DeFi

DeFi
HYPE Crosses $50 for First Time Since September
Bitwise's chief investment officer said that Hyperliquid is targeting not the $3 trillion crypto economy, but the $600 trillion global asset market.

DeFi
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.

DeFi
CoW Swap Expands to Solana With NEAR Intents Backend Support
CoW Swap, the intent-based DEX, is launching on Solana blockchain with NEAR Intents providing backend infrastructure.

DeFi
Aave V4 Gains Momentum With Two-Layer Market Isolation Structure During Capped Launch
Aave V4 introduces a new market architecture featuring collateral isolation across Hubs and Spokes, with Prime, Core, and Plus Hubs launching initially.

DeFi
Solana Co-founder Toly Backs New Perpetuals DEX to Challenge Hyperliquid's Dominance
Anatoly Yakovenko argues Solana needs its own atomically composable perpetuals DEX as Hyperliquid pursues regulatory clarity in Washington.

DeFi
Aave Proposes Principal-Preserving Charitable Giving Layer for Protocol
Aave governance initiates temp-check on a new charitable mechanism that would allow users to generate yield on deposits while maintaining capital control for humanitarian organizations.

DeFi
Aave Restores WETH LTV Ratios Across Multiple Networks as Part of rsETH Recovery Plan
Aave has restored WETH loan-to-value ratios on Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, Mantle, and Linea, re-enabling borrowing against the asset following a technical incident.

DeFi
CME and NYSE Owner Push U.S. Regulators to Crack Down on Hyperliquid
The Hyperliquid Policy Center disputed the framing.
DeFi
Spark Publishes Risk Framework for Sky Agent Network Built on Sky Protocol Security Principles
Spark has released a comprehensive risk framework for the Sky Agent Network, detailing how losses are absorbed and risk is bounded across Spark Savings, SparkLend, and the Spark Liquidity Layer.

DeFi
Circle Launches Agent Marketplace for DeFi-Native Service Discovery and Integration
Circle introduced Agent Marketplace as part of its Agent Stack, enabling autonomous agents to discover and pay for trusted services through programmable, usage-based economic models.




