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Uniswap, one of the largest decentralized exchanges, is set to broaden its liquidity provision to Circle’s Layer 1 blockchain, Arc. The move signals deeper integration between major DeFi protocols and stablecoin infrastructure, potentially reshaping how liquidity flows across chains. What Does This Expansion Mean for Uniswap and Arc? Uniswap’s expansion to Arc, a blockchain developed by Circle—the company behind $USDC—will allow users to trade and provide liquidity on a network designed for high-throughput and low-cost transactions. Arc aims to offer a more efficient environment for decentralized applications, and Uniswap’s presence is expected to attract significant liquidity to the network. This…

Casper, a blockchain network for decentralized applications, and Sarson Funds, an investment company focused on digital assets, announced a major upgrade of the csprUSD stablecoin. After the update, it will become the standard dollar-pegged stablecoin in the Casper ecosystem and support payments between AI agents through the x402 protocol. The launch follows the creation of the x402 Foundation under the Linux Foundation, which brings together companies including Visa, Mastercard, Google, Coinbase, Circle, Stripe, AWS, and Cloudflare. The protocol is designed to let AI agents make automatic online payments directly through standard HTTP requests without relying on traditional payment methods. The…

Austria’s financial regulator has fined crypto platform Bitpanda 70,000 euros ($82,000) for violating the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, in the watchdog’s first published final penalty under MiCA. The Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) said Friday that Bitpanda failed to submit a crypto-asset white paper to the regulator at least 20 working days before its publication, as required under MiCA. Bitpanda also distributed a marketing communication before publishing the required white paper, according to the regulator. The FMA said another marketing communication omitted mandatory disclosures stating that it had not been reviewed or approved by a competent authority and…

Less than 2% of the roughly $100 billion in total value locked (TVL) across decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols is currently covered by insurance-like protection, according to Conor Sullivan, Chief Strategy Officer at Firelight. The revelation underscores a persistent vulnerability in the DeFi ecosystem, where users often face significant financial losses from hacks, exploits, and technical failures without adequate safeguards. The Core Problem: Lack of Verifiable Insurance Sullivan pointed out that the issue is not merely the absence of coverage, but the lack of verifiable insurance. Traditional insurance policies rarely disclose policy limits, terms, premiums, or the capital backing them. This…

$BNB Plus, formerly known as Applied DNA Sciences, now pairs a $BNB treasury strategy with its LineaRx biotechnology business. The company agreed to pay $1 million in cash and issue 200,000 preferred shares to end its relationships with Cypress, which had held discretionary authority over company-designated crypto accounts and wallets. The July 23 deal followed Nasdaq’s suspension of BNBX trading, and subsequent filings name no replacement for departed chief investment officer Patrick Horsman. The settlement ended a digital-asset management agreement with Cypress LLC, a strategic-adviser agreement with Cypress Management LLC and an October 2025 consulting agreement with Horsman, according to…

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has expressed strong confidence in the network’s RealFi initiative, arguing that it could significantly expand Cardano’s DeFi ecosystem. His remarks come shortly after the launch of RealFi’s Phase 1 testnet, which has already attracted strong early participation and fueled community growth. Hoskinson Explains How RealFi Can Increase Cardano’s TVL In a statement today, Hoskinson highlighted RealFi’s ability to increase Cardano’s total value locked (TVL), one of the most important metrics for measuring capital deposited across DeFi protocols. According to him, users who participate in RealFi must deposit assets into the protocol’s smart contracts. Those funds remain…

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has taken another big step toward implementing the new stablecoin law, proposing federal definitions on what it means to issue U.S. stablecoins and who needs to follow the rules set out in the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act, even as the law’s deadlines are fast approaching. The department is among several government entities and agencies that must put rules in place before the stablecoin industry’s U.S. law is in full effect, also including the banking and markets regulators. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday the administration is trying to…

Bitcoin miners have run into a paradoxical crisis – the coin itself is expensive, but making money from mining it has become harder than ever. While $BTC holds in the $60,000–$65,000 range, companies’ revenues from processing transactions have unexpectedly collapsed to 2019 levels. This financial dead end has triggered a massive tectonic shift, and miners are now mothballing farms, selling cryptocurrency reserves and urgently moving into the artificial intelligence industry. This anomaly of summer 2026 was clearly described by Charles Edwards, founder of Capriole Investments. According to his calculations, the annual amount of transaction fees on the Bitcoin network has…

Aave is quietly becoming a bigger destination for tokenized gold, and the numbers are getting harder to ignore. Deposits of Tether Gold (XAUT) on Aave have jumped from about $40 million in early June to $76.7 million, a roughly 91.7% increase. That makes Aave the largest DeFi venue for tokenized physical gold based on the data provided. Aave Turns Tokenized Gold Into Working Capital The interesting part isn’t simply that more gold is sitting on Aave. XAUT can now be used inside lending markets, allowing users to deposit gold-backed tokens as collateral and borrow stablecoins such as USDT or USDC.…

Ethereum [$ETH] was trading at $1,876.89 at press time, following a slight increase over the previous day but a 2.16% decline over the previous week. Meanwhile, Solana was trading at $75.16 at press time, following a slight increase over the previous week and a slight decline over the previous day. These contradictory price movements imply that there is no clear bullish or bearish momentum dominating the cryptocurrency market, which is extremely erratic. In fact, there were no clear indications of bulls or bears on the RSI for either $ETH or $SOL as well. Grayscale paints a concerning picture for $ETH…