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Ethereum has pulled far ahead in total value locked while Solana remains stuck despite strong network activity. Summary Ethereum’s DeFi TVL has jumped from $43B in April to $92B, aided by yield strategies, institutional inflows, and an ETH rally. Solana’s TVL is holding at $25.7B backed by $12.46B in stablecoins and $118B in 30-day DEX volume. Reliance on incentives and falling DEX activity could limit Solana’s near-term breakout potential. In a Sept. 3 post on X, analytics firm Sentora (formerly IntoTheBlock) noted that Ethereum (ETH) has already pushed past its previous highs, as Solana’s (SOL) decentralized finance activity circles early…

U.S. stocks are largely flat as the muted performance across Wall Street inches into the third session of the week, with investors’ focus now firmly on Nvidia earnings, set for release after the close on Wednesday. Summary Stocks opened lower on Wednesday following another muted session on Tuesday. Wall Street is cautious ahead of the highly awaited Nvidia earnings report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite all saw a muted early session performance as stocks opened largely unchanged ahead of the highly awaited Nvidia earnings report. Despite the slight downturn in the past two…

Binance Futures is adding a new perpetual futures contract to offer its users a wider range of trading options and enhance the experience. Binance Futures Lists XPINUSDT Pair According to the company’s announcement, on September 12, 2025, at 10:30 AM, the XPINUSDT perpetual futures contract will begin trading with up to 50x leverage. The underlying asset for the new contract will be the XPIN Network (XPIN), which develops an AI-powered decentralized communication infrastructure. XPIN is already listed on Binance Alpha Market. Transactions will be conducted in USDT, and the funding rate will be capped at +2%/-2%. Funding fees will be…

Ethereum (ETH) has experienced price stagnation over the last seven days as the asset struggles to break the $4,500 resistance level. Movements on the Binance exchange suggest that the coin’s value may experience a significant increase soon. Bullish transfer of 60,000 ETH to staking address As per a Whale Alert update, 60,000 ETH valued at $261,552,146 have been transferred from Binance Spot within the last two hours. This on-chain move is significant as Ethereum was shifted to the Binance Beacon Chain deposit, which is a staking address. Notably, this is a bullish move as the whale has likely decided to…

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: Bitcoin Mining Faces ‘Incredibly Difficult’ Market as Power Becomes the Real Currency Bitcoin Liquid Staking Gains Momentum as Lombard Launches BARD Token and Foundation Optimism Taps Flashbots to Supercharge OP Stack Sequencing Hemi Labs Raises $15M to Expand Bitcoin Programmability Network News BITCOIN MINING PLAYERS FACE CHALLENGING MARKET: Bitcoin miners have long been defined by the boom-and-bust rhythm of the four-year halving cycle. But the game has now changed, some of the industry’s most…

Two sections of a U.S. House appropriations bill filed Friday seek to require the Treasury Department to study the feasibility of a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and outline custody, cybersecurity, and accounting for government-held digital assets. Reported by Representative David Joyce (R-OH), the bill was approved by the House Appropriations Committee and, on September 5, was placed on the Union Calendar, the docket for House measures involving spending and revenue that are eligible for floor consideration. The congressman’s press office did not immediately return Decrypt’s request for comments.  Lawmakers now want the Treasury to determine whether a reserve is feasible…

MoonPay, a popular financial technology company, has announced its groundbreaking partnership with Birdeye, a cryptocurrency trading data aggregator. The purpose of this strategic alliance is to simplify the methods for crypto purchasing and selling for buyers in a fast and easy way. we’ve partnered with @birdeye_so to make it fast and easy to buy crypto in their app and web-based trading experience with all of your favorite payment methods! pic.twitter.com/UNfe7sR5Sk — MoonPay 🟣 (@moonpay) September 11, 2025 MoonPay is among the best multinational financial technologies that are involved in the transfer of cryptocurrencies across the world. Simultaneously, Birdeye is also…

Former team members behind prediction market platform Polymarket have launched a new venture, The Clearing Company. It secured a $15 million seed round led by Union Square Ventures, according to an announcement on Wednesday. Other investors include Haun Ventures, Variant, Coinbase Ventures, Compound, Rubik, Earl Grey, Cursor Capital, Asylum and several angel backers. Co-founder Toni Gemayel emphasized that while prediction markets have existed for centuries, the internet age makes their collective intelligence more powerful. “Polls are too slow and rife with bias,” he wrote, adding that markets incentivize honesty because being wrong carries a real cost. Gemayel also disclosed the…

Law and Ledger is a news segment focusing on crypto legal news, brought to you by Kelman Law – A law firm focused on digital asset commerce. The following opinion editorial was written by Alex Forehand and Michael Handelsman for Kelman.Law. Polymarket to Relaunch in the U.S. In the latest development for prediction markets, Polymarket has finally secured approval to relaunch in the U.S., ending a three-year hiatus that followed a 2022 CFTC settlement over unregistered derivatives trading. The clearance hinges on its $112 million acquisition of QCEX (comprising QCX LLC and QC Clearing LLC), a CFTC-licensed contract market and…

Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. Binance Alpha has announced that it will list STBL, the governance token of the STBL protocol, giving early-access traders a first look at the project’s RWA–backed stablecoin ecosystem. Summary Binance Alpha will list STBL, the governance token of the STBL protocol, starting this week. STBL governs a stablecoin system centered on USST, which is backed by real-world assets like U.S. Treasuries. Led by Tether co-founder Reeve Collins, the project aims to align user participation with stablecoin development and yield…