In an insightful conversation, Camila Russo sat down with Maple Finance’s CEO, Sid Powell, to delve into the potential of real-world assets (RWAs) within DeFi, the evolving role of stablecoins in this ecosystem, and strategies to unlock new lending markets onchain. Their discussion highlights the rapid innovations taking place in the DeFi space and sheds light on the future of decentralized credit markets.

Less than four months into the new year, the total crypto market cap, excluding Bitcoin, is down 41% from its December 2024 high.

Less than two weeks after Magic Eden acquired token trading platform Slingshot, Opensea launches Solana token trading on OS2.

The wallet that launched the token removed $4.6 million of USDC liquidity, with $300 million worth of TRUMP set to be unlocked tomorrow.

Maple’s SYRUP token has surged 20% in the past 24 hours.

Bitcoin holds steady while Ethereum and altcoins dip.

The brief disruption led to failed trades and service delays across Binance, KuCoin, and MEXC.

The agency has backed away from a slew of cases against prominent crypto companies, marking a clear shift away from its approach under Gensler.

PAXG and XAUt trading volumes hit fresh highs last week as spot gold surged above $3,100/oz.

The Solana-based decentralized exchange processed 40% more volume than the previous week as the memecoin sector shows nascent signs of recovery.