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Within the Startale ecosystem, startale usd offers users a dollar-linked digital asset that underpins payments, savings, and liquidity incentives across the app. What is Startale USD (USDSC)? How to obtain and use Startale USD Reserves, transparency and dollar equivalence Where Startale USD can be used How the Earn Vault works Understanding STAR Points Providing liquidity and earning STAR Points Number of positions and minimum liquidity How STAR Points from liquidity are calculated Withdrawals and the LIFO method Liquidity pool fees and stability Support and additional questions What is Startale USD (USDSC)? Startale USD (USDSC) is a fully backed U.S. dollar…

JustLend DAO has reached a major milestone on the TRON blockchain. The platform has crossed $6.47 billion in total value locked while serving over 480,000 users. This growth highlights rising confidence in decentralized finance applications built on TRON. Market participants now watch JustLend DAO closely as adoption continues to expand. The surge in JustLend DAO TVL reflects growing interest in decentralized lending services. Users increasingly seek alternatives to centralized financial systems. JustLend DAO offers transparent, on chain lending and borrowing without intermediaries. These features attract both retail users and large liquidity providers. This milestone arrives during a broader recovery phase…

Publicly traded Bitcoin treasury and mining company American Bitcoin’s stock is on the rise Friday—despite other major miners taking a hit.  The Nasdaq-listed firm, which trades under the ABTC ticker and is fronted by President Donald Trump’s sons, dropped Friday morning New York time to as low as $4.50 before shooting upwards to its most recent level of $4.83. That’s a roughly 2% rise over the past day, according to Yahoo Finance data. Over the last five days, ABTC is up about 4%. American Bitcoin on Friday posted third-quarter profits and said revenue more than doubled from the year-earlier period…

Binance continues to periodically review trading pairs to ensure user security and maintain high trading quality in the spot market. As a result of the latest review, and taking into account various criteria such as liquidity and trading volume, it was decided to remove certain spot trading pairs from the platform. According to the official statement from the exchange, trading will be suspended for a total of eight spot trading pairs as of 06:00 on December 19, 2025. The pairs to be discontinued are: AI/FDUSD, BICO/BTC, DOLO/BNB, MITO/BNB, MITO/FDUSD, MOVE/BTC, NEWT/BNB, and OM/BTC. Binance emphasized that the delisting of spot…

JPMorgan recently issued $50 million in US commercial paper for Galaxy Digital on Solana, with Coinbase and Franklin Templeton as buyers. The bank created an on-chain USCP token, settling both issuance and redemption cash flows in USDC rather than bank wires. Both issuance and servicing of the deal ran entirely on blockchain rails. As a template, JPMorgan intends to extend to more issuers, investors, and security types in 2026.The announcement follows a pattern. Institutional on-chain issuance headlines recur every few months, such as Siemens’ €300 million digital bond, Goldman Sachs and BNY Mellon’s tokenized money market funds, and BlackRock’s BUIDL…

Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk’s weekly wrap of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I’m Margaux Nijkerk, a reporter at CoinDesk. In this issue: New React bug that can drain all your tokens is impacting ‘thousands’ of websites Ripple Expands $1.3B RLUSD Stablecoin to Ethereum L2s via Wormhole in Multichain Push Aave DAO Pushes Back as Interface Fees Shift Away From Treasury NFT Project Pudgy Penguins Takes Over Las Vegas Sphere in Holiday Campaign Network News BUG THAT COULD DRAIN WALLET AFFECTS THOUSANDS OF WEBSITES: A critical vulnerability in React Server Components is being actively exploited by multiple…

Real estate investor Grant Cardone is expanding its multifamily housing fund strategy that pairs a traditional commercial property with Bitcoin allocations, offering a hybrid approach to real estate and digital asset exposure. The company recently launched its fifth commercial multifamily investment property, a 366-unit multifamily housing complex that was purchased for about $235 million, with $100 million in Bitcoin (BTC) added to the fund, Cardone told Cointelegraph. Real estate’s low volatility, tax benefits, income generation and stable value combined with the high volatility of Bitcoin gives the fund the best of both worlds, allowing it to funnel rental income into…

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has made a new statement regarding its altcoin listing process. Accordingly, Binance introduced a three-stage Alpha-Futures-Spot listing system. The exchange also added that it aims to help altcoin projects better understand how to participate in Binance’s listing ecosystem and increase user confidence regarding the quality and legitimacy of listed assets. In its statement, Binance announced that there will be a new three-stage process for listing projects on its platform. Binance stated that the new system will offer various listing options to suit the different status and needs of projects, and will evaluate projects based…

Following a monumental year for the cryptocurrency space, new data from CoinGecko highlights the significant diversity of the most active blockchains by mindshare in 2025. The ranking reflects relative interest and engagement across networks rather than price performance, offering insight into which ecosystems are capturing the most traction this year. Overall, the data illustrates a shifting landscape in 2025, where high-performance and application-focused blockchains are gaining a growing share of attention, even as established networks like Ethereum (ETH) and Bitcoin (BTC) continue to play foundational roles in the broader crypto ecosystem. Solana (SOL) Solana (SOL) tops the list with 26.79%…

The debate between Aave DAO and Aave Labs continues to escalate. In what began as a spat over the “private monetisation” of features on the platform’s front-end, the DAO is now seeking ownership of “brand assets.” The rift may have been sparked by a relatively small revenue stream, but the focus is now on brand ownership. Aave is DeFi’s biggest app, currently making $100+ million per year, and the brand carries enormous potential for making money off future products and features. A forum post from longtime Aave contributor Ernesto Boado of BGD Labs requests that control of “domains, social handles,…