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Perp DEX Space Heats up — Lighter Ignites $68M Fundraise as Investors Flock to Defi’s Next Big Thing

Vladimir Novakovski’s blockchain startup Lighter has secured $68 million in fresh funding from top-tier backers, marking one of the most notable reverse pivots in Silicon Valley—from artificial intelligence (AI) back…

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New Uniswap Proposal Outlines Fee Activation, UNI Burns, and Governance Overhaul

Uniswap founder and CEO Hayden Adams unveiled the “UNIfication Proposal,” a sweeping governance initiative aimed at turning on protocol fees, burning UNI, and aligning incentives across the decentralized exchange’s (DEX)…

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Yield-Bearing Stablecoins Witness a Stampede for the Exits After 3 Tokens Collapse 

The $20.43 billion yield-bearing stablecoin sector slipped massively this week, according to stablewatch.io, as several synthetic and algorithmic stablecoins suffered heavy outflows and severe depegs. The turmoil centered around the…

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Radioactive Metal Hits DeFi: Morpho Protocol Integrates Uranium Tokens as Collateral

Uranium has officially entered the decentralized finance ecosystem with the launch of xU3O8-based lending on the DeFi aggregator Oku, utilizing the Morpho protocol. Unlocking Liquidity for a Traditionally Opaque Market…

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Balancer Breach Tied to Batch Swap Rounding Bug; Investigation Ongoing

The decentralized finance platform Balancer has acknowledged a significant security breach affecting its V2 protocol and its forks on other chains. Balancer Confirms ‘Significant’ V2 Exploit The decentralized finance (DeFi)…

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Stream Finance Rocked by $93M Blow—Project’s Stablecoin XUSD Peg Craters to $0.24

On Monday, the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Stream Finance announced that an external fund manager misplaced a jaw-dropping $93 million in Stream assets — sparking an immediate investigation and halting…

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Apex Fusion Integrates Stargate to Bring USDC Liquidity to Cardano

Apex Fusion, the multi-layer Web3 ecosystem connecting UTxO and EVM networks, has announced an integration with Stargate, the omnichain liquidity transport protocol powered by Layerzero. Cardano Gains Native USDC Access…

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