DeFi

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.

DeFi
1inch Commits 10M 1INCH, 500k USDC to Aqua LP Rewards
The three-month campaign runs through Merkl across 80+ 1INCH markets, with BNB Chain named as the first co-incentive partner.

DeFi
Coinbase Opens 'Launches' Tab for New Base, Solana Tokens
The feature routes users into Coinbase's built-in DEX, which its product page says is not available in all locations and requires a self-custody wallet.

DeFi
Perp DEX Dango to Wind Down, Will Halt Trading July 29
The Hack VC-backed Layer 1 will shut its blockchain on Aug. 13 and return user funds as USDC, closing out a mainnet run of under four months that began with a $1.9 million exploit.

DeFi
Ex-Sushi CTO Joseph DeLong to Launch Order Book DEX on Robinhood Chain
The former SushiSwap CTO described the decentralized exchange as a side project that 'outgrew nights and weekends,' with no specs, contract, or token disclosed.





