Velvet Capital, a DeFAI Trading & Portfolio Management Ecosystem powered by intents announced its $3.7 million fundraising. The capital accelerated Velvet’s mission to make portfolio management and trading frictionless for funds, DAOs and individual traders while powering the rollout of its new governance and utility token VELVET. Alongside YZi Labs and Blockchain Founders Fund, the […]
Plume, the first full-stack chain and ecosystem built for real world asset finance (RWAfi), has announced a strategic integration with TRON to launch SkyLink across the TRON Network. TRON’s big global user base, which generates some of the highest stablecoins volume and transaction throughput in crypto, now has direct access to asset-backed yields from tokenized […]
Bitcoin miners turned to the rising AI trend ahead of the 2024 halving, which cut block rewards to 3.125 BTC. Some just dipped their toes in, while others dove deeper, repurposing rigs, raising credit and signing billion-dollar deals. In some instances, the move has been a lifeline that generates much-needed revenue as their Bitcoin earnings […]
Binance Pay has partnered with French fintech Lyzi to enable over 80 businesses across the French Riviera to accept cryptocurrency payments. The rollout, spanning cities including Cannes, Nice, Antibes and Monaco, would integrate digital assets into the region’s luxury tourism and retail economy. The French Riviera is a popular tourist destination. The partnership gives visitors […]
Cake Wallet added the decentralized stablecoin dEURO to its offerings, expanding its stable euro-denominated digital assets for users. The decentralized stablecoin is overcollateralized by other digital assets, including Bitcoin, Ether and Monero. This means that to mint the dEURO stablecoins, users must first deposit other cryptocurrencies as collateral. Overcollateralizing, or depositing cryptocurrency worth more than […]
Katana is a new DeFi-first layer-2 blockchain. It went live on mainnet with over $200 million in pre-deposits just weeks after its public reveal, making it one of the most capitalized debuts of any layer-2 network this year. This blockchain is developed by the Katana Foundation and it is designed to support high-yield decentralized finance […]
Cryptocurrency wallets are set for a new integration with artificial intelligence chatbot functionality through an AI terminal launched by the decentralized finance and AI (DeFAI) layer, Edwin. Edwin, an AI interface layer for DeFi launched in early 2025, is publicly launching its AI terminal. It aims to make access to crypto and DeFi as easy […]
Chainlink is a company that provides a decentralized oracle network. It has partnered with the payments provider Mastercard to allow the credit card company’s three billion cardholders to buy crypto onchain. This integration could spur crypto adoption by providing a new avenue for people without Web3 exposure to gain experience with digital assets. The integration […]
The decentralized finance protocol Veda has raised $18 million to accelerate the adoption of its vault platform. It enables asset issuers to build crosschain yield products, including yield-bearing stablecoins. The funding round was led by venture capital firm CoinFund, with additional participation from Coinbase Ventures, Animoca Ventures, BitGo, Mantle EcoFund, GSR, Relayer Capital, PEER VC, […]
The major provider of hardware cryptocurrency wallets Ledger has introduced an offline tool for private key recovery. It helps the users to get access to their crypto wallets without relying on cloud-based services or personal data. Ledger Recovery Key is an offline physical recovery tool allowing Ledger Flex or Ledger Stax users to store their […]