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Coinbase Ventures Buys ENA on the Open Market as Coinbase and Ethena Strike Distribution Deal
The exchange's venture arm bought ENA tokens directly on the open market rather than through a private round, the first such disclosed purchase, alongside a partnership to push Ethena's onchain dollar and savings products into Coinbase's userbase.
US Court Lifts Circle Freeze on Zama's $12.5M cUSDC Contract After Three-Day Lockout
A federal judge in the Northern District of California reversed the temporary restraining order that had pushed Circle to blacklist the privacy protocol's wrapper, restoring funds to depositors caught in a civil dispute they were not party to.
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defi.com CEO Neil May Challenges Industry: "Most DeFi Projects Are Building Privacy for Anonymity, Not Privacy for People"
As the DeFi sector rushes to integrate zero-knowledge proofs and privacy pools, defi.com CEO Neil May has issued a sharp rebuke to the industry: the vast majority of privacy solutions are solving the wrong problem.
Improbable invests $2M in Otomato to scale the first portfolio-aware intelligence layer for DeFi
Venture builder Improbable has invested $2 million in Otomato, the portfolio-aware DeFi intelligence layer that monitors users' on-chain positions 24/7 and alerts them when something materially changes their risk, cost, or opportunity.
ARIQO Makes Its Bangkok Debut at SEABW, Drawing Industry Attention
On May 21, ARIQO, an onchain financial platform, made its first public appearance at Southeast Asia Blockchain Week (SEABW) in Bangkok.
Raydium Surpasses $1T in Volume Following Robinhood and Revolut Listings
Two regulated consumer finance platforms serving more than 75 million users across the US, UK, and EU have listed RAY within a month.
PENDLE Token Goes Live on Revolut, Reaching 20M EEA Crypto Traders
The yield-tokenization protocol's $233M-mcap token is now buyable inside Revolut's MiCA-licensed crypto app across the UK, EU, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein — the second on-chain yield protocol to land on the fintech's regulated rails after Maple's SYRUP in April.
Builder-Deployed Perp Markets Push Hyperliquid to Record Share of Global Perps Volume
Hyperliquid's HIP-3 framework — which lets anyone deploy a perpetual futures market on the protocol's settlement layer — cleared $62 billion in May volume, pushing the venue to a record 6.63% share of global perps and 14.4% against Binance.
Coinbase Ventures Buys ENA on the Open Market as Coinbase and Ethena Strike Distribution Deal
The exchange's venture arm bought ENA tokens directly on the open market rather than through a private round, the first such disclosed purchase, alongside a partnership to push Ethena's onchain dollar and savings products into Coinbase's userbase.
US Court Lifts Circle Freeze on Zama's $12.5M cUSDC Contract After Three-Day Lockout
A federal judge in the Northern District of California reversed the temporary restraining order that had pushed Circle to blacklist the privacy protocol's wrapper, restoring funds to depositors caught in a civil dispute they were not party to.
Hardware wallets are bringing DeFi yield native. Trezor’s CTO on the design choices, the trade-offs, and what comes next
Hardware wallets are quietly converging on a new feature: native DeFi yield. Ledger launched stablecoin yield with Kiln in April 2025. Tangem followed with Aave in late 2025. Trezor’s version, powered by Morpho, launched in late May 2026.
OpenSea Teases Hyperliquid-Powered Perpetuals Launch
OpenSea Product Marketing Lead Zack Brenner asked users on X who wanted early access to perpetual contracts, then confirmed the product would run on Hyperliquid's builder-code rails — the clearest signal yet the NFT marketplace is bolting on a derivatives venue.