DeFi

DeFi
Acurast Secures $11M to Decentralize Web3 Compute with Global Smartphone Network
Backed by Dr. Gavin Wood, Peaq, and Tezos Foundation, the funding fuels Acurast’s mission to transform smartphones into a decentralized cloud for verifiable, confidential compute across multiple blockchains.

DeFi
BlackRock’s BUIDL Fund Expands to BNB Chain
Traders can also now use the tokenized U.S. dollar fund as collateral on Binance.

DeFi
Tokenized Equity Market on Hyperliquid Heats Up
TradeXYZ, Felix, and Ventuals all released new HIP-3 markets on Hyperliquid today, including tokenized NVDA, TSLA, and SPACEX.

DeFi
Aztec Network Launches First Token Sale Using Uniswap’s Continuous Clearing Auction
The privacy-focused L2 is aiming to make token launches fairer.

DeFi
Large POPCAT Trades Result in $5 Million Loss for Hyperliquid Vault
The Arbitrum bridge to Hyperliquid temporarily paused deposits and withdrawals after an attacker left the HLP Vault holding $25 million of POPCAT.

DeFi
SKY Surges 14% as Savings TVL Passes $4 Billion
The Sky Savings Rate is attracting significant capital, with deposits growing by more than 60% over the last 30 days.

DeFi
Dromos Labs Merges Aerodrome and Velodrome into New DEX Aero
The platform will expand to Ethereum mainnet and Circle’s Arc and is set to go live in Q2 2026.

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.

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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.





