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Solana lending isn’t just a fight over TVL between a handful of similarly shaped protocols. Underneath the scale race sits a more interesting split: three genuinely different architectures for how a lending market should work, each making a different bet about what borrowers and lenders actually want. Jupiter Lend bets on a unified pool wired into Jupiter’s trading infrastructure. Project 0, the protocol formerly known as MarginFi, bets on becoming something closer to a prime broker than a money market. And Loopscale bets that fixed-rate, order-book lending is a better fit for real-world assets and structured credit than the variable-rate…

Ethereum has continued to expand its dominance in the stablecoin market amid rising demand from investors, fortifying its position as the leading blockchain for stablecoin transactions. As momentum keeps building in the Ethereum ecosystem, the blockchain has continued to see rapid adoption and consistent growth in activity across both its spot and DeFi markets. Stablecoin market cap on Ethereum soars Latest data from Token Terminal shows that the Ethereum blockchain has added about $400 million in its stablecoin market capitalization within just 24 hours. This shows that Ethereum now holds about $162.3 billion worth of stablecoins out of the total…

Tether invested $134 million in failing biopharmaceutical firm NovaBay in March, turning it into a stablecoin holding company. The move completely altered the path of the New York Stock Exchange-listed corporation. Its name was changed to Stablecoin Development Corporat, and it was used to purchase and stake a large swath of rival stablecoin USDS (previously known as MakerDAO). USDS, unlike Tether or $USDC, is a decentralized stablecoin that’s pegged to the US dollar through overcollateralized vaults and automated liquidations. Centralized stablecoins like Tether and $USDC rely on real-world assets, such as Treasury bills, overnight repo agreements, loans, and precious metals.…

Arthur Hayes, closely followed for his statements and predictions in the cryptocurrency market, made noteworthy assessments for Bitcoin and Ethereum, as well as Ethereum ($ENA) and Ether.fi ($ETHFI). Hayes argued that a new bull market has begun and stated that Maelstrom is taking maximum risk on all four assets. Arthur Hayes, who stated that he expects a major rise in cryptocurrencies, argues that Bitcoin is poised for a parabolic increase. In a recent interview on the Altcoin Daily YouTube channel, Hayes claimed that Bitcoin is likely to soon experience a full parabolic rise, and therefore now is the right time…

The UK’s HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) sent 81,172 tax warning letters, emails and text messages to crypto investors during the 2025/26 financial year, according to figures reported on Aug. 20. The number rose from 64,982 warnings in 2024/25 and 27,714 in 2023/24. The latest total was therefore about 25% higher than the previous year and nearly three times the figure recorded two years earlier. The figures came from a Freedom of Information request obtained by accounting firm UHY Hacker Young and reported by the BBC. HMRC reportedly suspects that some undeclared liabilities arose from gains accumulated as crypto prices…

Transactions by large investors who have been inactive for a long time in the cryptocurrency market continue to be closely monitored. On-chain analytics platform Onchain Lens reported that 730 $BTC were transferred from the wallet of a Bitcoin whale that had shown no activity for four years. The transfer, worth approximately $46.12 million at current market prices, attracted the attention of investors. According to data shared by Onchain Lens, the Bitcoins in question were transferred to a newly created wallet. On-Chain records reveal that the investor had been accumulating these assets gradually over the past seven years, and the transferred…

Institutional capital has spent years circling real-world asset yield on-chain, but the actual mechanics have often looked more like a private placement with extra steps than permissionless DeFi. Mantle is now testing whether that gap can close. The network said Mantle Vault is expanding into DeFi alongside Grove, CIAN, and Fluxion, a move described in the original report as bringing institutional-grade RWA yield on-chain. The announcement is thin on operational specifics, but the direction matters more than the immediate detail. A product built for institutional capital markets is now being exposed to DeFi rails, where liquidity, custody assumptions, and user…

Bitcoin surged toward $80,000 this week as billions of dollars in short positions were liquidated and spot demand returned to the market, prompting renewed debate over whether the recent downturn has already bottomed. But while Bitcoin dominated headlines, analyst John Gillen on Milk Road Show argued Ethereum may be quietly positioning for a more significant shift relative to Bitcoin. At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading slightly below the $80K mark. The Case for Bitcoin’s Short-Term Momentum John said the market’s recent price action has shifted his own read on where Bitcoin is headed. Asked to predict Bitcoin’s price…

Bitdeer Technologies just locked in one of its biggest bets yet on artificial intelligence, and it has nothing to do with mining Bitcoin. The company announced a Bitdeer AI cloud deal worth roughly $400 million in contracted revenue, tied to a five-year offtake agreement that will fill half the capacity of a brand-new data center in Malaysia. For a business built on crypto mining rigs, it’s a striking signal of where the company now wants to plant its flag. Key takeaways Bitdeer secured approximately $400 million in contracted revenue through a five-year offtake agreement for AI cloud services. The deal…

DGrid AI’s DGAI token nearly doubled in its first day of trading as the decentralized AI inference project rolled out its native token. DGAI was trading around $0.73 on Tuesday, up nearly 93% over the previous 24 hours, with a market capitalization of about $110 million and trading volume topping $165 million, according to CoinGecko data. Source: CoinGecko The token launch comes as DGrid expands its decentralized AI network, which connects users and developers with distributed nodes that process AI inference requests and uses DGAI for payments, staking and node rewards. DGrid’s litepaper says its network routes AI requests across…