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December 2025 — The Total Value Locked on the decentralized exchange Aster has decisively fallen below the $900 million threshold, according to data from Unfolded. This significant drop represents a decline exceeding 60% from the platform’s all-time high of $2.46 billion, recorded just two months prior in October 2025. The rapid contraction of Aster TVL signals a pivotal moment for one of the sector’s prominent platforms and reflects broader currents within the decentralized finance landscape. Aster TVL Decline: Analyzing the $1.5 Billion Drop The descent of Aster’s TVL from its peak is both rapid and substantial. Consequently, analysts are scrutinizing…

Ethereum ($ETH) price trades at $2,108 on the 12-hour chart on April 7, down approximately 1% over the past 24 hours. The headline move looks unremarkable. However, four separate metrics across the technical, derivatives, and on-chain layers are converging toward the same conclusion, and none of them are pointing down. The last time something similar happened, at least on the technical front, Ethereum price rallied 16%. Whether history repeats depends on a handful of levels that are now within striking distance. Two Technical Triggers Are Converging on the 12-Hour Chart The first metric is the Exponential Moving Average (EMA) structure,…

SEOUL, South Korea – March 2025: The nomination of Shin Hyun-song as the next Bank of Korea governor has ignited significant discussion within South Korea’s cryptocurrency sector, particularly regarding the future of stablecoin regulations and central bank digital currency development. Industry observers now closely monitor how Shin’s international experience at the Bank for International Settlements might shape Korea’s digital monetary policy landscape. Bank of Korea Governor Nominee Brings International Perspective Shin Hyun-song currently serves as the head of the Monetary and Economic Department at the Bank for International Settlements. His nomination represents a pivotal moment for South Korea’s financial regulatory…

A lawyer who helped Kalshi win a key court fight against the federal government now helps the federal government protect Kalshi from state attorneys general. Yaakov Roth, a former Jones Day white shoe lawyer who represented Kalshi in the landmark KalshiEX v. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) case, appeared by name on federal complaints filed yesterday against Illinois, Arizona, and Connecticut. His current title is now Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Division. These federal lawsuits argue that state gambling laws should have little jurisdiction over prediction markets due to the CFTC’s oversight. In essence, the…

In a significant development for cryptocurrency adoption, ZeroBase (ZBT) has announced a strategic partnership with Binance Pay that promises to transform how users interact with digital assets for everyday payments. This collaboration, announced globally on March 15, 2025, introduces a consumer-to-consumer payment promotion that eliminates gas fees for ZBT token transfers, potentially reaching one million participants according to company projections. ZeroBase ZBT Partnership Details and Technical Implementation The ZeroBase and Binance Pay collaboration represents a practical application of blockchain technology for mainstream financial transactions. Through Binance Pay’s peer-to-peer feature, users can now transfer ZBT tokens without incurring the network gas…

Overcollateralized lending has emerged as one of DeFi’s most durable primitives. Morpho alone holds roughly $7 billion in TVL, according to DeFiLlama, with distribution via Coinbase, Kraken, and other front ends. Apollo Global Management has committed to acquiring up to 9% of MORPHO’s token supply over four years, and the Ethereum Foundation has deployed nearly $19 million into the protocol’s vaults. But a quantitative analysis published Sunday by Dirt Roads, a DeFi research publication authored by Luca Prosperi, has sparked a debate over whether the depositors fueling that growth are being systematically undercompensated, or whether the lending primitive is working…

Market action on Ethereum price n is reflecting a tense equilibrium, with $ETH hovering near 2,100 as bearish sentiment and compressed volatility define an important decision zone. daily chart with EMA20, EMA50 and volume”loading=”lazy” /> $ETH/$USDT — daily chart with candlesticks, EMA20/EMA50 and volume. Thesis: Ethereum is coiled, not broken Ethereum price vs $USDT is sitting around 2,100 in a classic equilibrium zone. Daily structure is neutral: there is neither a clean uptrend nor a confirmed breakdown, just a market pausing after a larger slide, with $ETH still trading well below the 200-day EMA. What makes this moment important is…

As the war with Iran enters its fourth week, crypto markets will be dominated by macro events. Off the global stage, however, traders will be navigating a number of supply events while Aave prepares for the deployment of its v4 platform and hard forks loom for both the Akash and Casper networks. A number of Fed speakers also make an appearance, with Governor Stephen Miran’s scheduled appearance at the Digital Asset Summit in New York being a highlight. On the earnings front, Wall Street will get a fresh look at not-so-meme stock firm GameStop (GME), which has a bitcoin treasury…

Binance told the Senate its transaction volume with four major Iranian exchanges did not exceed $110,000 last year. Reporting from Fortune and the New York Times traced $1.7 billion in flows from Binance-linked accounts to Iran-linked entities. Senator Richard Blumenthal now is concerned that the exchange might have misled Congress about that. In a follow-up letter to Binance co-chief executive (CEO) Richard Teng, Blumenthal expressed his concern that the exchange might have provided “misrepresentations or misleading information to the Subcommittee and to the public.” US senators call Binance ‘repeat offender’ over $2B Iran transfers The senator, the ranking Democrat on…

Bloomberg reported on Tuesday that Binance Chief Compliance Officer Noah Perlman is discussing his potential resignation with company management, marking another pivotal moment for the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange as it navigates post-settlement regulatory compliance. The discussions come just over a year after Perlman joined Binance in January 2023 to lead the comprehensive rebuilding of the exchange’s compliance systems following its historic $4.3 billion settlement with U.S. authorities. According to sources familiar with the matter, Perlman’s departure timeline remains flexible, potentially occurring later this year or in early 2025, with no immediate successor identified for the critical compliance leadership role.…