DeFi

DeFi
Standard Chartered Sets UNI 2030 Price Target at 40x Current Levels
Standard Chartered Global Research initiated coverage of Uniswap, with Geoff Kendrick framing the decentralized exchange as the trading hub for tokenized real-world assets and setting a $100 UNI price target for end-2030, roughly 40x current levels.

DeFi
Hyperliquid-Based Ventuals Winds Down On-Chain Pre-IPO Markets
Ventuals froze its OpenAI and Anthropic pre-IPO markets at 24-hour average prices and is returning deposited HYPE to users as the team folds into another Hyperliquid-ecosystem project.

DeFi
Exodus Puts 200-Plus Tokenized Stocks and ETFs Inside Its Self-Custody Wallet via Ondo
The partnership routes Ondo Global Markets equity tokens into Exodus's non-custodial app on Solana, putting a full tokenized-equity menu inside a self-custody wallet. US users are excluded.

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.

