DeFi

DeFi
Lighter Rises to Top Perp DEX by Volume, Reveals $68M Raise
The funding round, led by Founders Fund and Ribbit Capital, values the company at about $1.5 billion.

DeFi
Unique Network Redefines Trust in Decentralized AI with NFT-Based Proof of Compute
Reinforced AI transforms AI task verification on Bittensor, minting 30,000 NFTs daily as cryptographic proofs of computation, powered by Polkadot.

DeFi
Velocity Labs Announces First Cohort of the DeFi Builders Program, Empowering the Next Generation of Financial Applications on Polkadot Hub
Selected from over 75 applicants worldwide, the first cohort reflects the growing institutional and developer momentum behind Polkadot DeFi

DeFi
Threshold Network Upgrades tBTC Bridge to Link Institutional Bitcoin with DeFi
Threshold Network’s tBTC bridge upgrade opens the door for over $400 billion in institutional Bitcoin to flow into DeFi.

DeFi
Exodus Movement, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Grateful To Strengthen Stablecoin-Based Payments
Acquisition of Uruguay-based payments orchestrator strengthens Exodus’ merchant services capabilities in Latin America
Grateful’s platform enables for lower fees, instant access to funds, yield on balances

DeFi
UNI Soars as Uniswap Labs and Foundation Propose Fee Switch Activation
Uniswap’s elusive fee switch may finally be getting flipped on as the Uniswap Foundation reveals a ‘UNIfication’ plan.

DeFi
XPL Rallies After Plasma Reveals Collaboration with Daylight Energy
Daylight’s GRID stablecoin and sGRID yield-bearing token connect decentralized finance with energy revenues.

DeFi
Ethena Season 4 Rewards Go Live
Users were left waiting for over a month after the synthetic dollar protocol’s Season 4 concluded in September.

DeFi
LayerZero Token Surges After $10 Million Buyback
The omnichain protocol’s ZRO buyback highlights a broader trend of crypto projects returning revenue to tokenholders.






