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Fees across DeFi’s largest lending protocols and decentralized exchanges fell by as much as much as 65%, a broad contraction that lending and credit-market operators attribute to leverage unwinding after early June’s selloff rather than a structural break in onchain credit. Rolling seven-day fees of Aave V3, the largest decentralized lending protocol by TVL, dropped by 60% versus the previous perid, to $6.72 million, per DefiLlama. Morpho Blue’s fees fell by 60% to $3.27 million and Maple Finance’s dropped 59% to $1.25 million. The pullback was just as steep on exchanges: Uniswap V3 fees fell 57% to $3.74 million and…

With this initiative, the Metropolitan Government of Tokyo seeks to establish a healthy market for stablecoins, which are expected to serve as a new payment infrastructure and promote the establishment of a digital yen-based economy. Key Takeaways: Tokyo launched 40M yen subsidies for stablecoins, aiming to build a future digital economic zone. After a 1st October launch, Japan expects local yen tokens to dominate future global payments next. Japanese yen stablecoins have regulatory advantages over their USD counterparts. Tokyo Offers Subsidies For Companies Implementing Digital Yen-Based Use Cases While dollar-based stablecoins dominate the market in capitalization and relevance, initiatives including…

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson signals the next phase of growth for the Cardano ecosystem. In a recent tweet, Hoskinson expressed excitement about decentralized storage and infrastructure, adding that he looks forward to seeing many great projects enter the Cardano ecosystem. Very excited about decentralized storage and infrastructure and I can’t wait to see many great projects enter the Cardano ecosystem — Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) April 25, 2026 In a recent development, Blockfrost added a premium storage tier for Cardano developers backed by Filecoin. This will be distributed across independent providers, verifiable, with no infrastructure overhead. The comments made by Hoskinson…

The Supreme Court just pulled the tariff lever out of the president’s hands. In a 6-3 ruling on Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, the court determined that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, known as IEEPA, does not grant the president authority to impose tariffs. The decision, handed down on February 20, 2026, invalidated billions of dollars in tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico, China, and other countries. It also potentially unlocked $175 billion in refunds for US importers who paid those duties. What the ruling actually says IEEPA has long been one of the most expansive tools in the…

A key tailwind that supposedly powered bitcoin’s recent rise above $80,000 appears to be fading. The 11 U.S.-listed spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which pulled in $3.29 billion in investor money through March and April, are now leaking funds. And sizeable ones at that. On Wednesday, investors yanked $635 million from these funds, the highest single-day net outflow since Jan. 29, according to data source SoSoValue. It wasn’t an isolated event either. Over the past five trading days, the ETFs have bled a total of $1.26 billion, pulling total net inflows since debut in January 2024 down to $58.5 billion…

JustLend DAO has launched Supply and Borrow Market V2, introducing an isolated lending framework and a new interest rate model designed to improve capital efficiency and risk controls across its decentralized lending platform. According to JustLend DAO’s announcement on June 17, the upgraded protocol replaces the previous structure with a dual-layer system built around Vaults and Markets. The release, which took effect on June 17 Singapore time, forms part of the platform’s latest effort to improve how liquidity is distributed while limiting the impact of risks tied to individual collateral assets. 📢SBM V2 Now Live on JustLend DAOJustLend DAO has…

Tether has taken an 8.2% stake in Antalpha, making the stablecoin issuer one of the company’s largest shareholders following its May 2025 initial public offering (IPO), according to a Monday filing. The Schedule 13D filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission indicates that Tether now holds 1.95 million shares through related entities, with Giancarlo Devasini, chairman of Tether, sharing voting and dispositive power over the position. The filing also states that Tether and its related entities may increase or reduce their holdings over time depending on market conditions and other factors. Antalpha provides Bitcoin-backed lending and equipment financing to…

As seen on the Shibburn website, 1,305,818 $SHIB lies in the community pool, as over a million tokens were sent to dead wallets since the past day. In the last 24 hours, 1,040,871 $SHIB tokens were burned according to Shibburn. This adds up to a total of 51,669,707 $SHIB burned in the last seven days and 208,429,367 $SHIB in the last 30 days. The burning of the initial 1 quadrillion $SHIB supply is progressing, with 41.08% now sent to dead wallets. The last 24 hours, however, saw a 90.19% drop in daily burn rate, but weekly burn activity was up…

Spot activity has been fading for months, and April’s numbers show that trend is becoming harder to ignore. After peaking near $2 trillion in October 2025, monthly spot volume steadily declined until reaching roughly $679 billion, the weakest reading since October 2023. Source: X The decline suggests traders are becoming less interested in outright asset ownership. Instead, a larger share of activity is moving toward futures and perpetual markets, where capital can remain active without committing fully to spot positions. That shift explains why spot liquidity continues thinning despite ongoing market participation. Traders have not disappeared from the market. Rather,…

The DeFi Report (TDR), a cryptocurrency analytics company, stated in its latest analysis that Bitcoin’s current uptrend is facing its biggest test yet. Company founder Michael Nadeau evaluated recent market developments and on-chain data, offering important warnings about Bitcoin’s short-term outlook. While a “bullish” sentiment prevails in the market as the Bitcoin price approaches the $80,000 mark, analysts at The DeFi Report are cautious about the sustainability of this trend. The analysis points out that the current momentum is weakening and that the market is at a critical breaking point. Bitcoin closed the week above the average cost basis ($79,000)…