DeFi

DeFi
Fidelity’s Dollar Stablecoin Taps Curve and Uniswap as Its DeFi Liquidity Layer
The Fidelity Digital Dollar stablecoin deployed Curve Finance Stableswap LP positions and Uniswap LP positions simultaneously in a single Ethereum block Thursday evening, with Curve founder Michael Egorov noting the same-block execution as evidence of DeFi operational expertise.

DeFi
IC3 Paper Finds Most AI Agent Platforms Show No Evidence of Autonomous On-Chain Trading
New IC3 research finds most AI-agent crypto platforms show no clear evidence of autonomous trade execution, despite combined token valuations exceeding $3 billion. The paper covers 1,900+ surveyed projects and finds token holders lost $191.7M collectively while the top 1% captured 81.4% of gains.

DeFi
Polymarket World Cup Winner Markets Cross $1.8B in Volume as France-Spain Group Stage Opens
Polymarket's 2026 FIFA World Cup prediction markets have accumulated more than $1.8 billion in cumulative trading volume as the tournament's group stage gets underway, with France and Spain trading as the narrowest co-favorites.

DeFi
Aave Proposes Protocol-Wide Risk Framework After KelpDAO Exploit
LlamaRisk has submitted two Aave governance proposals covering a four-layer protocol-wide risk standard and a PT oracle upgrade to Chainlink CRE. Founder Stani Kulechov says assets that fail the new standard will be off-boarded.

DeFi
Morpho Raises $175M in One of DeFi's Largest-Ever Funding Rounds
Morpho Association has raised $175 million in a round co-led by Paradigm, a16z Crypto, and Ribbit Capital, with Apollo Funds and VanEck among the strategic participants. The round, which values Morpho at $2 billion, is among the largest fundraises in DeFi history.

DeFi
MetaMask Launches Agent Wallet in Early Access, Giving AI Agents Self-Custody Acces
The Consensys-owned wallet provider opened early access Monday for autonomous AI agents to trade across 25+ EVM chains and Hyperliquid, with transaction simulation and $10,000 in loss coverage as the security pitch.

DeFi
PiggyBank's LAB Hedge Fails, Cutting USDC Vault NAV by 15%
A Solana yield protocol's bet on a contested mid-cap token turned a dollar-stable vault into one nursing double-digit losses. Depositors are waiting on a promised post-mortem.

DeFi
DeFi Saver announces Reward program as part of Hyperliquid integration
DeFi Saver has officially integrated Hyperliquid, the leading perpetual futures DEX, bringing futures trading and DeFi lending into one unified interface. A 50,000 USDC two-season incentives campaign opens June 8th.

DeFi
Chainlink CCIP Draws $1.1 Billion in Value in One Week as Virtuals Join Migration Wave
Chainlink's CCIP drew over $1.1 billion in token value this week as Virtuals Protocol, Pleasing Market, and Zest Protocol joined a migration wave that has now moved nearly $5 billion in total value away from LayerZero since April's Kelp DAO exploit.

DeFi
apxUSD Loses Dollar Peg as Bitcoin Slide Squeezes STRC-Backed Collateral
Apyx Finance's apxUSD stablecoin slipped to $0.94 after Bitcoin fell to $63K, the first concrete peg break in the chain linking Strategy's BTC treasury to on-chain dollar instruments.




