Defiant Daily

Hyperliquid, Phantom Push CFTC on DeFi
Plus, PayPal's PYUSD goes native on Polygon

Robinhood Chain Leans Into Memecoins in Week One
Plus, Paradigm raises $1.2B and the SEC puts three crypto rules on its 2026 agenda.

Traders Sue Polymarket Over Its Strategy Bitcoin Market
Plus, KAST's terms of service draw fire and Tether backs Brazil's Mercado Bitcoin.

Vitalik Outlines a 'Lean Ethereum' Protocol Overhaul
Plus, Strategy sells 3,588 BTC in its first sale under the new $1.25B program.

Securitize Tokenizes Its Own Stock on Listing Day
Plus, Strategy's CEO buys STRC, and Warren moves to bar the Trump family from crypto profits.

Robinhood Goes Onchain
Plus, Avalanche Treasury Corp Stock Crashes 93%

140-Company Consortium Unveils Open USD
Plus, Securitize clears its merger to become the first publicly traded tokenization company.

Strategy Authorizes $1.25B in Bitcoin Sales
Plus, BlackRock adds Ethena's USDe to its $20T risk platform

Chainlink lines up 50+ banks for onchain FX settlement
Strategy Faces Securities Probe as STRC Slides

Strategy Slides to Record Lows
Plus, Magic Internet Money falls 50% below peg as Abracadabra declares an emergency.