DeFi

DeFi
Cloudflare Launches Monetization Gateway for Stablecoin Payments via x402
Cloudflare opened a waitlist for its Monetization Gateway on Wednesday, letting customers charge for web pages, datasets, APIs or MCP tools with payments settling in stablecoins over the x402 protocol. Will Papper, formerly of Syndicate, joined the company as product manager for Agent Payments to lead the effort.

DeFi
dYdX Launches Arcus, a DEX Pairing Stock Tokens With Perpetuals on Robinhood Chain
dYdX Labs founder Antonio Juliano launched Arcus, a new DEX combining tokenized stock trading with perpetual futures, built jointly with Robinhood Crypto on Robinhood Chain.
DeFi
World Launches Onchain Prediction Market on Solana Through Phantom
The platform, unmasked in late June after two-plus years as an anonymous "Trade Everything" teaser account, opens trading in Phantom's CASH stablecoin and leans on Chainlink oracles instead of human-run resolution.

DeFi
Drift Protocol Rebrands to Velocity DEX Ahead of Relaunch
Solana perpetuals exchange Drift Protocol has rebranded to Velocity DEX, with a private beta planned in the coming days as the platform rebuilds after a $295M April exploit.
DeFi
Machi Big Brother's Hyperliquid Losses Top $80M as He Sells Bored Apes for Margin
The trader's latest Ethereum liquidation came without a fresh deposit to backstop it, a first in a months-long losing streak tracked onchain.
DeFi
Phantom Hires Ventuals Founders After Hyperliquid Perps Venue Winds Down
The Solana wallet is bringing on the three-person team behind a pre-IPO perpetuals platform, deepening its push into derivatives.
DeFi
Magic Eden, Founders Sued by $ME Buyers Over Broken 'Utility' Promises
A nationwide class action in New York accuses the NFT marketplace and its four co-founders of marketing the token's use cases, then delaying or abandoning them as $ME fell roughly 99% from launch
DeFi
Ansem Airdrops $7M of $ANSEM Memecoin in Bid to Reach 1M Holders
The Solana influencer has sent roughly $6.7M in tokens to more than 700 wallets onchain, even as he controls about 60% of the supply.
DeFi
Stream Finance Starts Collecting Creditor Claims in Step Toward 'Global Resolution'
The collapsed yield protocol, whose November failure froze roughly $160 million in deposits and left an estimated $285 million owed across DeFi lending markets, is asking potential creditors to submit claim information through an online form
DeFi
Pump.fun's PUMP Buybacks Top $400M as Token Stays Flat
The Solana launchpad's repurchases since July now exceed $400M, yet PUMP trades roughly 83% below its record and is little changed on the day





