DeFi

DeFi
Uphold Launches Instant Crypto-Backed Loans Through Exactly DeFi Protocol
Uphold has introduced instant cash loans against crypto holdings through the Exactly DeFi Protocol, letting its U.S. retail customers borrow against Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP or USDC collateral without selling any assets.

DeFi
Can LP Agents Outrun Their Own Debt? Inside Ratehopper's Self-Repaying Loan Competition
Most DeFi competitions reward trading skill. Range Hunter rewards something different, autonomous capital management.
DeFi
Bitcoin Bridge Boltz Halts Swaps Indefinitely, Citing AI-Assisted Attacks
The non-custodial swap service said attackers now iterate faster than its team can patch, leaving wallets including Aqua and Bull Bitcoin racing to restore Lightning and Liquid swaps.

DeFi
Tornado Cash Logs 968 Deposits in Busiest Day of 2026, L2Beat Says
The July 23 spike — worth about $57 million in ETH — was driven largely by the Drift exploiter, who pushed $44 million through the mixer in under two hours.

DeFi
Flap Overtakes Pump.fun in Daily Revenue With $1.18 Million
The BNB Chain launchpad's fees grew 40x in two weeks, making it the second BNB Chain platform to flip the Solana incumbent.

DeFi
DEX Spot Volume Hit a Record 24% of CEX Volume in July
Decentralized exchanges took their largest share of spot trading since tracking began in 2019 — in a month when overall volumes sank to a two-year low.

DeFi
Metronome Discloses $15.7 Million Synth Shortfall, Blames Oracle Lag in Swap Module
MetronomeDAO says 6,367 msETH and 4.57 million msUSD lack backing after years of "unbacked float" accumulated through Chainlink price-feed latency; the treasury has staged $34 million in defensive positions to close the gap.

DeFi
Uniswap Protocol Revenue Nearly Triples After v4 Fee Switch as UNI Tops $4
Three days of onchain data show the expanded fee switch is delivering for UNI holders — about $325,000 a day now flows toward UNI burns, and the token is up 16% on the week. Liquidity providers and rival DEX founders say that money comes out of their pockets, and Uniswap's own documentation shows both sides are working from real numbers.

DeFi
Aave Moves to Retire 50 Low-Adoption Assets, Wind Down Six Chains
Kulechov says the $98 million cleanup 'should not be interpreted as a view on any L1 or L2' as the lending giant narrows its focus to high-value markets.

DeFi
Morpho Signs First Hong Kong Partnership With HashKey's HSK Chain
Morpho will deploy on HSK Chain and become its official onchain credit partner as the lending network pushes into Asia's institutional market.



