DeFi

DeFi
Quote Trade Raises $4 Million to Expand the First AI-Native Dark Pool DEX for Crypto Execution.
Funding will scale the platform’s private, stablecoin-settled dark pool DEX, built from the ground up for humans, bots, and AI agents to trade side by side

DeFi
SummerFi to Wind Down After Seven Years, Citing Exploit
Aave founder Stani Kulechov called the DeFi access point 'an OG' as its team said it would sunset the UI.

DeFi
Builder-Deployed Markets Overtake Crypto on Hyperliquid
The venue's HIP-3 markets for stocks, commodities and indices first topped its native crypto volume on July 8 and have led on several trading days since — though they fade on weekends, and single-name stocks alone still trail crypto

DeFi
ENS DAO Votes to Seat New Security Council Weeks After Founder Blocked Renewal
An onchain vote to grant the DAO's veto power to a freshly elected eight-member council is passing, with the current council's mandate set to lapse on July 24

DeFi
Cap Cuts Its 'Stabledrop' Airdrop to $4.2M from $12M as Backlash Mounts
The stablecoin protocol's founder apologized for committing to a figure 'before the funding to back it was fully secured,' and denied that he steered rewards to a wallet tied to his former employer

DeFi
Sablier Labs Enters Maintenance Mode, Halts Development
The token-streaming protocol's smart contracts, used by over 345,000 Ethereum addresses, will keep running onchain even as the company behind them steps back.

DeFi
Uniswap Auctions Go Live on Robinhood Chain
Robinhood Chain auction listings will now surface directly in the Uniswap Web App, where users can launch, browse, bid and claim tokens in one place.

DeFi
Sky Reports Record $419M Revenue Run-Rate for June 2026
Cumulative sUSDS yield payouts topped $250 million as Grove launched its GROVE governance token and a new Fixed Yield product crossed $44.1 million in TVL.

DeFi
Uniswap Floats Turning On Protocol Fees for v4 Pools
Temp check would extend the fee switch to Uniswap's newest architecture, drawing an early warning that the move "risks killing the protocol."

DeFi
Gauntlet Raises $125M Series C From SBI Holdings
SBI Holdings was the sole investor in the round, which Gauntlet says will fund expansion into stablecoins, tokenization and traditional capital markets infrastructure.



