Bitcoin Climbs Above $115,000 on US-China Trade Deal Optimism
Crypto markets rose on Monday as investors responded to a potential trade truce.| The Defiant
Crypto markets rose on Monday as investors responded to a potential trade truce.| The Defiant
The surge is led by a single protocol, Tydro, launched by Ink itself.| The Defiant
A new report from the venture firm shows that crypto adoption has surged among consumers, institutions, and stablecoins in 2025.| The Defiant
Pumpfun continues to expand its presence in the memecoin trading stack and now challenges trading bots in what some investors are calling Pumpfun's “Phase 2.”| The Defiant
The Bitfinex-backed stablechain unveiled its first deposit campaign last night, but to users' surprise, it was nearly filled before the public announcement.| The Defiant
Three months after the landmark U.S. stablecoin legislation was signed into law, the bill is still in a public comment period.| The Defiant
As part of the deal, Hidden Road is now rebranded as Ripple Prime.| The Defiant
BTC briefly touched over $111,500 as traders bet on a Fed rate cut next week.| The Defiant
The long-time gold maxi says he will "probably launch” a token representing physical gold as part of a platform to make gold easy to transfer and spend.| The Defiant
After the recent major AWS outage, experts weigh the risks of centralized clouds and the role of decentralized alternatives.| The Defiant
Nearly half of the total MET token supply was released earlier today.| The Defiant
The DEX token is up 12% today after falling more than 50% from its all-time high.| The Defiant
Bitcoin and Ether rose 1.5% on Thursday as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq approached their all-time highs.| The Defiant
The move could allow CZ to return to Binance as CEO after previous legal restrictions.| The Defiant
The San Francisco-based fintech team joins Aave Labs as the company looks to simplify stablecoin savings and improve the user experience.| The Defiant
A new report by Keyrock finds protocols increasingly prioritize payouts over reinvestment.| The Defiant
Robinhood listed Hyperliquid's native token shortly after Hyperliquid Strategies filed to raise $1 billion for its HYPE treasury.| The Defiant
Kalshi, the first U.S.-regulated prediction market, is teaming up with oracle data provider RedStone to make it possible to place bets on-chain across 110+ networks, including Ethereum, Solana, Base, and TON.| thedefiant.io
The ICO conducted via Sonar will mark the chain’s third community-focused raise.| The Defiant
The sports betting giant will use the decentralized prediction market as its financial intermediary.| The Defiant
Bitcoin erases nearly all of Tuesday’s gains as the Trump administration reportedly considers a potential escalation in its trade war with China.| The Defiant
On-chain analysts found that Ocean Protocol split FET token transfers across dozens of wallets before moving them to Binance and an OTC provider.| The Defiant
KNTQ will allow holders to participate in decisions shaping the Kinetiq liquid staking protocol.| The Defiant
The Ethena community-approved spot and perp DEX launched its mainnet with early access for USDe-based trading.| The Defiant
MoreMarkets’ 2025 Crypto Yield Retail Consumer Report shows retail investors favor centralized exchanges and prioritize safety over high returns.| The Defiant
The EIP-7825 upgrade is expected to launch alongside Fusaka in December.| The Defiant
The KDA token is down 60% today following the announcement.| The Defiant
Bitcoin surged toward $114,000 as broader markets rallied after a Federal Reserve governor proposed a new type of "payment account” with the central bank.| The Defiant
The deal adds Echo’s community-based capital raising tools to Coinbase’s growing on-chain infrastructure stack.| The Defiant
Maple’s institutional-grade assets will be integrated into Aave’s $40 billion lending protocol.| The Defiant
The Solana-based DEX unveiled a new product suite today, including a launchpad, dynamic fees, and presale vaults.| The Defiant
The proprietary automated market maker has quietly surpassed leading Solana DEXs like Raydium, Meteora, and PumpSwap.| The Defiant
Major crypto treasury companies step up crypto holdings, as Greenlane announces a BERA treasury.| The Defiant
Crypto markets climbed slightly higher to start the week, with total market cap up 2%, and almost all of the top-10 assets in the green on Monday, Oct. 20. The moderate recovery comes after Fed Chair Jerome Powell hinted that the Fed might soon stop reducing its balance sheet, signaling a possible end to its quantitative tightening program.| thedefiant.io
The fresh raise brings Turtle’s total funding to $11.7 million, with participation from major VCs and angel investors.| The Defiant
Polymarket and Kalshi are now considered the top crypto prediction markets, but the space was once led by other players taking very different approaches.| thedefiant.io
The app is climbing up the Apple Store leaderboard and is ranked #34 in the finance app category.| thedefiant.io
The founder of the Solana-based token launchpad confirmed that ‘around 50 coins’ are affected.| thedefiant.io
LAUNCHCOIN is surging after an influx of activity on the token launch platform over the last few days.| thedefiant.io
BTC and ETH fell again on Friday amid global tensions and macroeconomic uncertainty.| The Defiant
The deal values the upcoming payments-focused blockchain at $5 billion.| The Defiant
The DeFi firm warns that key details about tokenized settlement remain undisclosed, raising questions about market fairness.| The Defiant
As Ethereum rockets into the TradFi limelight, with rising inflows into ETFs and DATs, experts consider the question: is that a good thing for DeFi’s largest chain?| The Defiant
The price of Launch Coin on Believe (LAUNCHCOIN) sank more than 30% on Thursday, Oct. 16, after developers said they were scrapping its original model, calling it too outdated to keep up with the growing demands of the Believe ecosystem.| thedefiant.io
The tokenized U.S. equities platform is growing rapidly outside the U.S., yet trading volumes remain modest compared with other financial markets.| thedefiant.io
With new U.S. stablecoin rules in place, Visa says banks are starting to explore blockchain-based lending markets.| The Defiant
Perpetual derivatives DEXs across DeFi were overwhelmed by intense volatility on Friday, leading to multiple platform outages.| The Defiant
The liquid staking vault reached its 500,000 HYPE initial deposit threshold in minutes.| The Defiant
Sony Bank files for a national trust charter to issue stablecoins, as Anchorage Digital expands its banking services.| The Defiant
Binance is facing a social media firestorm after one founder’s post ignited a debate about listing fees on CEXs.| The Defiant
Bitcoin slides below $109,000 as investors react to trade frictions, developments in Venezuela, and expectations of an upcoming Fed rate cut.| The Defiant
The investment firm projects SOL could reach $900 soon and $2,000 in the medium term as tokenization grows.| thedefiant.io
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Jovay Network has flown under the radar until it mentioned Ethereum in a social media post today.| The Defiant
The accidental move briefly made PayPal’s PYUSD the largest stablecoin in the world before Paxos burned the newly minted supply.| The Defiant
A guide to 51% attacks on blockchain networks.| The Defiant
Bitcoin, Ethereum, and major altcoins fall as macroeconomic uncertainty continues to weigh on sentiment.| thedefiant.io
The Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain is preparing a community-focused token sale as ICOs regain popularity.| The Defiant
Backpack, a centralized crypto exchange (CEX) and self-custody wallet app founded by former FTX and Alameda employees, has partnered with Robert Leshner’s fintech firm Superstate to let users trade on-chain versions of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)-registered stocks.| thedefiant.io
Nansen, a leading blockchain data analytics firm, has acquired the non-custodial staking platform StakeWithUs (SWU) as part of its strategy to diversify its services| thedefiant.io
For the first time since 2016, Solana leads Ethereum in developer adoption.| thedefiant.io
Just one week after the Ethereum ecosystem made a new all-time high, Solana is following suit.| thedefiant.io
nxSOL enables users to earn SOL staking rewards and additional yield in Solana’s DeFi ecosystem.| thedefiant.io
Track Polkadot (DOT) price, market cap, and latest crypto news.| thedefiant.io
The launch comes as the U.S. stablecoin market expands under new regulatory clarity.| thedefiant.io
The surge signals rising demand for stablecoins as the Solana DeFi ecosystem expands.| thedefiant.io
Polkadot’s multi-chain architecture presents an alternative approach to scalable Layer-1 blockchains.| thedefiant.io
The DeFi hub and liquidity layer on the Sei blockchain is off to a strong start.| The Defiant
The gaming studio unveiled its flagship NFT on Oct. 8, which rallied 500% above its mint price on opening day.| The Defiant
Digital assets often outperform traditional markets, driven by institutional adoption and tokenized products.| The Defiant
The ICO raised 200x its $750,000 minimum, and more than 50x its hard cap.| The Defiant
Bitcoin and major altcoins continue to slide days after the largest-ever forced liquidations.| The Defiant
The legacy Ethereum wallet by Consensys is teaming up with the largest onchain prediction market.| The Defiant
Implementation hinges on foreign partners willing to issue tokenized versions of shares of Russian firms, despite sanctions from the EU and U.S.| The Defiant
The platform’s founders warned earlier that without new funding, MetaDAO would have only 24 months of runway.| The Defiant
As crypto markets saw record liquidations in Friday’s market plunge, top DeFi protocols like Aave, Hyperliquid, and Morpho faced major pressure — and held up under it.| The Defiant
The SAFE token is down 23% amid a widespread crypto selloff.| The Defiant
The drop comes after President Trump announced new tariffs on China.| The Defiant
The new stablecoin from the STBL protocol fell below its $1 peg shortly after going live, highlighting challenges for liquidity.| The Defiant
Ethereum’s new privacy initiative boosted Railgun’s RAIL token to an all-time high, following comments from Vitalik Buterin emphasizing privacy as a core focus.| The Defiant
The NFT fantasy sports platform is switching from L2 StarkEx to Solana, promising faster, cheaper, and more open ways to trade player cards.| The Defiant
The creators of Cryptopunks and Autoglyphs just wrapped up Art Blocks’ curated series with a new release, Quine.| The Defiant
Crypto markets hold out around $4.2 trillion as traders increasingly bet the U.S. government shutdown could last into next month.| The Defiant
The growth is being driven by rising liquidity on DeFi protocols like Suilend and Momentum.| The Defiant
Traders are flocking to the ZK-powered perpetuals trading platform amid the ongoing airdrop craze, and its OTC points market is going parabolic.| The Defiant
After a highly successful launch, the XPL token has fallen almost 50% from its opening week high.| The Defiant
BNB Smart Chain activity surges as token swaps dominate network usage.| The Defiant
Traders can now access equity, commodity, and FX futures alongside crypto contracts.| The Defiant
Crypto markets edged lower on Thursday as investors seemed to take a wait-and-see approach on macro updates.| The Defiant
The creator-focused platform rallied sharply after a surprise listing on one of the top retail trading brokerage apps.| The Defiant
The latest version of the top lending protocol creates a shared liquidity pool that customized markets can connect to.| The Defiant
BNB, Mantle, and Aster lead gains amid a renewed memecoin frenzy on BNB Smart Chain.| The Defiant
The new token will eventually replace $750 million worth of stablecoins in Jupiter’s liquidity pool.| The Defiant
Part of the project’s long-planned post-FTX comeback, the token will have 20% of its circulating supply allocated to former Mercurial stakeholders.| The Defiant
DOOD, the token tied to the Doodles NFT collection, soared to a new high after Upbit listed the asset with KRW and USDT pairs.| The Defiant
BTC has pulled back from its recent all-time high, with most large-cap tokens also trading lower today.| The Defiant
The deal brings liquid staking products and compliance infrastructure to Plume’s real-world asset blockchain.| The Defiant
Polymarket and Kalshi continue to battle for supremacy with new partnerships and investment announcements.| The Defiant
The partnership makes Intercontinental Exchange a global distributor of Polymarket data.| The Defiant
