi has expanded its lead to approximately $1 billion over the next largest Morpho vault curator, marking a significant shift in the competitive curator ecosystem.
CME and NYSE Owner Push U.S. Regulators to Crack Down on Hyperliquid
The Hyperliquid Policy Center disputed the framing.
Privy Launches Euphoria, Mobile-First Derivatives Trading Platform on Mainnet
Privy has launched Euphoria, a mobile-first derivatives trading platform that gamifies crypto trading through social competition, now live on mainnet.