Defiant Daily

Lightning Nodes Swept While BTCPay Users Read the Warning
The flaw surfaced because a developer got robbed and read his own logs, after this week's AI audits missed it

a16z Says Anti-CLARITY Bank Lobby Keeps Stablecoin Yield Alive
Prediction Markets traders have the bill at 22 cents for 2026.

Degens Beat Uniswap to Its Own Memecoin Launchpad
Pools went live four and a half hours late on Robinhood Chain, and FRONG, minted before the product was announced, leads it at $12.1 million.

Ethereum Weighs Burning Validator Rewards to Cap Staking
Cloudflare gives AI agents a stablecoin wallet, Wells Fargo tokenizes deposits, and Western Union ships a stablecoin card in 37 markets

$114M Gone From Wallets That Did Everything Right
Losses near $114 million as a fourth sweep hits, Boltz pulls its bitcoin swaps over AI-assisted attacks, and DEXs take a record 24% of CEX spot volume.

Crypto Misses the Rally That Closed July
Metronome finds a $15.7M hole in its synths, and Coinbase earns less from Base than it did a year ago.

Uniswap Revenue is Soaring After v4 Fee Switch
Protocol revenue nearly tripled in three days. Aave moves to prune 50 assets, ENS backs off its treasury plan, and a card issuer's collapse kills Ready's card.

Warsh Talks Crypto Out of Its Fed Rally
Bitcoin gave back a $64,400 pop within an hour of the new chair's first press conference

Memecoins Are Moving Robinhood's Stock Tokens
Tokenized equities on Robinhood Chain now clear more DEX volume than both Solana venues combined.

Ether Keeps Outdrawing Bitcoin
Circle corners blockchain patents, Lido reworks ETH staking, and Coinbase chases token launches