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Publicly traded real estate tech company DeFi Development Corporation further intensified its rapidly growing commitment to Solana with the creation of a liquid staking token alongside a collaboration with Kamino Finance, a leading DeFI protocol in Solana’s ecosystem.  The liquid staking token or LST, called dfdvSOL—which was created with LST platform Sanctum—allows users staking Solana (SOL) via the DeFi Development Corp. validator group to maintain liquidity while their native Solana tokens are locked up. In other words, while staking Solana tokens via DFDV validators, users receive back dfdvSOL that can then be used in DeFi activity while users still earn…

Courtyard led May NFT sales at $64.86M; DMarket and Guild of Guardians followed. Doodles surged 201.20% to $8.66M, DogeZuki drew 106K+ buyers. CryptoPunks held $19.96M from 85 buyers; Sorare saw a 3.35% decline. The NFT market continues to show signs of growing investor interest, with new and legacy projects competing for dominance. Data from Phoenix Group, published on May 28, 2025, outlines the top-performing NFT collections by monthly sales volume. Courtyard emerged as the leading project by value, while Doodles registered the highest growth rate among all tracked collections. The report reveals changing market dynamics, with mid-cap and lower-cap collections…

Billionaire investor Ray Dalio warns the U.S. is nearing a catastrophic breaking point, as spiraling debt, social division, and fiscal dysfunction mirror pre-civil war historical collapse. Ray Dalio Predicts US Breakdown as Debt Soars and Unity Cracks Billionaire hedge fund manager Ray Dalio shared a lengthy post on social media platform X on June 9, stating that the United States is progressing through a dangerous phase he defines as Stage 5 of a historical “Big Cycle”—a period characterized by financial deterioration and extreme internal discord. Drawing from over 50 years as a global macro investor and research into 500 years…

Floki Inu sponsors “Play on the Pitch” to connect football, kids, and Web3 in a real-world stadium experience. Floki Inu expands reach beyond crypto with community efforts in football, education, and cricket branding. Floki Inu has made another unusual move. This time, the community-based crypto project has emerged as the official sponsor of the “Play on the Pitch” session, part of the Premier League Primary Stars program run in collaboration with the Nottingham Forest Community Trust. This is not just a collaboration to stick logos on the stadium—Floki has directly supported primary school children to experience the atmosphere of playing…

For much of the last decade, offshore jurisdictions were the only option crypto startups and decentralized finance (DeFi) projects could rely on, owing to how hostile governments were to digital assets as a whole. Crackdowns, enforcement actions, and public skepticism, limited the options of firms to offer crypto services, but that chapter may be closing fast. After pro-crypto US President Donald Trump won the November elections, several jurisdictions around the world, including China, Morocco and Ukraine, have been contemplating on changing the legality status of crypto trading. The re-considerations is placing the viability of traditional offshore setups in question. Many…

It’s tough to keep tabs on the ever-changing crypto gaming space, thanks to the constant flow of news: everything from big game launches and fun degen experiments to token price swings and occasional project collapses. It’s a lot to follow. Luckily, we’re plugged in at Decrypt’s GG. We cover the biggest happenings throughout the week, and then this weekly roundup provides a quick way to catch up, as well as find a bunch of other little bits of news from throughout the week. Top stories GameStop buys Bitcoin: GameStop, the video game retailer that’s made waves in recent years as…

CZ proposes a dark DEX to protect large trades from front-running and manipulation. Zero-knowledge proofs are key to ensuring privacy without sacrificing verifiability. Industry debate grows on balancing transparency with secure, private trading infrastructure. A proposal by Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has reignited debate across the crypto industry over the structure and privacy standards of decentralized exchanges. In a recent public statement, CZ floated the idea of a “dark pool perpetual DEX” — an exchange model that shields user activity from public view to prevent front-running, spoofing, and manipulation. While the idea draws inspiration from traditional finance, the suggestion…

Adventure Layer has announced a strategic partnership with WeNodeIO to power the next generation of fully AI-native, on-chain games with decentralized compute. In other words, this strategic collaboration aims to address one of the major barriers to truly on-chain, AI-native games: decentralized and scalable computational power. Adventure Layer is a gaming Layer-2 network running on top of Berachain, designed to power AI-native on-chain games. On the other hand, WeNodeIO is a DePIN platform – a decentralized GPU-sharing network empowering real AI at a massive magnitude. 🧠 Adventure Layer X WeNode ⚙️We’re partnering with @WenodeIO to power the next wave of…

Bitcoin (BTC) large holders on the Binance exchange are sending a bullish signal to the broader cryptocurrency market. According to an update from CryptoQuant, an on-chain analytics platform, the volume of Bitcoin inflows from whales has dropped to about $3 billion. Bitcoin whale pressure in spotlight Notably, this is a bullish signal as it suggests that Bitcoin whales on the Binance exchange are massively accumulating the coin. This marks a shift from previous patterns, when whales sent Bitcoin to exchanges such as Binance when they plan to sell during periods of high price margin. As of press time, the Bitcoin…

DODO, an on-chain liquidity provider, announced its strategic partnership with Steer Protocol, a decentralized compute protocol. This collaboration brings together two crucial components for the development and efficiency of DeFi, integrating DODO’s proactive market maker (PMM) technology into Steer’s automated liquidity management infrastructure. This partnership is set to advance liquidity management in DeFi, creating smarter, AI-focused strategies that enhance capital efficiency and improve profits for liquidity providers across multi-chain ecosystems. Excited to announce our partnership with @SteerProtocol!Their ALM infrastructure and AI-driven automation bring the precision and adaptability needed for sustainable market-making — empowering DODO to optimize liquidity across multi-chain deployments.#DeFi…