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In a decisive move that has captured the attention of the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector, the JustLend DAO governance community has executed a major token repurchase. The protocol has successfully bought back 525 million JST tokens, representing a substantial $21 million investment into its own ecosystem. This strategic action, announced on March 15, 2025, signals a pivotal moment for one of the TRON network’s leading liquidity protocols and offers critical insights into evolving DeFi treasury management strategies. Analyzing the JustLend DAO JST Buyback Mechanics The core transaction involves the protocol’s treasury utilizing accumulated fees and revenue to purchase JST tokens…

Key Notes High Roller’s stock reaches unprecedented highs following announcement of its US market entry through Crypto.com collaboration. The partnership enables event contract trading across finance, entertainment and sports sectors via CFTC-registered platform. Crypto.com positions itself as enterprise infrastructure provider for the expanding prediction markets industry. Crypto.com and online casino operator High Roller Inc. have entered into a binding strategic partnership to launch an event-based prediction market service in the US. According to a Jan. 14 press release, the partnership will focus on developing and serving trade event contracts across markets including finance, entertainment, and sports with contracts offered via…

0xLabs, a Web3-based incubator, accelerator, and ecosystem builder, has announced its strategic partnership with 4AI, a decentralized artificial intelligence (AI) project built on BNB Chain. The basic purpose of this strategic partnership is to support decentralized AI-agents for significant development and growth. We’re actively supporting @4aibsc as it prepares for TGE and expands deeper into the @BNBCHAIN, helping accelerate the development of AI agents, partnerships, and real adoption.If you believe in decentralized AI and the future of agent-driven economies, this is the moment to… https://t.co/wiN3Ai7Dbz — 0xLabs (@0xlabsHQ) January 15, 2026 Both partners have certified special abilities to deal with…

Tokenization platform and DeFi protocol Ondo Finance’s total value locked (TVL) broke over the $2 billion mark this week, marking a record high, according to DefiLlama data. The figure is more than double its TVL from early March of last year. Ondo Finance’s TVL. Source: DefiLlama The move highlights the rapid growth of real-world assets (RWAs) on-chain, particularly tokenized securities and U.S. Treasuries. As The Defiant reported previously, 2025 was a breakout year for the tokenized RWA sector, and analysts estimate that the total value of RWAs on blockchains could reach about $2 trillion by 2030 under base-case scenarios. Ethereum…

Shares in publicly traded Bitcoin treasury firm Strategy (MSTR) have fallen more than 50% over the last 6 months, but BitMine Immersion Technologies Chairman Tom Lee said the company made a sensible move when it recently announced a cash reserve amid Bitcoin’s falling price. The reserve, a $1.44 billion tranche of funds built to help pay shareholder dividends, was launched earlier this month, providing the Bitcoin behemoth with an outlet to pay dividends even during BTC downturns. It’s a move that could help Strategy avoid selling some of its $61 billion stash of Bitcoin. “In the last downturn of Bitcoin,…

Alchemy Pay has added another regulatory milestone to its rapid U.S. expansion, announcing that it has been granted a Money Transmitter License by the South Dakota Division of Banking. The license strengthens the payments firm’s ability to provide a regulated bridge between traditional fiat and digital currencies for U.S. residents and businesses as it pushes to broaden its domestic footprint. South Dakota is the thirteenth state in which Alchemy Pay holds an active MTL and the fifth such license the company has secured since early 2025. The company now lists active authorizations in Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Mexico,…

Korea University’s Blockchain Research Institute has partnered with Injective, joining its global ecosystem as a validator to strengthen ties between academia and the blockchain industry. Validator Participation and Network Security Korea University’s Blockchain Research Institute has partnered with layer 1 blockchain, Injective, formally joining the global Injective ecosystem in a move that strengthens ties between academic research and blockchain infrastructure. The institute, part of Korea University’s College of Informatics, has been a leader in blockchain and digital asset research. Since 2020, it has pursued joint projects and educational programs exploring blockchain applications in finance and public services. The new collaboration…

DeFi platform and HIP-3 provider Felix Protocol is collaborating with Ondo Finance to bring spot equities to the Hyperliquid ecosystem. The activation will leverage Ondo Global Markets to launch more than 100 U.S. equity markets on Felix, with plans to expand to “1,000+ equities over the coming months.” The launch will debut on Felix’s native trading interface on HyperEVM, Hyperliquid’s Layer 1 blockchain, and the team has not disclosed a timeline for launching the assets on Hypercore. “We won’t be interacting with Hyperliquid spot to start to avoid the need to bootstrap liquidity on each individual market, which has been…

Key Takeaways Vivo Federation and Lean Ventures will jointly acquire $300 million in Ripple Labs shares for South Korean investors. This investment structure offers VivoPower exposure to Ripple Labs and XRP upside without using its own capital. VivoPower International PLC, which is transforming into an XRP-focused digital asset enterprise, announced Friday that its Vivo Federation unit has partnered with Lean Ventures in a definitive joint venture to purchase $300 million worth of Ripple Labs shares. Under the agreement, Lean Ventures will arrange for the establishment of a dedicated investment vehicle to acquire the shares. Lean Ventures is a licensed South…

Binance announced that it continues to conduct periodic reviews of spot trading pairs in order to protect users and maintain quality in the trading market. The cryptocurrency exchange has decided to remove certain spot trading pairs from its platform after recent evaluations revealed they did not meet criteria such as insufficient liquidity and low trading volume. According to an official announcement by Binance, trading on certain spot trading pairs will be completely suspended as of January 16, 2026, at 06:00. The pairs to be removed include Bitcoin (BTC), Binance Coin (BNB), and numerous altcoins traded with FDUSD. The trading pairs…