Explosive debate: after one of DeFi's biggest attacks left Aave facing bad debt, DeFi United raised more than $300M to stop the contagion. But did the ecosystem prove its strength - or expose hidden trust assumptions, opaque risk, and the need for a real DeFi backstop?

Wasabi Protocol is the latest victim in what appears to be a record bad month for DeFi hacks.

Kraken is introducing curated portfolio bundles combining cryptocurrency with traditional U.S. equities and ETFs through its xStocks offering.

Maple Finance's SYRUP token launched on Revolut, giving the fintech's 70M+ users across 39 countries access to on-chain institutional credit yield.

ETH is down 7% on the week as the Fed signals the bar for rate cuts has risen, and ETF outflows top $350 million over two days.

The social media giant has rolled out USDC payments via Stripe on Solana and Polygon.

A study of 1.29M wallets shows users returning more often and trading across more categories, with sports leading at $10.1B and crypto serving as the main onboarding gateway.

Former acting CFTC Chairman Caroline Pham will run the new business, which bundles key management, custody, execution, and white-label stablecoin issuance into a single stack.

The Federal Trade Commission settlement decision also ordered Mashinsky to pay the commission $10 million.

The collaboration lets non-crypto-native finance teams sweep idle dollars into WisdomTree's WTGXX alongside their stablecoin payments, with daily dividend accrual and 24/7 liquidity.