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Venus Protocol Joins Forces with Fluid to Launch Venus Flux, the First Unified Liquidity Layer on BNB Chain

Stifel: U.S. economy in "overheated expansion" as AI investment cycle outweighs consumer pressure

U.S. large diversified financial services holding company Stifel has raised its year-end S&P 500 target and rolled out a stock allocation framework for a "high-growth, high-inflation" environment. The firm lifted its year-end S&P 500 target to 7,800 points, noting the U.S. economy is entering a "running hot" state—where economic growth is strengthening alongside mounting inflationary pressure. Stifel’s models show U.S. growth momentum is picking up while inflation momentum is clearly overheating, a trend that will reshape the market’s leading sector structure in the second half of the year. Instead of traditional consumer sectors, Stifel’s top picks are investment-led cyclical industries, including banks, transportation, materials, energy, semiconductors, software and equipment. The firm adds that fixed-asset investment in AI remains on the rise: large tech firms including Amazon, Microsoft, Meta and Google are projected to combine for roughly $725 billion in total capital expenditures in 2026, some $100 billion higher than prior estimates. This means the AI investment chain is likely to continue outperforming the consumption chain squeezed by inflation. Stifel advises investors to reduce exposure to discretionary consumer, consumer staples, communication services and some financial services sectors, as these areas see weaker earnings revisions. Conversely, the firm favors cyclical value stocks and hedges with defensive value sectors such as insurance, autos, energy and banks.

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Analyst: Micron's earnings boost overall market sentiment for the tech sector

Chris Strazzeri, Financial Trading Manager of Moomoo’s Australia and New Zealand branch, stated: “The targeted sell-off indicates that following a sustained, strong rally in AI-related and speculative growth stocks, investors are enforcing strict valuation discipline. This serves as a warning to the market that actual earnings levels must now rise to support the currently overvalued price-to-earnings ratio. Micron Technology’s post-market earnings results largely confirm this, and its robust performance has lifted overall market sentiment in the tech sector.”

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2x Leveraged Long DRAM ETF (RAM) Records $383 Million in Trading Volume on Its First Day of Listing

According to Bitget market data, the Roundhill T-REX 2X Long DRAM Daily Target ETF (Nasdaq ticker: RAM) officially launched trading yesterday. On its first trading day, the fund recorded a total turnover of $383 million, and rose 29.47% in after-hours U.S. stock trading to hit $30.8. Note: RAM’s underlying exposure covers companies engaged in memory-related technologies, including DRAM, NAND and storage solutions, targeting active traders seeking leveraged exposure to the memory chip theme and artificial intelligence infrastructure development.

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BCA Research raises its S&P 500 target to 8,100 points, with AI remaining a core variable.

BCA Research has become the latest strategy firm to raise its US stock market target, reflecting Wall Street’s growing optimism about earnings support for US equities in the second half of the year. The institution lifted its year-end S&P 500 target from 7,700 points to 8,100 points. BCA’s core view is that first-quarter corporate earnings exceeded expectations in both strength and breadth, and the US economy has re-entered an expansion phase. Similar to JPMorgan Chase, BCA believes this stock rally is not only driven by valuation expansion—earnings themselves are delivering the index’s gains. AI remains the core variable in this assessment. Large tech firms including Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and Oracle continue to increase capital spending on data centers and AI infrastructure, driving growth in orders for chips, servers, construction, power and related industrial chains. This provides a clearer fundamental basis for upward revisions to 2026 and 2027 earnings. The institution points out that risks exist: the earnings expansion brought by AI investments has already been quickly priced into the market. If subsequent returns on capital spending are questioned, or interest rates remain elevated, further upside for the index will require more earnings confirmation rather than relying solely on investor risk appetite.

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Tom Lee: Markets have nearly priced in two interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve this year, and the rise in US Treasury yields is weighing on market sentiment.

Tom Lee said the market is still digesting Kevin Warsh’s remarks from his first press conference last week and repricing the macro environment. Over the past week, oil prices have pulled back, with war premiums contracting. Current oil prices are not far from the roughly $65 level seen before the conflict, indicating the market views related war risks as declining. On the other hand, 10-year U.S. Treasury yields continue to rise, now around 4.5%, higher than the pre-conflict level of roughly 4.2%. The main headwind the market has faced recently has shifted from oil prices to yields. Tom Lee noted that the market is not only focused on 10-year U.S. Treasury yields but also starting to price in potential additional interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve. According to federal funds futures, the market is currently pricing in nearly two rate hikes this year. Bank of America further projected today that the Fed will raise rates three times this year, in September, October, and December respectively. Jeffrey Gundlach often emphasizes the importance of monitoring 2-year U.S. Treasury yields, as they typically lead the Fed and signal the central bank’s policy direction. Between 2023 and 2025, the relationship between 2-year U.S. Treasury yields and the federal funds rate indicated that the Fed’s policy was overly tight, requiring interest rate cuts. However, this relationship has recently reversed, meaning the Fed would need two rate hikes to catch up with 2-year U.S. Treasury yields. He believes that, at least for now, yields have become a headwind for the market.

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Japan and South Korea's stock markets closed higher across the board, with Japan's stock market hitting a new closing high.

According to Bitget market data, the Nikkei 225 index closed up 3,191.37 points, or 4.61%, at 72,366.34 points on Thursday, June 25, hitting a new all-time closing high. South Korea’s KOSPI index rose 459.76 points (5.43%) to end at 8,930.78 points; SK Hynix surged 13% while Samsung Electronics gained more than 5%.

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The "Retail vs. Wall Street" concept-linked token WEN continues its strong run, rising over 18% in after-hours trading.

According to Bitget market data, Wendy's (WEN) rallied 25.66% in the regular trading session, then climbed an extra 18.96% in after-hours trading, now changing hands at $9.35. Earlier reports noted that Serenity took to Twitter to mock the latest meme stock movement unfolding on Reddit's high-risk trading communities, targeting U.S. fast-food chain Wendy's. The Reddit community's meme warning reads: "If Wendy's goes bankrupt, we'll all be out of jobs, and after losing all our trading money, we'll have to work behind Wendy's trash cans." Serenity later clarified that they hold no positions, only found the activity amusing, and added they were unsure if the campaign would succeed. Wendy's holds a special cultural status on Reddit's WallStreetBets community; for years, "working behind Wendy's trash cans" has been a staple joke among retail investors mocking their trading losses.

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Danske Bank: Federal Reserve may raise interest rates at least twice

Danske Bank senior analyst Kirstine Kundby-Nielsen and chief analyst Jens Peter Sorensen stated in a report that they expect the U.S. Federal Reserve to raise interest rates twice, in December 2026 and March 2027 respectively, bringing the federal funds rate to 4.00%-4.25%. "However, we emphasize there is a risk that rate hikes could come earlier and that the number of hikes may exceed two," they said. The first Federal Reserve meeting led by Kevin Warsh sent a clear signal that the Fed is increasingly moving away from forward guidance surrounding future monetary policy decisions. "All signs indicate that (the Fed) is leaning toward having greater discretion in future policy decisions," the Danske Bank analysts added. Source: Jin10

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SK Hynix's stock price rise widened to 15.4%, while Samsung Electronics gained 6.3%.

According to Bitget data, SK Hynix’s stock price gain has widened to 15.4%, with Samsung Electronics up 6.3%.

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The entire cryptocurrency market is down across the board; funding rates indicate BTC remains in bearish territory, while ETH’s bullish sentiment is significantly stronger than BTC’s.

According to HTX market data, Bitcoin is currently trading at $61,684.51, down 1.88% in the past 24 hours; Ethereum is at $1,647.36, down 1.48% over the same period. Current funding rates on major centralized exchanges (CEXs) show a clear divergence between BTC and ETH: BTC rates across all platforms have fallen back into bearish territory, while ETH rates on most platforms remain above the neutral range, indicating significantly stronger bullish sentiment for ETH than BTC. BlockBeats Note: Funding rates are fees set by cryptocurrency trading platforms to maintain the balance between contract prices and underlying asset prices, typically applicable to perpetual contracts. They serve as a fund exchange mechanism between long and short traders; platforms do not collect these fees, instead using them to adjust the cost or return of traders holding contracts, so that contract prices stay close to the underlying asset prices. A funding rate of 0.01% is the benchmark. A rate above 0.01% indicates broad bullish market sentiment, while a rate below 0.005% signals widespread bearish sentiment.

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South Korea's KOSPI index climbs back above the 9,000 mark, up 6.25% on the day.

According to Bitget data, South Korea’s KOSPI index has returned to the 9,000 level, gaining 6.25% on the day.

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Silver plunged 6% intraday, breaching the defense of long positions, as a smart money entity reaped $2.16 million in shorting profits.

According to Hyperinsight’s monitoring, the Silver (SILVER) contract on Hyperliquid is currently priced at $56.78, down 6.34% over 24 hours, with a trading volume of $263 million, ranking first in the precious metals sector. Driven by gold prices falling below $4,000 and safe-haven funds flowing back into chip stocks, short sellers have reaped significant profits. Notably, smart money address 0x49e has been shorting Silver on 3x leverage since April 29 at a high of $78.79, holding a position worth $5.77 million, and has already booked a precise profit of $2.16 million (+81%). On-chain Silver whales are overall bearish: the nominal position size of short sellers is approximately 1.5 times that of long positions. The average entry price for short positions is around $65.05, and the current price is 12.7% lower than this level. Long positions are overall trapped, with an average entry price of about $59.75, roughly 5% above the current price. Current short sellers have sufficient safety margins: the nearest short liquidation line stands at $77.18, some 36% above the current price, meaning short sellers face almost no liquidation pressure. Address: 0xe9ffe7698f46f96f980f2877e18c43f5b4165903-HyperInsight Bot is now live. Add @HyperInsightBot to your TG group and set it as an admin (enable message sending permission) to automatically sync on-chain updates.

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PANews reported on March 24th that, according to AiYi's monitoring, approximately 50 minutes ago, the Venus flash loan attacker transferred 1743 ETH to address 0x7a79969a0B9D51D922C4810D2950560360F6f234, equivalent to approximately $3.78 million at market price. On-chain data shows that this address has received ETH from Tornado Cash multiple times over the past 10 months, currently holding a total of 7450 ETH, worth approximately $16.11 million, primarily deposited into Aave for lending and investment.

Hackers Drain $52 Million in March, Nearly Doubling February’s Crypto Loss Toll

PANews reported on April 14th that Venus Protocol announced on its X platform that isolated pools on Venus have ceased operation and all pools are suspended. However, user funds are safe, and withdrawals remain open. Users can choose to migrate or withdraw their assets depending on whether they are on Venus Core.

PANews reported on April 30 that the tokenized stock platform xStocks has been launched on BNB Chain, initially offering more than 50 tokenized US stocks and ETFs, including Apple, Tesla, Nvidia, and the S&P 500 ETF. More than 100 more assets will be added in the coming weeks.

Currently, the tokenized assets are available for trading on PancakeSwap and CowSwap, and will soon be integrated with 1inch. In addition to direct trading, these tokenized shares can also be used as collateral for lending and integrated into structured yield strategies, and will be further integrated with protocols such as Chainlink, Venus Protocol, and Flux in the future.

BNB Chain currently has an on-chain RWA scale of $3.8 billion, approximately 45,000 holders, and a transaction volume of $1.17 billion, making it the second largest RWA public chain.

PANews reported on June 15th that, according to on-chain analyst Yu Jin, the attacker involved in the Venus THE staking liquidation incident in March sold 1912 ETH for 3.26 million USDT one hour ago to repay his loans on Aave. These loans were precisely those he used to manipulate the Venus THE staking liquidation by staking ETH in March. He currently still has 6.78 million USDT outstanding on Aave.

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Native, a non-custodial autonomous trading Infrastructure for value exchange, announced its partnership with Venus Protocol, an algorithmic money market and synthetic stablecoin platform built on BNB Chain. This synergy aims at strengthening the on-chain liquidity and enabling the strong integration between tokenized stocks and DeFi applications. By doing so, both fintech platforms are set to expand bStocks utility on the BNB Chain. Native has unveiled this news through its X account.

bStocks utility is leveling up on @BNBChain 🔥

Excited to partner with @VenusProtocol for deeper integration and real DeFi composability.

Together, we're strengthening onchain liquidity and unlocking new ways to put tokenized stocks to work in the ecosystem.

📈 bStocks ×… pic.twitter.com/sCm46f29xN

— Native (@native_fi) June 20, 2026 Native and Venus Boost bStocks DeFi Utility and Liquidity The strategic collaboration of Native and Venus is not only leveling up the bStocks utility but also bringing deeper integration and decentralized finance (DeFi) composability. This would ultimately create new opportunities for users around the globe to utilize tokenized stocks. In addition to that, it is believed that this union will strengthen on-chain liquidity and carve out multiple ways for the community to put tokenized stocks to work.

Both fintech firms assure the community in their X posts that this synergy is highly significant, as it marks another crucial step toward making real-world assets (RWAs) more functional through decentralized finance (DeFi). Venus Protocol believes and urges users that tokenized stocks should not be left idle in users’ wallets. Hence, with this collaboration, Venus Protocol aims to introduce a meaningful and financially beneficial DeFi utility for bStocks on the BNB Chain.

Advancing the Tokenized Stock Adoption in DeFi Both Native and Venus ensure that their integration is set to improve the liquidity and unlock new opportunities for users to deploy tokenized stocks in the DeFi space. This can be regarded as a key milestone in accelerating the next phase of tokenized stock adoption. Hence, this synergy reflects the growing demand in the crypto space, where RWAs are being combined with DeFi strategies.

What’s more, by merging the tokenized stocks with lending, borrowing, and liquidity, Venus Protocol and Native are creating a more dynamic ecosystem that extends beyond simple ownership of assets. As the adoption of tokenized stocks is expanding, such collaborations are gaining significant attention for the global financial market because of bridging traditional finance (TradFi) and on-chain financial services.

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Venus Protocol Launches Tokenized Stocks as Collateral on BNB Chain

TLDR: Venus Core Pool now accepts TSLAB, NVDAB, and SPCXB as collateral for borrowing assets. Users keep stock price exposure while unlocking liquidity without selling their holdings. Binance, PancakeSwap, and Trust Wallet support the tokenization and transfer pathway. Rollout follows conservative risk parameters set through Venus governance procedures. Venus Protocol has launched tokenized stocks as collateral for the first time, introducing bStocks to its Core Pool on BNB Chain.

The integration lets users borrow against tokenized stock positions without selling their holdings. This marks the first tokenized stock collateral market available on the platform.

bStocks Enter Venus Core Pool Venus Core Pool now supports TSLAB, NVDAB, and SPCXB as eligible collateral assets. These bStocks represent tokenized versions of Tesla, Nvidia, and SpaceX-linked stock exposure.

Users supplying bStocks retain price exposure to the underlying equities. At the same time, they unlock borrowing power within the protocol.

Borrowers can access supported assets in Venus Core Pool using bStocks as backing. This includes stablecoins like USDT, USDC, and U.

Other listed tokens on the platform are also available for borrowing. The structure allows holders to keep their stock exposure while accessing liquidity.

Venus Core Pool remains the largest decentralized lending market on BNB Chain. bStocks now sit alongside BTC, ETH, BNB, and major stablecoins in the pool.

This places tokenized equities within the same liquidity infrastructure backing billions in active lending. Venus describes the addition as part of its core financial stack rather than a separate offering.

The bStocks launch follows earlier tokenized commodity listings on Venus, including XAUm. Those markets showed demand for real-world asset exposure within decentralized finance.

Venus is now extending that approach from commodities into equities. This broadens the categories of tokenized assets usable as on-chain collateral.

Ecosystem Collaboration Powers the Rollout The launch involved coordination across multiple platforms within the BNB Chain ecosystem. Binance supplies the tokenization infrastructure behind bStocks.

Users can convert existing Direct Stock holdings into bStocks without fees. Alternatively, bStocks can be purchased directly through Binance Spot.

PancakeSwap and Trust Wallet provide secondary market access for bStocks once tokenized. Holders can move tokens into self-custody wallets through these platforms.

From there, bStocks can be supplied directly to Venus Core Pool. This completes the path from tokenization to active collateral use in DeFi.

Venus Protocol’s Head of BD, Leon, said tokenized assets are turning into a genuine bridge between traditional finance and on-chain systems.

He described the development as a working product rather than a concept, adding that allowing users to borrow against tokenized stock positions without selling expands the meaning of collateral on BNB Chain.

The initial rollout includes a limited set of bStocks under conservative risk parameters. These parameters were set through Venus governance processes.

Any future expansion to additional tokenized stocks will require governance approval. Collateral markets operate continuously, allowing borrowers to access credit at any time.

Capital remains at risk throughout participation in these markets. Tokenized stock values depend on third-party issuers and available liquidity.

Borrowing positions may face automatic liquidation if collateral values decline. Users should review all disclosures before participating in these markets.

Binance exchange announced on Wednesday that it will delist certain crypto assets in BTC margin trading pairs. The changes affect Qtum and Venus margin trading, as well as, Contentos and Frax spot trading. Despite the delisting news, QTUM has risen 8% today and XVS is up 7.5% due to post-election market momentum fueled by Donald Trump’s victory.

Binance Delisting Notice for QTUM, XVS, COS, FXS Traders According to Binance’s official release, the exchange plans to delist QTUM and XVS from BTC margin trading pairs. This move is part of Binance’s strategy to streamline offerings and enhance platform efficiency. Starting November 7 at 06:00 UTC, isolated margin borrowing for QTUM/BTC and XVS/BTC will be suspended, with full delisting on November 14 at 06:00 UTC.

Positions in both cross and isolated margin pairs will close automatically, with all open orders canceled. To prevent losses, Binance advises users to close their positions early and transfer assets from Margin Wallets to Spot Wallets. This guidance aims to help users navigate the transition smoothly.

While QTUM and XVS are leaving BTC margin trading, both assets will remain available on other non-margin pairs. This keeps options open for users who want to continue trading these assets on Binance. The changes reflect Binance’s ongoing adjustments to meet shifting market demands.

In addition, Binance will delist spot trading pairs COS/BTC and FXS/BTC on November 8 at 03:00 UTC. This decision follows Binance’s routine evaluations to maintain a high-quality trading environment. Factors like low liquidity and trading volume often influence these choices.

Price Movements and Volume Trends Amid Delisting The recent U.S. election result, with Donald Trump’s victory, has fueled a surge in these coins, reflecting renewed market optimism.

QTUM price is trading at $2.32, witnessing an intraday low of $2.13 and high of $2.32. While QTUM has gained traction in the short term, it’s still down over 3% the past week and 5% over last month. Moreover, the trading volume in the last 24 hours is $31 million and a market cap around $244.5 million.

XVS is also riding the wave, trading at $6.70, with a low of $6.19 and high of $6.70 over the last 24 hours. Its trading volume reached $2.82 million, indicating strong recent interest. Meanwhile, COS trades at $0.0066, and FXS is priced at $1.818, each seeing notable growth today.

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With a Shiba Inu mascot and self-described rival Dogecoin, Floki is bucking recent market concerns with a boost in social media excitement and fascinating ecosystem growth. Although the larger bitcoin market is still erratic, Floki seems to be forging its own course driven by a dedicated online community and calculated development plans.

Floki TA Shows Bullish Pattern Technical analysts are noting a positive chart pattern developing around Floki. Renowned crypto analyst Jonathan Carter found an increasing triangular pattern, a technical signal sometimes before a price break.

This trend implies a possible increase in FLOKI’s value should it be able to surpass a critical resistance level at $0.000171. Furthermore, regular bounces back from the $0.00016500 barrier reveal great coin support, thereby providing some comfort to possible investors.

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The chart displays an ascending triangle, with strong support around $0.00016500💁‍♂️

The RSI indicates oversold, suggesting a rebound📊

If the price can hold this level, it could trigger a massive upward move🚀 pic.twitter.com/jSYNTnX7Nt

— Jonathan Carter (@JohncyCrypto) June 21, 2024

Charts only show Floki’s success. Social media interaction with the meme coin has exploded remarkably. Data shows over the past six months a startling 320% increase in social interactions and a 109% surge in social dominance.

This “share of voice” across channels like Twitter and Telegram points to a growing and very active community—a vital component for the long-term survival of any cryptocurrency.

Expanding Utility And Value Proposition Floki is not content to be only a viral meme coin, though. The project is actively building a strong ecosystem that raises its use-fulness and value proposition.

One major change is its arrival into the fast growing play-to– earn (P2E) gaming business with Valhalla, a metaverse project letting players earn FLOKI tokens through games. Blockchain technology used with gaming could attract new consumers and investors.

FLOKI is currently trading at $0.00017. Chart: TradingView Potential For Token Demand Floki also brings a unique trade bot for the BNB Chain network. This bot runs on FLOKI tokens and can generate token demand by means of its fee structure, which consists in buying back FLOKI on the open market. This initiates a feedback cycle that could benefit bot users as well as FLOKI holders.

Through joint ventures with websites like Inverse Finance and Venus Protocol, users can stake their FLOKI tokens and borrow other large cryptocurrencies. This feature appeals to a bigger audience and provides the token more worth.

Floki is running concentrated efforts in Turkey, Vietnam, and Nigeria among other countries and is getting ready for worldwide marketing. Working with sports teams like Cádiz CF can help to improve brand exposure and loyalty. These projects might considerably expand Floki’s scope and user base.

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Atlas, a blockchain oracle infrastructure provider backed by CoinMarketCap, has announced live integrations with two cornerstone protocols of the BNB Chain ecosystem: Venus Protocol and Lista DAO. The integrations bring fully configurable, first-party price feeds to two of the network’s largest lending markets, replacing generic oracle infrastructure with feeds tailored to each protocol’s specific risk model.

Lending protocols, CDP systems, and spot DEXs operate under fundamentally different oracle requirements. A DEX settling a trade needs the tightest possible real-time price to execute swaps fairly. A lending protocol triggering a liquidation needs a price that is accurate but also resistant to short-term volatility and manipulation, so borrower positions are not closed unfairly on a brief market spike. A generic feed technically serves both, but is optimized for neither. Atlas addresses this by introducing configurability at the protocol level, tuning each integration to its specific liquidation mechanics, collateral types, and update requirements.

Most oracles in production today rely on second-hand data aggregated through opaque pipelines, with no reliable way to exclude thin or manipulated markets and no mechanism to tune feeds to a specific protocol’s needs. Atlas takes a different approach. Its foundational data infrastructure aggregates first-party pricing from 900+ sources, including 300+ centralized exchanges via direct WebSocket and API connections, and on-chain swaps parsed across 400+ DEXs on 80+ public chains through self-operated nodes. This depth supports outlier filtering, robust price discovery, and rapid coverage of long-tail and newly listed assets without manual onboarding delays. Atlas has also rolled out support for ERC-8056, the Scaled UI Amount standard, allowing it to serve as the oracle layer for tokens that adjust displayed balances via an updatable multiplier, extending its coverage to tokenized real-world assets and equity-style instruments.

Atlas’s proprietary Consensus Score mechanism goes a step further, attaching a live reliability rating to every price it delivers. Rather than a simple valid-or-invalid flag, it continuously scores each feed across several independent measures of quality, from how closely sources agree and how stable the price is over time to whether trading volume looks healthy or manipulated, and it flags trouble early enough for protocols to tighten risk controls before prices become unreliable. Every underlying source remains exposed to the customer, who defines their own sources, weights, and key pricing parameters. Because feeds are configurable rather than hardcoded, new integrations can typically go live in around a day, at a fraction of the operational cost of legacy oracle stacks.

Venus Protocol is one of BNB Chain’s longest-standing lending protocols, with billions in cumulative volume across every market cycle and a reputation for conservative collateral management and community-driven governance. Lista DAO, backed by YZi Labs (formerly Binance Labs), is BNB Chain’s leading lending and liquidity protocol with peak TVL of over $4.5 billion and hundreds of thousands of users across lending, earning, and stablecoin markets. The protocol combines CDP infrastructure, liquid staking for BNB, and the lisUSD stablecoin, with an isolated market architecture in which each market requires an independent feed and a failure in one must never cascade across the protocol. Through Atlas, both now benefit from deviation thresholds tuned to their liquidation mechanics, multi-source aggregation across CEX, DEX, and off-chain data, on-chain attestations with public uptime, and feeds calibrated to their specific collateral types and risk models.

Jin Choo, CEO of Atlas, commented, “Most oracle feeds in DeFi today are standard, plug-and-play infrastructure: they don’t source data first-party, they can’t reliably exclude outlier markets where liquidity is thin or distorted, and they can’t be tuned to how a specific protocol liquidates. Venus and Lista represent some of the most significant lending markets on BNB Chain, and the trust their users place in them depends on the precision of the data underneath. By routing their feeds through Atlas’s first-party infrastructure and tuning them to each protocol’s risk model, we’re giving these teams the control and resilience their architectures demand.”

Fred, CTO, Venus Labs, commented, “For Venus, oracle design is a core component of risk management. Atlas provides price feeds that strengthen the security, transparency, and resilience of our oracle infrastructure, helping ensure a more robust and reliable protocol.”

Terry, co-founder, Lista DAO, commented, “Lista requires oracle infrastructure that can adapt to the needs of each market. Atlas brings configurable first-party feeds that better fit our collateral types, liquidation parameters, and broader protocol design.”

Both integrations are now live. Developers and protocols interested in configurable price feeds can explore Atlas at (https://atlasoracle.io).

About Atlas

Atlas is a blockchain oracle infrastructure provider backed by CoinMarketCap. By leveraging first-party data directly from CoinMarketCap, Atlas provides configurable, permissionless data feeds secured by its proprietary Consensus Score mechanism. Atlas delivers high-frequency price feeds and data services to DeFi protocols, dApps, and institutional users across blockchain ecosystems.

About Venus Protocol

Venus Protocol, a leading decentralized lending protocol on BNB Chain. Founded in 2020 as the first lending protocol on the network, Venus supports over 30 assets and reached $2.8 billion in TVL in 2025. The protocol offers two products: Venus Core, the flagship product for participants seeking deep liquidity and broad asset coverage, and Venus Flux, a retail-focused product built for enhanced capital efficiency.

About Lista DAO

Lista DAO, a leading BNB Chain lending and liquidity protocol, backed by YZi Labs (Binance Labs), with peak TVL of over $4.5 billion and 80%+ market share in BNB liquid staking through slisBNB. The protocol unifies open lending infrastructure, liquid staking, and the lisUSD over-collateralized stablecoin into a single platform, powering one of the largest lending markets on the network.

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THE BLOCK: Venus Protocol left with roughly $2M in bad debt after exploit manipulates Thena's THE token price

Venus Protocol, a decentralized lending and borrowing platform, said on Sunday it had detected suspicious trading activity in the liquidity pool for the Thena (THE) token, the native cryptocurrency of the Thena decentralized finance platform.

The unusual trading activity only affected pools for the Cake (CAKE) token, the native cryptocurrency of the PancakeSwap decentralized exchange, and the Thena token, according to an announcement from Venus Protocol. The Venus team said:

“As we continue to investigate the unusual activity in the THE pool, we are taking precautionary action by pausing all THE borrows and withdrawals effective immediately, to prevent any further misuse. This will remain in effect until the investigation is concluded.”Source: Venus Protocol

The suspicious trading activity is believed to be a supply cap attack that was executed in two phases: a steady accumulation of about 84% of the total THE token market cap, coupled with a lending attack, according to Allez Labs, which was identified by Venus Protocol as its risk manager.

The Venus exploiter used the Thena token as collateral to borrow 6.67 million CAKE tokens, 1.58 million USDC (USDC), 2,801 BNB (BNB) — the native token of the BNB Chain — and 20 Bitcoin (BTC), Allez Labs said.

Out of caution, withdrawals and borrowing for other tokens, which have low liquidity on the platform, were also temporarily halted, Allez Labs said. Losses from the attack are estimated at over $3.7 million, according to Wu Blockchain.

At the time of publication, THE was trading at $0.2255, down more than 17% in the last 24 hours, according to pricing data on CoinMarketCap.com.

Source: Allez Labs

Cointelegraph reached out to Venus Protocol but had not received a response by the time of publication.

The incident highlights the cybersecurity and code exploit threats faced by crypto users and decentralized finance platforms, as the sector grows and security threats that cause financial loss become increasingly sophisticated.

Monthly crypto losses from hacks fall in February, as attackers pivot to social engineering scamsThe value lost in crypto-related hacks fell to $49 million in February, the lowest level in nearly a year, according to blockchain security firm PeckShield.

Despite the reduction in total value lost to hacks and code exploits during February, there was an uptick in phishing and social engineering scams.

Most impactful losses from crypto scams and hacks in February 2026. Source: Nominis

“The majority of individual attacks targeted private users through phishing attacks, malicious signatures, and address poisoning scams,” according to a report from blockchain intelligence platform Nominis.

Phishing scams often use fake websites, which feature addresses that are nearly identical to legitimate domain names. These fraudulent websites have malware designed to steal private keys for cryptocurrencies or other sensitive information.

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The attack is one of the more noteworthy decentralised finance security incidents of this year.  The overall losses via crypto hacks slipped to $49 million in February, the lowest monthly figure in around a year.  On March 15, Venus Protocol revealed that it has found some suspicious trading activity in its liquidity pool for the Thena (THE) token. For clarification, Venus operates as a lending and borrowing platform, and THE is the native token of the Thena DeFi platform. 

Venus has appointed Allez Labs as its risk manager, which stated that the incident seems to be a supply cap attack and it unravelled in two phases. The first phase shows that the attacker gradually collected around 84% of the overall Thena token market capitalisation.

The second phase included the attacker using those holdings as collateral to borrow other assets from the platform. The borrowed assets comprised 6.67 million CAKE tokens, 1.58 million USDC, 2,801 BNB, and 20 Bitcoin, as reported by Allez Labs. 

The overall value lost in the attack surpassed $3.7 million, revealed by Wu Blockchain. Only the CAKE and THE pools were directly impacted by the exploit. 

The Notable Attack  Venus Protocol replied by halting all THE borrows and withdrawals quickly. The team mentioned in a statement that this will stay in effect until the investigation is taken to end. As an extra precaution, Allez Labs mentioned Venus also shut withdrawals and borrowing for various other low-liquidity tokens on the platform. 

The attack is one of the more noteworthy decentralised finance security incidents of this year. The overall losses via crypto hacks slipped to $49 million in February, the lowest monthly figure in around a year, as per the blockchain security company PeckShield. 

That slip in hack-associated losses was, although, accompanied by a surge in phishing and social-engineering attacks aiming at individual users. 

Nominis, a blockchain intelligence platform, mentioned that a lot of individual attacks in February comprised phishing websites, malicious signature requests, and address poisoning scams made to steal private keys. 

The Venus incident shows a different threat category, one aiming protocol-level mechanics instead of individual user credentials. 

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