DeFi

DeFi
Lighter Unveils Multi-Asset Margin Starting With ETH
Traders can post non-USDC assets as collateral for perps through Unified Trading Accounts, with conservative supply caps at launch.

DeFi
Aave Announces 'DeFi United' Relief Fund to Restore rsETH Backing After Kelp Exploit
Lido is the first service provider to publicly announce its participation in the relief fund via a governance proposal requesting up to 2,500 stETH.

Education
Energy Web Is Building the Verification Layer for Real-World Markets
Verified Compute Cloud advances centralized audits with decentralized, continuous verification, and it's already live with a sustainable aviation fuel registry backed by JPMorgan, Bank of America, and Meta.

DeFi
Tether Freezes $344M USDT in Coordination with U.S. Law Enforcement
The stablecoin issuer says it has now supported more than 2,300 cases worldwide, including over 1,200 with U.S. agencies.

DeFi
Lotus Taps WisdomTree Money Market Fund to Build Yield Floor into DeFi Lending
WisdomTree's WTGXX holds nearly $860M in distributed asset value, mostly on Ethereum.

DeFi
Circle Proposes Emergency Rate Changes to Unstick Aave's Frozen USDC Pool
Stablecoin issuer argues Aave's interest rate curve is failing to clear the $1.89B pool after four days at full utilization.

DeFi
SparkLend Sees Over $1B in Deposits Since Kelp Exploit as Aave TVL Plunges
Aave TVL has dropped by $10B since the Kelp attackers used the protocol to borrow $190 million in WETH, depositing unbacked rsETH.

DeFi
Justin Sun Sues World Liberty Financial Over Frozen WLFI Tokens
TRON founder takes the Trump-linked DeFi project to California federal court, escalating a months-long feud over blacklisted tokens and governance rights.

DeFi
Polymarket and Kalshi Are Both Set to Launch Perp Trading
Polymarket announced early access for perpetual futures trading, while The Information reported that Kalshi is planning a similar product launch.

DeFi
Aave Partially Unfreezes WETH After Kelp Bridge Exploit
After attackers deposited rsETH from an exploited Kelp bridge and borrowed Wrapped ETH, Aave had frozen WETH across multiple markets.




