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DeFi

Tokenization could push DeFi assets to $2.7T by 2030: Standard Chartered

Standard Chartered projects decentralized finance assets will hit $2.7 trillion by 2030, a massive expansion fueled by tokenization of real-world asse…

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Standard Chartered Forecasts 37x Surge For This Altcoin in $2.7 Trillion DeFi Bet

Standard Chartered projects Uniswap's native token UNI will reach $100 by 2030, anchoring its bullish outlook on explosive growth in tokenized decentr…

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Ethena Labs to allocate $250 million to Securitize’s Tokenized AAA CLO Fund as it deploys on Solana

Ethena Labs commits $250 million to Securitize's tokenized AAA-rated collateralized loan obligation fund, marking a substantial deployment of capital …

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Aerodrome is turning liquidity into a prediction market with its biggest upgrade yet

Aerodrome, Base's dominant decentralized exchange, ships its largest upgrade with Predictive Allocation. The new mechanism flips the protocol's incent…

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Bitcoin is Falling, But $273 Billion in Stablecoins Isn’t Leaving

Bitcoin's retreat below $60,000 has not triggered a stablecoin exodus from crypto markets. The combined supply of leading dollar-pegged tokens remains…

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Chainlink Settles the World Cup but Markets Won’t Settle LINK

Chainlink now underpins the betting infrastructure for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, yet LINK trades near $7.94, hovering close to 90-day lows. The disconn…

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The future of vaults: neobanks and invisible DeFi

Kraken's January 2026 DeFi Earn launch marks a pivotal shift toward what insiders call "invisible DeFi," where decentralized finance operates seamless…

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Stablecoins Were Meant to Disrupt Finance. Instead, They Became Idle Cash.

Stablecoins have grown into a $165 billion market, yet they function primarily as parked cash rather than circulating capital. The assets serve trader…

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Tokenization mirrors the $20 trillion ETF boom as blockchain and AI converge, Ondo exec says

Tokenization is poised to replicate the explosive growth of the $20 trillion ETF market by enabling autonomous investing and real-time portfolio manag…

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Morpho's $175M raise shows where crypto VC money is flowing

Morpho Labs closed a $175 million funding round, signaling strong venture capital appetite for onchain credit infrastructure. The raise targets the in…

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Genius Launches G.OX to Bring Capital-Efficient Options Trading to Crypto Markets

Genius rolled out G.OX, a new crypto derivatives platform designed to inject liquidity and capital efficiency into options trading. The platform forms…

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Ripple chases AI’s machine economy as XRPL stablecoins near $1 billion

Ripple is positioning the XRP Ledger for a breakout moment in AI-driven payments. Stablecoin liquidity on XRPL has nearly doubled in the past month, p…