Synthetix navrhuje koupit Kwentu za zhruba 9,05 milionu nově vydaných SNX. Pokud návrh projde, Kwenta se přejmenuje na Synthetix Exchange a její treasury i governance přejdou pod Synthetix.
Synthetix is looking to regain control over its most popular front-end, with Kwenta driving $60 billion in volume over four years.
Synthetix, the veteran DeFi protocol, is looking to acquire Kwenta, a derivatives exchange that spun out of Synthetix in 2020.
On Oct. 29, a proposal outlining plans for Synthetix to acquire Kwenta, the top project within Synthetix’s ecosystem by trade volume, was published to the governance forums of both Synthetix and Kwenta.
Should both projects pass the proposals, Kwenta would be rebranded as a new incarnation of Synthetix Exchange, Kwenta’s treasury would be absorbed into the Synthetix treasury, and the Kwenta subdao would dissolve with governance over the front-end handed over to Synthetix’s Spartan Council.
Acquisition termsThe deal would comprise Synthetix purchasing 532,375 KWENTA — the token’s entire circulating supply — with roughly 9.05 million ($13.2 million) newly minted SNX tokens, resulting in SNX’s supply inflating by 2.8%.
The deal would be closed at a ratio of one Kwenta to 17 SNX, equating to a 19% discount compared to the price ratio of KWENTA/SNX based on a 30-day moving average. Synthetix said the discount reflects the disparity between the two assets’ trade volume, with SNX driving $20 million in daily volume on major centralized exchanges compared to just $100,000 for KWENTA.
As such, Kwenta acknowledges that it is currently “difficult for tokenholders to access the value for their assets,” meaning the token migration would benefit holders through deeper liquidity.
Following approval, a token migration contract would allow KWENTA holders to burn their assets in exchange for SNX vesting contracts. All SNX received by KWENTA holders would be subject to a three-month lockup and subsequent nine-month linear vesting schedule.
Synthetix told The Defiant that all remaining SNX that have not entered circulation are currently held by the Kwenta and Synthetix treasuries, and will be burned should the proposal go through.
Synthetix ExchangeIn 2020, Synthetix divested its Synthetix Exchange front-end in a bid to revamp itself as a liquidity provision protocol powering a diverse ecosystem of front-end integrations.
However, Synthetix now describes this move as a “strategic error” that created distance between the project end users, in addition to fostering poor economic models for front-end integrations. Despite Kwenta driving more than $60 billion worth of trade in the past four years, the project said it has struggled to establish a sustainable business model for the mid-long term.
“Synthetix lost control of the point where customers most interact with their perp engine, and the commercial model has historically not proven to be sustainable for front-ends,” Synthetix said. “This strategic acquisition will ensure Synthetix is closer to the end customer, so it can build better perp products, which will benefit all integrators… Reuniting Synthetix and Kwenta is the solution to offering a competitive perps product.”
Synthetix said the move would also realign the strategic objectives of it and Kwenta, noting that differences in roadmap priorities have previously resulted in delays for Synthetix shipping upgrades.
Synthetix added that it will continue to work closely with other front-ends and products that leverage its perp engine despite the acquisition.
The price of SNX is up 2.7% over the past 24 hours, while KWENTA is down 5% over the same period.
Synthetix spustil na platformě Kwenta vícekolaterálové perpetual futures a jako hlavní kolaterál přidal Threshold Network tBTC. Rollout zahrnuje i ETH, USDe a USDx a přináší 81 nových trhů Perps.
Synthetix has unveiled its multi-collateral perpetual futures (Perps) on Kwenta, featuring Threshold Network’s tBTC as the primary wrapped-Bitcoin collateral asset. The integration of tBTC marks a significant development for DeFi, expanding options for users seeking decentralized, permissionless, and Bitcoin-backed trading. This announcement has been announced via its official X account.
Why Synthetix Chose Threshold Network’s tBTC? Threshold Network’s tBTC offers a range of unique features that make it ideal for decentralized finance (DeFi) applications. It is backed 1:1 with Bitcoin (BTC) and enables users to mint and redeem tBTC without centralized control or KYC requirements. Furthermore, tBTC is backed by 24/7 on-chain, auditable reserves, ensuring transparency and building user trust in its decentralized custody system.
The DeFi community has already embraced tBTC widely, with 82 integrations across six blockchain networks and over 1,600 holders. Moreover, the supply is already exceeding $293 million as claimed y Synthetix. Threshold’s team is known for actively expanding decentralized Bitcoin applications and is broadening the possibilities with products such as stBTC, thUSD, and SATs.
New Collateral Options for Synthetix Perps Markets The new Perps markets on Kwenta come with additional collateral options beyond tBTC, including Ethereum (ETH), Ethena USD (USDe), and USDx, Synthetix’s stablecoin native to Arbitrum. In total, the rollout encompasses 81 new Perps markets, giving users access to a more diverse and flexible trading environment.
By integrating tBTC and expanding collateral options, Synthetix is reinforcing its commitment to decentralized, multi-collateralized markets that cater to a broad spectrum of DeFi users. This will further advance its role in the decentralized trading ecosystem.
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Synthetix koupil TLX a plánuje v roce 2025 spustit incentivní program pro pákové tokeny. Akvizice navazuje na nedávné převzetí Kwenta a má posílit jeho nabídku derivátů.
The recent acquisitions are part of Synthetix’s plans to become a category leader among derivative exchanges.
Ethereum-based derivatives trading protocol Synthetix announced its acquisition of leveraged token platform TLX in a token-for-token transaction, Synthetix said in a Dec. 10 blog post.
The platform is completing a thorough review and audit of all TLX products. After that, it will implement parameter improvements and redeploy all contracts, the statement said. It also plans to kick off a leveraged token incentive program in 2025.
“The acquisition of TLX will mark the first end-customer, revenue-generating product built on top of Synthetix that will be owned and operated by Synthetix. This marks a significant milestone in Synthetix’s commitment to expand its product offering and generate additional value for SNX tokenholders,” the Synthetix team wrote in the blog post.
Synthetic’s TLX acquisition came just a month after it acquired the perpetuals trading platform Kwenta in a similar deal. Synthetix and Kwenta were once one platform until 2020, when they separated to allow Kwenta to focus solely on providing industry-standard trading experiences for Sythetix’s derivatives markets.
The acquisitions are part of Synthetix’s strategy to design a decentralized liquidity layer and become a primary product issuer on top of it.
Synthetix is the sixth largest derivatives exchange by total value locked (TVL), according to DeFiLlama data. The TVL of its v3 has increased by over 1,000% in the last month, likely due to Ethereum liquidity providers migrating from V2, as Messari reported.
Synthetix Leveraged TokensLeveraged tokens are crypto derivative products that offer exposure to the price movements of an underlying asset with leverage. They are designed to amplify a user’s gains or losses and offer a more convenient means to access leverage without dealing with margin trading or holding a collateral asset.
Synthetix’s TLX acquisition allows it to go to market with a leveraged token with six months of history and performance. It is also the first in a line of structured products that Synthetix plans to launch in the coming months as it positions itself as a category leader among derivative exchanges.
Zebec Protocol se přejmenovává na The Zebec Network a mění ticker z ZBC na ZBCN. Součástí je automatická migrace a split akcií 1:10 bez navýšení nabídky.
In a significant strategic move, Zebec Protocol and its ZBC token have transitioned to a new name The Zebec Network and corresponding ZBCN token ticker to better represent the business’s expanded product portfolio and the robust infrastructure network that underpins it. ZBCN to start trading on exchanges today, post automatic migration.
Key details for the ZBC to ZBCN Token Swap
Swap Period: April 10th to May 10th
Supply Stability: No new supply to be introduced into the market
Token Split: A 1:10 token split aims to expand network utility and improve accessibility.
Zebec has evolved, consolidating multiple protocols and integrating a variety of blockchain-enabled payment and payroll products into a unified network. This integration significantly boosts the network’s utility, supporting real-world asset (RWA) payment flows, data, and physical infrastructure (DePin).
Sam Thapaliya, Founder and CEO of Zebec, stated, “Our transition to ZBCN and rebranding to The Zebec Network mark critical steps in expanding our capabilities and enhancing our market presence. ZBCN is better suited for our growing infrastructure, diverse use cases, and the increasing transaction volumes.”
The move to ZBCN is expected to enhance liquidity, encourage wider market participation, and improve scalability. It aligns with Zebec’s strategic vision of creating an inclusive financial ecosystem, paving the way for future innovation and strategic partnerships in the blockchain sector. This transition reflects Zebec’s commitment to adapting its business and technology to meet evolving market demands and user needs.
Token holders are assured of a smooth transition, with the company committed to ensuring a seamless conversion experience from ZBC to ZBCN, thereby preserving and enhancing contributors and token holders value. migration.zebec.io
About Zebec Zebec is a decentralized infrastructure network for real world value flows. Founded in 2021, Zebec has attracted $35 million in investments by Circle, Coinbase, Solana Ventures, Breyer Capital, Republic, and Lightspeed Venture Partners, among others.
Today, Zebec Network powers RWA payments, data and physical infrastructure (DePin), servicing hundreds of companies in web2 and web3 economies, integration blockchain into everyday lives.
Disclaimer: This press release contains forward-looking statements based on current expectations, forecasts, and assumptions, which are subject to risks and uncertainties. It is intended for informational purposes only and should not be considered investment advice or financial guidance. Readers should conduct their own research and consult with financial experts before making any investment decisions.
Veritaseum isn’t backing down from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, as the number of enforcement actions related to the 2017 ICO craze continue to pile up.
The SEC filed an emergency lawsuit last week against Veritaseum in a New York federal court and obtained a temporary restraining order to freeze $8 million in remaining ICO funds held by Veritaseum and CEO Reginald Middleton.
Yesterday, Middleton made public his company’s response to the SEC’s lawsuit—a 423-page document that attempts to answer the Commission’s allegations that Veritaseum conducted an unregistered securities offering and subsequently moved $2 million in an attempt to dissipate funds after being served with a Wells notice on August 12.
Much like the few other crypto startups, such as Kik, that are challenging the SEC’s allegations in court rather than settling their charges, Veritaseum’s response insists that the company’s VERI tokens do not represent securities. Further, the company claims that the movement of 10,000 Ether (worth $2 million at the time) in ICO funds after being notified of the enforcement action "was merely the funding of Veritaseum’s ongoing business operations."
In its filing, Veritaseum is asking the court to unfreeze its assets and lif the TRO. "The temporary freeze in this case has already caused significant harm to the holders of Veritaseum’s utility tokens, the very people the SEC is purportedly seeking to protect," Veritaseum said in its response. Potential harm to token holders is the very same line of reasoning that Kik, perhaps not coincidentally, used in its initial response to the SEC’s Well notice.
A token misunderstandingThe SEC’s investigation of Veritaseum began in the summer of 2017, during which Veritaseum raised $14.8 million in a crowdsale lasting from 2017 into early 2018. The lawsuit alleges that funds were raised on the premise that VERI was a utility token providing access to "products ready to go to market that would replace brokers, banks, and hedge funds."
According to the SEC, the company mischaracterized VERI tokens as utility tokens, manipulated the market for VERI Tokens, and attempted to dissipate ICO funds after receiving the Wells notice.
Veritaseum describes itself as enabling "software-driven P2P capital markets without brokerages, banks or traditional exchanges." Products include VeADIR: Veritaseum Autonomous Dynamic Interactive Research, which pays Veritaseum for "real world research," a vehicle for renting VERI tokens, subtoken creation, and access to the Financial Machine portfolio.
Named for Veritas, the Roman goddess of truth, Veritaseum and its executives appear to think their version of the truth will outweigh the SEC's in court.
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Soud zamítl snahu Ripple o stažení žaloby, která tvrdí, že XRP jsou neregistrované cenné papíry. Případ zůstává otevřený a Ripple varuje, že by mohl ohrozit celý trh s XRP.
Ripple failed to dismiss the lawsuit alleging XRP tokens are unregistered securities. The action could “upend and threaten to destroy the established XRP market,” said the motion.
Ripple Fights Lawsuit Over XRP In early August 2019, a complaint was filed against Ripple arguing that its XRP tokens are unregistered securities under U.S. law. The filing represented an update to a lawsuit filed against the San Francisco-based startup in May 2018.
The complaint argues that Ripple violated California’s securities laws and engaged in false advertising and unfair competition. Ripple allegedly blurred differences between its enterprise solutions and XRP to further drive demand. The startup even paid exchanges to list the token.
Additionally, Ripple reportedly limited the supply of XRP to drive price appreciation and made false statements, claiming that the digital asset is not a security.
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While the plaintiff demanded XRP to be recognized as a security and compensation for incurred losses, Ripple filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit in September 2019, claiming the case was not brought forward in a timely manner.
Now, a court document filed on February 26 reveals that Judge Phyllis Hamilton of the Court of the Northern District of California dismissed Ripple’s claims that the plaintiff failed to act in a timely manner.
That said, Hamilton also recognized that the company did not violate California state law. As a result, claims of false advertising were dismissed as well as claims of personal liability against Ripple’s CEO Brad Garlinghouse.
XRP Could Be Deemed a Security Since the case remains open and the plaintiff can amend the complaint, Ripple believes that moving forward with it could “destroy the established XRP market.”
“Were Plaintiff allowed to belatedly challenge the classification of XRP, it would not only threaten to eliminate XRP’s utility as a currency, but it would upend and threaten to destroy the established XRP market more broadly […] potentially wiping out the value held by the alleged thousands of individual XRP holders around the world,” read the motion to dismiss.
Ripple fears that XRP would experience something similar to what happened to other cryptocurrencies after the SEC sought enforcement action.
In early June 2019, for instance, the SEC sued Kik for conducting an illegal $100 million initial coin offering. The Commission sought a permanent injunction, disgorgement plus interest, and a penalty. Following the charges, the price of KIN collapsed nearly 90%.
A similar market reaction occurred to Veritaseum after the SEC filed a complaint against its CEO Reginald Middleton for conducting an unregistered ICO. VERI token plummeted nearly 60% after the enforcement action.
Even though the legality of XRP remains uncertain, it seems to stands out as a potential security under U.S. regulations, according to the Crypto Rating Council. The organization maintains that XRP was initially sold without clear utility and was marketed with “securities-like language.” Within CRC’s assessment, the token has many “characteristics strongly consistent with treatment as a security.”
Many industry leaders believe that the SEC would have taken action by now if it thought XRP was a security. However, fintech lawyer Jake Chervinsky maintains that the regulatory agency’s enforcement “moves slowly under the best of circumstances” and may be on hold until the lawsuit “wraps up.”
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Cryptocurrency exchange Binance today made an announcement regarding an altcoin to inform its users. The cryptocurrency mentioned in the announcement is IRISnet (IRIS). Let’s look at the details of the announcement made by Binance.
In the statement made by Binance, it was mentioned that starting from 07:30 Turkey time on May 20, 2024, deposits and withdrawals of the IRISnet (IRIS) tokens will be suspended to support the network upgrade for the best user experience.
The network upgrade is expected to occur at block height 25,006,118 on May 20, 2024, around 08:30 Turkey time.
Informing its users about other details, Binance stated that the trading of tokens on the mentioned network will not be affected.
Binance also emphasized that it will meet all relevant technical requirements for all users. Deposits and withdrawals for the tokens on the mentioned network will be reopened once the upgraded network is considered stable. Additionally, no further announcement will be made.
Disclaimer: The information contained in this article does not constitute investment advice. Investors should be aware that cryptocurrencies carry high volatility and therefore risk, and should conduct their own research.
UXD Protocol na Solaně ukončuje provoz a DAO hlasuje o uzavření projektu. Pokud návrh projde, vrátí investorům nevyužitý kapitál z vkladů ve výši 7,5 milionu USD a spálí UXP v hodnotě 7,5 milionu USD.
Solana-based UXD Protocol is winding down.UXD DAO is voting to sunset the protocol.The process could take up to two years.Solana-based stablecoin provider UXD Protocol with $7.5 million in user deposits is winding down its operations and will return unused capital to investors, the project announced on Monday.
UXD’s team blamed a lack of liquidity and the inability of its stablecoin model to achieve product-market fit as reasons for sunsetting the project which began in 2021.
“The model does lead to the stablecoin being stable, but [it] is not exciting enough for DeFi users and does not offer enough advantage over centralised stablecoins,” the team said in a DAO forum post on Monday.
“We think sunsetting the project, and returning capital to investors is the best use of capital and team resources.”
The protocol’s shutdown and capital reimbursement process is pending a DAO vote which is already underway and will last for one week.
If the vote passes, the complete shutdown process could take up to two years since there are illiquid assets in its insurance funds, the team said.
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Investor deposits in the UXD ProtocolThe long winddown window gives investors sufficient time to convert those illiquid assets to USDC and withdraw from the protocol.
The team proposed that two smart contract engineers be retained for the duration of the winddown process to ensure investors can redeem their funds.
Monday’s announcement recommended a $200,000 annual salary for both engineers.
As part of the shutdown process, UXD will burn $7.5 million worth of its UXP token.
Stablecoin contenders struggleUXD is one of several projects, alongside Parrot USD and Hubble Protocol, that sought to challenge the dominance of centralised stablecoin issuers like Circle and Tether by offering crypto-backed alternatives.
The Parrot Protocol team rage-quit last year and walked away with $47.5 million, leaving aggrieved investors with only $27 million in the reserve pool to share among themselves.
That meant several investors exited the project with only a fraction of what they put into the protocol.
Hubble Protocol’s USDH stablecoin is only worth $2.7 million, a tiny fraction of the $3.8 billion Solana stablecoin market.
While UXD was never hacked directly, it was one of the projects affected by Avraham Eisenberg’s $110 million exploit of Solana lending protocol Mango Markets in October 2022.
The protocol lost $19.9 million following the exploit but was able to recover the funds shortly after.
Osato Avan-Nomayo is our Nigeria-based DeFi correspondent. He covers DeFi and tech. To share tips or information about stories, please contact him at [email protected].
COOKIE, token ekosystému Cookie3, se v Q2 2024 spustí na ChainGPT Pad a Polkastarter. Projekt má přenášet marketingovou hodnotu na uživatele, kteří pomáhají růstu projektů.
This first MarketingFi utility token will launch within the Cookie3 ecosystem – COOKIE represents digital marketing value passed on to users who drive projects forward instead of on advertising giants like Google or Facebook. Cookie3, a MarketingFi protocol and AI data layer, has just announced that COOKIE – the Cookie DAO-powered token – will launch on ChainGPT Pad and Polkastarter in Q2 2024.
Using the Cookie3 technological stack, COOKIE aims to move $366 billion digital marketing value from advertising giants onto users who bring quality to projects and help them grow.
The project is backed by industry’s top names, including lead investor Spartan Group, GSR, Big Brain Holdings, CMT Digital, Hartmann Capital, Jsquare and Orange DAO, as well as two top launchpads –Polkastarter and ChainGPT – second of which is also the project’s accelerator.
Ilan Rakhmanov, the CEO and founder of ChainGPT, COOKIE launchpad and Cookie3 accelerator, said,
“Cookie3 and its ecosystem token COOKIE are something the market has not seen yet but has needed for long.
“This revolutionary approach, which combines AI, DeFi and marketing with Cookie3’s amazing data processing technology, gives COOKIE an amazing utility within the Web 3.0 and Web 2.0 digital marketing economy.
“We were lucky to find this project and be closely involved in Cookie3’s development. We see Cookie3 use cases across all corners of Web 3.0 and its entire user base – from degens through KOLs and businesses.
“Cookie3 finds ways to unlock marketing value and put it exactly where it needs to be, using COOKIE as a medium.
“We are honored to support Cookie3’s journey and awaiting to see COOKIE in action within the Cookie3 multi-platform ecosystem.”
João Leite, managing partner of Polkastarter and COOKIE launchpad, said,
“We are delighted that COOKIE will launch on Polkastarter. We have been following Cookie3 for the past two years and are excited that COOKIE will find its home and multiple utilities across Cookie3 platforms.
“Today is the day when MarketingFi [becomes] an even stronger term. I look forward to seeing the Cookie3 vision unfold even further with COOKIE as the medium and carrier of MarketingFi value.”
Unlocking $366 billion value with MarketingFi protocol and AI data layer Cookie3 is able to push marketing value into its ecosystem and users with the COOKIE token, thanks to its unique technological stack based on propriety off- and on-chain analytics engine and an AI data layer.
This value exchange is possible due to the unique synergies between the Cookie DAO community with its COOKIE token impacting the Cookie3 multi-plaform ecosystem.
The Cookie3 tech enables understanding of the user journey from off-chain activities to on-chain conversions and further activity.
This way, Cookie3 can determine which users bring value to projects and should be rewarded.
At the same time, having used AI to analyze over 15 unique behavioral characteristics, Cookie3 can distinguish between quality users, bots or Sybil attackers to ensure that rewards go to truly engaged audiences rather than malicious actors trying to take advantage of the Web 3.0 economy.
This technology is prevalent across the Cookie3 three-platform ecosystem, where analytics and AI are integrated to do the following.
Help marketers understand their users better, tailor marketing campaigns and ensure their marketing budgets are passed on to quality users through Cookie3 analytics. Reward creators with airdrops, allocations and tokens for bringing quality audiences to projects through the Cookie3 affiliate. Allow individual users to explore their MarketingFi score based on their off- and on-chain activity. Users can market themselves to projects worth investing in with rewards such as airdrops, exclusive campaigns or tailored offerings through Cookie3 score (the platform is set to launch in Q3 2024). In short, Cookie3 helps businesses find ways to connect with valuable audiences, while at the same time helping users to market themselves as worth rewarding for further ecosystem growth.
Cookie3 technology has already been trusted by top names in the industry, such as Kyber Swap, Mantle, Polkastarter, Linea, GameSwift, Eesee, Insomnia Labs and over 170 more, who integrated into the Cookie3 MarketingFi protocol.
Filip Wielanier, CEO and co-founder of Cookie3, said,
“Our team has been building the Cookie3 technology for over two years, and our current business traction proves that we are the industry’s most advanced user analytics platform.
“We have over 600 million unique wallets and nine billion transactions processed on 16 chains, with over 170 businesses integrated into our proprietary data infrastructure.
“Today marks a historic breakthrough in the Cookie3 history. The solutions we’ve been developing find utility across three different platforms, designed not only for analytics but also for user acquisition and engagement.
“We believe that MarketingFi can and will change the value distribution game. We are excited to contribute to this ecosystem with the Cookie3 multi-platform ecosystem, fueled by the COOKIE token – the future carrier of the MarketingFi value.”
COOKIE utility – one token, many platforms The COOKIE token will find utility in all parts and corners of the Cookie3 ecosystem – Cookie3 analytics, Cookie3 affiliate and Cookie3 score – generating rewards for its holders and stakers.
Moreover, it will grant governance rights within the Cookie DAO with voting rights on matters relating to its treasury, comprising eight-percent of the COOKIE supply.
The Cookie3 core team also shared that COOKIE token holders will often get to decide the future of Cookie3 products, platforms and the token’s role within the ecosystem, alongside benefiting from exclusive access to token-gated features.
The Cookie3 team has also teased a gamified COOKIE airdrop, with more information to be released soon on the Cookie community platform, which will launch on March 28, 2024.
About Cookie3 Cookie3 pioneers MarketingFi with an AI data layer – a transparent marketing economy unlocking value for Web 3.0 users, creators and businesses, with over 170 DApps such as Kyber Swap, Mantle, Polkastarter, Linea, GameSwift, Eesee and Insomnia Labs already using Cookie3 technology.
To realize its mission, Cookie3 is building a set of MarketingFi platforms and Web 3.0 AI marketing solutions that connect projects with the right audiences, creating profitable opportunities for both.
Cookie3 uses off- and on-chain analytics alongside a Web 3.0 AI data layer to ensure only valuable user and project interactions benefit from the MarketingFi ecosystem.
In an economy where lines between business owners, investors and consumers are blurred, effective marketing becomes collaborative, and value flows freely between all stakeholders.
Backed by top institutional investors such as lead investor Spartan Group, GSR, Big Brain Holdings, CMT Digital, Hartmann Capital, Jsquare, Orange DAO, Polkastarter and Chain GPT, Cookie3 fills the gap where Web 2.0 marketing comes short.
Users can learn more at the website.
About Cookie DAO The Cookie DAO is a collective of MarketingFi enthusiasts aiming to bolster decentralization through innovative blockchain solutions.
It created the COOKIE token and injected it into the Cookie3 ecosystem to drive the MarketingFi ethos forward through governance and tokenized support.
Anyone can become a member of the Cookie DAO. The sole requirement is to believe in MarketingFi and want to drive the MarketingFi economy forward.
Cookie DAO members are encouraged to hold and stake COOKIE for access to additional rewards and voting rights on matters relating to the Cookie DAO’s treasury and future.
Users can learn more here.
About ChainGPT ChainGPT is an advanced AI infrastructure dedicated to developing AI-powered technologies for the Web 3.0, blockchain and crypto spaces.
Their mission is to improve the Web 3.0 space for retail users and startups by developing AI-powered solutions.
Users can learn more at the website.
About Polkastarter Polkastarter is the leading early-stage fundraising protocol enabling Web 3.0’s most innovative projects to kickstart their journey and grow their communities.
Polkastarter allows its users to make research-based decisions to participate in high-potential public sales.
Users can learn more at the website.
Contact Krystyna Kozak-Kornacka, chief marketing officer at Cookie3
Binance od 2. ledna 2025 pozastaví vklady TROY přes BNB Smart Chain kvůli možnému bezpečnostnímu problému u kontraktu TROY-BEP20. Vklady a výběry přes Ethereum zůstávají beze změny.
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced that it will suspend deposits for the altcoin TROY (BSC) starting January 2, 2025. This decision was made due to a potential security issue related to the TROY-BEP20 token contract. The exchange emphasized that this action was taken to ensure user security.
Binance Ends Support on BSC NetworkBinance stated that it will no longer support TROY coin deposits through the BNB Smart Chain (BSC) network. The company mentioned that it attempted to communicate with the project team to verify the collateral situation concerning coins issued on the BSC network. However, it was emphasized that the project team did not provide adequate explanations regarding the matter.
Binance TROY (BSC) AltcoinThe cryptocurrency exchange specified that it would only resume deposits for TROY once it is deemed secure. Additionally, it was noted that no separate announcement would be made regarding this issue.
Ethereum Network Transactions UnaffectedOn the other hand, Binance announced that users can continue to deposit and withdraw TROY through the Ethereum $1,623 network. The cryptocurrency exchange indicated that these services are not affected by the aforementioned security concerns. Binance also added that it aims to contribute to the transparency and sustainable growth of the cryptocurrency ecosystem while prioritizing user safety.
Such actions in the cryptocurrency market are a continuing concern for users. Measures taken by major exchanges like Binance are significant for the reliability of the sector. Users must closely monitor such announcements and plan their transactions accordingly.
Disclaimer: The information contained in this article does not constitute investment advice. Investors should be aware that cryptocurrencies carry high volatility and therefore risk, and should conduct their own research.
Senátorky Cynthia Lummis a Kirsten Gillibrand představily nový návrh zákona o stablecoinech v USA. Zakazuje algoritmické stablecoiny a vyžaduje 1:1 rezervy.
Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced fresh stablecoin legislation Wednesday, renewing lawmakers’ years-long attempt at enacting a comprehensive framework for the class of crypto assets in the United States.
The 117-page bill includes a raft of definitions pertaining to the sector, outlining rules on the state and federal levels for firms to issue so-called payment stablecoins. The bill also requires that firms conduct any stablecoin activities through subsidiaries. Stablecoins are crypto assets that are pegged to (and backed by) fiat currencies, and maintain a stable price point.
The new requirement differs from how some companies have handled stablecoins in the past. For example, Binance, which is not a bank, once offered its Binance USD (BUSD) stablecoin through Paxos Trust, which is not a subsidiary of the crypto exchange. The companies’ support of BUSD, however, drew to a close after Paxos was warned of a potential enforcement action by the SEC last year.
Different regulations would apply to companies depending on the outstanding value of stablecoins issued. Under the bill, dubbed the Lummis-Gillibrand Payment Stablecoin Act, a $10 billion cap is placed on state regulators’ ability to authorize and supervise non-depository trust companies involved in the stablecoin space.
🚨@gillibrandny and I are introducing the most comprehensive stablecoin bill to date.
Crypto assets are revolutionizing the world and as the undisputed leader in financial innovation, the U.S. must embrace crypto assets, but it cannot be done without clear rules for stablecoins. pic.twitter.com/vwRUEBUdsl
— Senator Cynthia Lummis (@SenLummis) April 17, 2024
“The legislation maintains the dual banking system that is critical to preserving the parity enjoyed by the state and federal financial institutions,” Lummis said on Twitter (aka X) on Wednesday.
Last week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) met with key legislators from the House Financial Service Committee to discuss stablecoin legislation, per Punchbowl News. During the meeting, lawmakers reportedly discussed folding bipartisan legislation into a bill reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
“I think there’s momentum,” Gillibrand said in an interview on CNBC’s "Squawk Box" Wednesday. “As part of the FAA reauthorization, it can be done quite quickly.”
Often referred to as the "Bitcoin Senator," Lummis' advocacy for crypto on Capitol Hill dates back to her election win in 2020. However, Lummis says she bought her first Bitcoin back in 2013, believing in its potential to address issues in today's financial system.
Under the new bill, it would be unlawful for stablecoin issuers in the U.S. to issue algorithmic stablecoins. Instead of using assets to back a stablecoin’s value, algorithmic coins keep their price pegged to the dollar (or other asset) with trading incentives.
Additionally, the bill requires that stablecoin issuers maintain one-to-one reserves for stablecoins. Often, fiat-backed stablecoins are pegged to the dollar through a mix of liquid assets like U.S. Treasuries and cash.
Algorithmic stablecoins caught attention on Capitol Hill following the collapse of TerraUSD in 2022, which shredded more than $40 billion worth of investors’ wealth. In February, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said it should still be a priority for Congress to pass legislation regulating the stablecoin market.
The senators’ bill introduced Wednesday follows the introduction of other crypto-related bills, such as the Lummis-Gillibrand Responsible Financial Innovation Act in 2022.
Outlining boundaries between the regulatory authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the bill was reintroduced in 2023.
So far, efforts to regulate crypto on Capitol Hill have died on the legislative grapevine. But Lummis is hopeful that the senators’ efforts could bear fruit before election season becomes too strong a force.
“We're going to keep pushing for weeks, rather than months,” Lummis said on "Squawk Box" Wednesday, adding that Congress is quickly approaching a period where “politics takes over policy.”
Edited by Stacy Elliott and Andrew Hayward
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Altura spustila na Morpho trh AVLT/USDT0 a poprvé umožňuje použít AVLT jako kolaterál pro úvěr ve stablecoinech bez opuštění výnosové pozice. Na startu jsou orientační sazby 12,25 % APY pro lending a 14,25 % pro borrowing.
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Altura, the institutional yield strategies vault built on HyperEVM and led by an ex-Fidelity and PwC team, today announced the launch of an AVLT / USDT0 lending market on Morpho.
The integration marks the first time AVLT vault shares can be used directly as collateral to borrow stablecoins within a permissionless lending protocol, allowing holders to access USDT0 liquidity without exiting their yield position.
"AVLT was designed to put institutional yield strategies within reach of every investor. This integration with Morpho takes that a step further -- holders can now borrow against their position without sacrificing the yield working underneath it. That is a level of capital efficiency that simply did not exist for this type of asset before,” said Ranveer Arora - Co-Founder & CEO at Altura DeFi.
Indicative rates at launch are approximately 12.25% APY for lending and approximately 14.25% on borrowing.
AVLT as productive collateralThe Morpho integration changes the role AVLT plays in DeFi. Until now, holders generated yield passively by holding vault shares. With this market open, AVLT becomes collateral inside a permissionless lending venue, enabling holders to borrow USDT0 against their position while the underlying vault strategies continue to compound. Capital that was previously locked in yield generation can now be deployed elsewhere without the holder redeeming their Altura position.
Morpho's permissionless architecture supports isolated markets with custom risk parameters, making it particularly suited to structured asset classes like AVLT.
Unlocking Liquidity From Yield Positions Altura is a multi-strategy yield protocol designed to deliver sustainable, blue-chip grade returns through a single unified vault. Users deposit USDC or USDT from HyperEVM, Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, and receive AVLT, the protocol's yield-bearing vault share token.
Yield accrues automatically via a rising price-per-share model, meaning holders do not need to claim or manage positions manually.
The protocol allocates capital across a diversified set of non-directional and asset-backed trading strategies, including market making, funding rate and basis arbitrage, staking yield capture, structured liquidity provision and gold RWA strategy.
A distinctive component to Altura is a real-world asset strategy, which generates returns through short-cycle physical gold arbitrage facilitated by its trading partners. A mechanism that was historically used by institutional commodities desks but had been effectively closed to smaller investors due to high capital requirements and counterparty complexity.
The architecture emphasises institutional-grade yield generation with layered security measures. Rather than relying on inflationary token emissions; Altura’s framework relies on real economic activities that are publicly accessible via their dashboard. Through this open transparency, the protocol has completed six independent security audits across Adevar Labs, Omniscia, and Sherlock.
About Altura:
Altura is a multi-strategy DeFi yield protocol built on multiple EVM chains, designed to give users access to institutional-grade trading strategies through a single on-chain vault. Users deposit stablecoins and receive vault shares representing proportional ownership, while the protocol automatically deploys capital across diversified, market-neutral strategies including arbitrage, funding rate capture, market making, and real-world asset trading. Yield is reflected through a price-per-share model, allowing returns to accrue transparently as underlying strategies generate revenue.
The protocol is built around transparency and capital efficiency, with all fund movements, strategy activity, and balances verifiable on-chain. Rather than relying on token emissions or speculative exposure, the company sources yield from real economic activity such as market inefficiencies, liquidity provision, and asset-backed trading, including gold arbitrage. By abstracting execution while maintaining visibility, the team aims to provide a passive, auditable way for users to access diversified yield strategies typically reserved for institutional participants.
About Morpho:
Morpho is a decentralized lending protocol with different entities and individuals contributing to its development and adoption. As a result, the documentation refers to different areas of “Morpho” which are worth distinguishing.
Altura začne řízeně uzavírat vaulty po prudkém nárůstu výběrů; během uplynulých 24 hodin zpracovala více než 8,5 milionu USDT v okamžitých výběrech. Tým uvádí, že chrání kapitál uživatelů a dokončí všechny výběry.
PANews, June 22 — Ranveer Arora, CEO of the on-chain yield platform Altura, posted on X stating that the platform has received an unprecedented number of withdrawal requests over the past 24 hours and has successfully processed over 8.5 million USDT in instant redemptions. Given the sustained withdrawal demand and current market sentiment, the team has decided to begin an orderly wind-down of the Altura vaults, prioritizing the protection of user capital and ensuring all redemptions are completed in a fair, transparent, and efficient manner. The team has notified all counterparties and partners and has begun closing positions in the investment portfolio. Arora stated that some positions can be redeemed immediately, while others require standard settlement and redemption periods, and the team is working with all counterparties to accelerate the process.
One day before this post was published, Altura issued a statement regarding the Mainstreet (MSY) depegging incident, clarifying that it has never had any exposure to Mainstreet or any of its underlying investment strategies, and that its HyperEVM lending vaults, related markets, and Ethereum vaults remain unaffected.
NuNet, a decentralized peer-to-peer network for sharing computing power, has announced the launch of Cardano-based payments.
NuNet made the announcement following a successful demonstration of decentralized compute payments on the Cardano blockchain. The event confirms real-world functionality rather than a conceptual roadmap, signaling readiness for broader adoption.
Key Points NuNet has launched Cardano-based payments for its decentralized peer-to-peer compute network. This support follows the release of Device Management Service (DMS) v0.9.0, which expands contract settlement beyond Ethereum. The system allows seamless switching between Ethereum and Cardano within a single payment flow. While Cardano payments are now live, the network’s native NTX token will continue to drive coordination and orchestration. Adding Cardano support represents a key milestone ahead of NuNet’s mainnet launch, scheduled for early March. NuNet Expands Contract Payments Beyond Ethereum NuNet positioned itself as a multi-blockchain decentralized compute marketplace but relied primarily on Ethereum for settlement, in line with broader Web3 standards. However, earlier this month, the project reached a key milestone with the release of Device Management Service (DMS) v0.9.0.
With this update, NuNet added Cardano support to its payment system, extending settlement beyond Ethereum and strengthening its multi-chain architecture. As a result, users can now deploy compute jobs and pay directly with ADA, while the NTX token continues to drive network coordination and orchestration.
Moreover, the system allows seamless switching between Ethereum and Cardano, delivering a production-ready payment flow from deployment through settlement. Overall, this upgrade builds on earlier infrastructure improvements and positions NuNet for its live phase with full multi-blockchain support.
NuNet Gears Up for Mainnet Launch According to NuNet, activating Cardano payments represents a pivotal step toward its mainnet launch. The mainnet infrastructure is scheduled to go live on March 2, 2026, marking the transition from testing to a fully operational decentralized compute economy.
In a statement, the NuNet team emphasized that its infrastructure is now ready for global adoption. Following the deployment of Cardano-based payments, the project stated that it has showcased its ability to deliver seamless payments, multi-blockchain support, and real-world utility.
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Jito Labs v červenci spustí JTX, spotovou obchodní aplikaci pro spotřebitele na Solaně. Později chce přidat perpetual kontrakty a funkce prediction market.
On May 5, Jito Labs—the Solana ecosystem’s staking protocol—announced plans to launch JTX, a consumer-focused crypto trading app, in July this year. This marks its official shift from the infrastructure layer to front-end transaction services. Early versions of JTX will support Solana-based spot trading, with plans to later integrate perpetual contracts and prediction market functionality. Access to the perpetual products may be facilitated via Phoenix, a trading platform within the Solana ecosystem. Founded in 2021, Jito currently has approximately 39 employees and holds over $1 billion in cash. The company delivered strong performance in 2025, once generating nearly $6 million in revenue in a single week amid popular on-chain transactions on Solana (such as the meme coin craze). Last year, it secured a $50 million investment from Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto fund. Jito CEO Lucas Bruder stated the firm is no longer content with merely providing underlying infrastructure. Instead, it aims to directly reach users through in-house developed apps to enhance the on-chain transaction experience.
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The KyberSwap attacker has transferred another 2000 ETH to Tornado Cash, with over 80% of the stolen funds now laundered.
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James Wynn closed out his 40x Bitcoin short position, netting $30,000 in profits, and shifted to opening a 50x S&P 500 short position.
According to monitoring by OnchainLens, James Wynn has liquidated his 40x leveraged Bitcoin (BTC) short position, pocketing roughly $30,000 in profit. He subsequently opened a new 50x leveraged S&P 500 (SP500) short position at a price of 334.42, betting on a future decline in the US stock market.
Phoenix Trade na Solaně spouští mobilní obchodování přes prohlížeč telefonu nebo vestavěný prohlížeč peněženky, bez nutnosti instalace aplikace. Nabízí stejný orderbook jako na desktopu včetně limitních příkazů a on-chain vypořádání.
Phoenix Trade, the on-chain perpetuals exchange built on Solana, has opened up mobile access for its trading platform. Users can now trade directly through their phone’s browser or wallet-embedded browser without downloading a separate app.
What Phoenix is actually offering on mobile The mobile version isn’t a stripped-down companion app. Phoenix is pushing the same orderbook experience to mobile that desktop users already have, including limit orders, on-chain settlement, and instant fund withdrawals after trades complete.
Phoenix processes trades with an average settlement time of roughly 0.5 seconds. Users can access the platform by navigating to phoenix.trade on their mobile browser or through their wallet’s built-in browser. The platform also supports referral codes for fee sharing and builder codes that let developers route order flow through Phoenix.
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The numbers behind the timing Phoenix didn’t launch mobile into a vacuum. The platform recorded an all-time high daily trading volume of $4.3 million on May 13, 2026, less than three weeks before the mobile launch.
Phoenix runs a fully on-chain orderbook, which means every order, every fill, every cancellation lives on Solana’s ledger. Most competing perpetuals platforms rely on oracle-based pricing or off-chain matching engines to hit their volume numbers. Oracle-based perp platforms essentially take a price feed from somewhere else and let traders bet against it. A fully on-chain orderbook means real buyers and sellers are matching directly, with the blockchain serving as both the matching engine and the settlement layer.
From spot DEX to perpetuals platform Phoenix originally launched on Solana’s mainnet in 2023 as a spot limit-orderbook DEX, built by a team called Ellipsis Labs. The expansion into perpetual futures was the natural next step. Building a perp product on top of an existing orderbook infrastructure gave Phoenix a structural advantage over teams starting from scratch.
The mobile launch fits into a broader pattern within the Solana ecosystem that has been leaning heavily into mobile-first crypto experiences. Solana Mobile’s hardware efforts, including dedicated Android devices optimized for crypto, have created a small but growing cohort of users who expect to do everything from their phones.
What this means for traders and the Solana ecosystem Phoenix’s approach of using the mobile browser rather than a native app sidesteps app store friction for both users who don’t want another app and developers who have to navigate Apple and Google’s policies toward crypto applications.
The risk, as always with on-chain orderbooks, is liquidity. A $4.3 million daily volume high is encouraging but still thin enough that large orders could move markets in ways that deter institutional or semi-professional traders.
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Bithumb a Upbit zařadily Grostlcoin (GRS) mezi projekty s upozorněním na obchodování a současně pozastavily vklady. DAXA uvedla, že tým projektu nezveřejnil dostatek klíčových informací a existují nesoulady, které mohou ohrozit investory.
**December 2 Update** South Korean crypto exchanges Bithumb and Upbit announced the same day they will list Grostlcoin (GRS) as a "Trade Caution" project and suspend deposits simultaneously. DAXA, the self-regulatory body for Korean exchanges, noted in its review that the GRS project team failed to disclose sufficient key information impacting the token’s value. The project’s actual progress also showed multiple non-compliant issues, posing a potential risk of harm to investors.
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MXC vyskočil až o 247 % po obnovení těžebního programu Moonchain a sérii aktualizací ekosystému. Denní objem obchodů vzrostl o více než 500 % na téměř 22,5 milionu USD.
MXC, the native token of the Layer 3 blockchain platform Moonchain, surged as much as 247% recently, thanks to the reactivation of its mining program and a wave of ecosystem updates.
According to Coingecko data, Moonchain (MXC) reached an intraday high of $0.00525 on the morning of May 29, Asian time, pushing its market cap past $11.6 million. When writing, the token was up 675% from its lowest point this year, marking one of its strongest moves in 2025 so far.
MXC crypto also recorded a sharp uptick in trading activity, with daily volume spiking over 500% compared to the previous day, reaching nearly $22.5 million, signalling a flood of new interest and momentum.
What’s behind the rally? There are three main catalysts driving MXC’s breakout:
First, the Moonchain team officially reactivated MXC mining on its network using MatchX’s M2 Pro and NEO miners, following a temporary outage on May 21. This reactivation also came after a community poll conducted by MatchX on X on May 19, where 97.9% of participants voted in favor of resuming MXC mining.
For context, MatchX is a German tech company that builds low-energy mining hardware specifically for the Moonchain ecosystem. Their devices help power Moonchain’s data infrastructure and allow users to earn MXC by participating in its Proof of Participation (PoP) system.
Second, Moonchain teased the upcoming launch of its Initial Hardware Offering (IHO). This campaign will send out free physical mining devices, possibly wearables like smartwatches or rings, to Moonchain token holders using an Ethereum smart contract.
According to the project’s Q2 2025 roadmap, the IHO will also include “health-based” mining devices and limited-edition high-hash-rate models to reward users who lock up their tokens early. Distribution hubs are also being set up in key regions to ensure faster deliveries.
Third, Moonchain recently completed an integration with OKX Wallet, a leading multi-chain wallet in the Web3 space. The integration allows users to easily access Moonchain’s dApps, staking features, and token tools across mobile, browser, and Telegram.
With OKX Wallet’s support for over 1,000 protocols, the move better positions both existing and new users to engage with the ecosystem.
What Is Moonchain? For those unfamiliar, Moonchain is a Layer 3 blockchain platform that combines AI, IoT, and DePIN (Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks). Its native token, MXC, powers transactions within the network, supports an inter-chain NFT marketplace, and rewards participants via its energy-efficient Proof of Participation model.
The project also features MXProtocol and is building on Ethereum’s Layer 2 tech, including its own zkEVM, to improve compatibility with existing Ethereum-based apps. This positions Moonchain as a solid pick for developers working on real-world use cases, especially in smart devices and data-sharing networks.
MXC price outlook On the technical side, MXC has broken out of a multi-month descending channel, which often signals the start of a potential new uptrend. It also held above the key 61.8% Fibonacci retracement level at $0.0048 before cooling off to around $0.0041 at press time.
MXC price, MACD and RSI chart — May 29 | Source: crypto.news Momentum indicators support the bullish case. The MACD lines are crossing upward, and the Relative Strength Index is in the overbought zone, often a sign of sustained buying pressure and strong buyer conviction in an emerging uptrend.
However, overbought conditions can also bring short-term selling pressure if traders begin to lock in profits.
If MXC continues upward, the next likely target is around $0.0061, a key level it failed to reach in its earlier push. But if it drops below the $0.0030 support, it could slide further down toward the $0.00060 range, which is currently acting as a psychological support zone.
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Stacks aktivoval Nakamoto Upgrade, který přináší finalitu Bitcoinu do sítě a zkracuje vypořádání na zhruba pět sekund. STX při tom klesl o 8,5 % na 1,59 USD.
The Stacks (STX) protocol has initiated the Nakamoto Upgrade, which introduces Bitcoin (BTC) finality to its network. Over the next 21 days, the ecosystem is set to experience a range of activities linked to this significant upgrade.
Stacks is one of the largest Bitcoin Layer-2 (L2) networks by market capitalization. Earlier this year, the STX community approved the Nakamoto upgrade, aiming to make the network faster and enhance block times.
Bitcoin L2 Stacks Initiates Nakamoto UpgradeThe Nakamoto Upgrade marks a new era of scalability for decentralized finance (DeFi) within the Bitcoin ecosystem and is one of the most significant changes to the Stacks network. Activated on Wednesday, this upgrade enhances transaction speeds and reduces settlement times.
Bitcoin’s standard settlement times previously ranged from 10 to 30 minutes or more. The Nakamoto Upgrade has slashed this to around five seconds—a 10X improvement that significantly boosts the Stacks network’s usability.
The upgrade received strong community support earlier this year and sets the stage for several key developments in the Stacks ecosystem. One of the major upcoming events is the introduction of sBTC, a decentralized asset backed 1:1 by Bitcoin.
Stacks is specifically designed to enable smart contracts and dApps to use Bitcoin as a secure base layer. By extending Bitcoin’s capabilities without altering it, Stacks unlocks billions in latent capital, allowing for a more dynamic and functional ecosystem.
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The Nakamoto Upgrade comes as projects built atop the Stacks blockchain endured less-than-desirable speeds. These slow transaction times negatively impacted the user experience, making it challenging to support high-volume use cases and limiting developers from delivering complex DeFi products.
Despite the positive changes brought by the upgrade, which began on Wednesday, the total value locked (TVL) on the Stacks network has decreased by over $7 million, dropping from $98.10 million to $90.62 million. This decline in TVL suggests that the upgrade’s immediate impact on market confidence was mixed, even as the network undergoes notable improvements.
Stacks TVL. Source: DefiLlamaBeInCrypto data shows STX, the native token of the Stacks network, is trading for $1.59 at press time, down 8.5% since Thursday session openned.
Bitcoin L2s Could Initiate New WaveBitcoin L2 solutions are progressively gaining popularity, and have attracted significant investment. As BeInCrypto previously reported, VC funding towards Bitcoin L2s continues to grow, collectively raising an impressive $94.6 million in the second quarter of 2024.
This represents a substantial 174% increase quarter-over-quarter. Experts also revealed that at least 65 projects identified themselves as Bitcoin Layer-2.
“The crypto industry is catching on to the fact that much of what is done on alternative blockchains can be built on top of Bitcoin. Fortune 500 companies like MicroStrategy are tailoring their entire business towards Bitcoin’s Layer-2. Layer-2 faces no more regulations than other crypto platforms. The only challenges are technical, and the brightest minds are being pulled towards Bitcoin along with nation-states, etc,” Manuel Ferrari, Money On Chain Co-Founder, told BeInCrypto.
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There is also speculation that L2s could spark a new bullish wave for Bitcoin, especially as the focus on scaling increases. This rising demand might lead to capital rotation, with overflow potentially moving into Layer-2 tokens like STX, Elastos (ELA), SatoshiVM (SVM), and BVM (BVM).
Elastos spustil BPoS NFT pro staking ELA, která mění stakované ELA a odměny na obchodovatelná NFT bez přerušení výnosů. Uživatelé mohou získat 2–3 % APR a NFT kdykoli spálit pro vyplacení odměn.
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Users can convert staked ELA and rewards into tradable NFTs, burn them anytime for Bitcoin-secured ELA APY rewards, and claim the staked ELA when the lock period ends. Anyone can stake ELA with a validator and earn 2–3% APR, with higher rewards for longer lock periods. Elastos continues to build momentum for a new decentralized finance model, offering flexible liquidity, Bitcoin-backed security, and simple wallet access. Elastos, a SmartWeb ecosystem provider, has expanded incentives for crypto users and validators with the launch of Bonded Proof of Stake (BPoS) NFTs. This new system offers users liquidity for staked assets by converting ELA and accumulated rewards into tradable NFT receipts, without interrupting rewards or waiting for the lock period to end. Through the Essentials Wallet, users can stake Bitcoin-secured ELA with a validator to earn 2–3% APR, with higher rewards for longer lock periods.
Today’s announcement underscores Elastos’ commitment to delivering value across the Smart Web ecosystem. Users can easily stake ELA tokens with BPoS validators on the Elastos Mainchain using the Essentials Wallet and issue BPoS NFTs. These NFTs can be freely traded or transferred on the Elastos Smart Chain (ESC), offering liquidity without affecting the staking period. Market participants can acquire NFTs to gain access to Mainchain rewards and the underlying staked asset. While the staked ELA remains locked until the staking period ends, NFT holders can burn their NFTs anytime to claim accumulated APY rewards.
“We are committed to delivering technologies that will create long-term value for our users and the ecosystem,” said Jonathan Hargreaves, Head of Global Growth at Elastos. “We are now in a position to deliver the tools and architecture that enable users to trade Bitcoin-backed value through ELA on Elastos without unstaking the underlying asset. This unlocks new market opportunities and sets the stage for BPoS NFTs to be used as collateral in BeL2’s upcoming Arbiter network. Ultimately, we aim to build a new model for decentralized finance backed by Bitcoin security, and we are entering a phase where users will increasingly benefit from these innovations.”
Backed by Bitcoin Security These NFTs represent receipts to claim ELA assets secured by Bitcoin’s hash power through Auxiliary Proof of Work (AuxPoW) and validators via the BPoS mechanism on the Elastos Mainchain. With 293.69 EH/s of Bitcoin’s total 580.74 EH/s hash rate, nearly half of Bitcoin’s security reinforces Elastos’ ELA, anchoring it in Bitcoin’s infrastructure without additional energy use and introducing new utility through mintable and burnable NFTs.
“With ELA’s fixed supply cap of 28.22 million, Bitcoin miner-shared security, and a 4-year halving cycle, ELA embodies Satoshi’s merge-mining BitDNS and Generalizing Bitcoin vision laid out on the Bitcoin forum in 2010,” added Sasha Mitchell, Head of BeL2. “Our roadmap continues to progress with the upcoming BeL2 arbiter network, which will support Native Bitcoin DeFi, allowing nodes to collateralize BPoS NFTs and unlock multiple revenue opportunities beyond ELA APY by supporting BTC-based services.”
Launching the BeL2 Arbiter Network Elastos plans to launch the BeL2 arbiter network by the end of 2024. This network will allow BPoS NFTs to be used as collateral for supporting time-based transactions such as loans and stablecoin pegs, including dispute resolution services. Arbiter nodes using these NFTs will earn Bitcoin and ELA rewards without moving Bitcoin from the mainnet. This approach combines security, liquidity, and financial innovation, positioning Elastos as a key player in the evolution of blockchain-based finance.
About Elastos Elastos is a public blockchain project that integrates blockchain technology with a suite of reimagined platform components to create a modern internet infrastructure that provides intrinsic protection for privacy and digital asset ownership. Its mission is to build accessible, open-source services that empower developers to create an internet where individuals own and control their data.
The Elastos SmartWeb platform allows organizations to recalibrate how the internet functions to better manage their data and privacy.
Elastos získal strategickou investici ve výši 20 milionů USD od Rollman Management. Peníze podpoří rozvoj Bitcoin DeFi protokolu BeL2, ELA a Web3 datové ekonomiky.
Majuro, Marshall Islands, January 30th, 2025, Chainwire
Funding accelerates the development of Elastos’ ELA token, Native Bitcoin DeFi protocol, and Web3 data economy – positioning Elastos as the utility layer for Bitcoin.
Elastos, a decentralized web infrastructure pioneer, today announced a $20 million strategic investment from Rollman Management to scale its Bitcoin-aligned ecosystem. Rollman Management, recognized for its high-profile investments in blockchain projects like Ripple, Ethereum, Solana, and Planck, now ranks Elastos among its top five holdings. The partnership will fuel the launch of Elastos’ Native Bitcoin DeFi protocol, BeL2, expand its merge-mined ELA token as a Bitcoin reserve asset, and accelerate Elacity—a Web3 data marketplace that enables creators to monetize content without intermediaries on top.
With Bitcoin’s market cap surpassing $2 trillion, Elastos solves critical gaps in Bitcoin’s ecosystem:
ELA as Bitcoin’s Merge-Mined Reserve Asset: ELA tokens have been secured by Bitcoin’s hash power through merge-mining since 2018, aligning with Satoshi Nakamoto’s 2010 vision for decentralized networks. With a total of 28,220,000 by 2105 and around 50% of Bitcoin’s hashrate, ELA gains security and decentralization, provides additional revenue for BTC miners at no extra cost, and creates a crypto economically sound reserve asset for Elastos’ Bitcoin-native DeFi system. BeL2: Bitcoin’s DeFi Breakthrough: Launching in Q2 2024, BeL2 allows Bitcoin holders to collateralize BTC in personal wallets and access Ethereum smart contract services. These include minting stablecoins, performing swaps, and borrowing assets peer-to-peer, unlocking its value all whilst eliminating reliance on synthetic BTC (e.g., WBTC) and centralized custodians. BeL2 combines locking scripts, zero-knowledge proofs, oracles, and an arbiter network where ELA stakeholders can stake ELA and earn BTC fees as decentralized nodes to support the protocol. Elacity: Web3’s Creator Revolution: Already proven in early tests, where one creator earned $5,600 in 24 hours through tokenized podcast access, Elacity v2 will launch in April with channels and subscription models. It enables influencers to encrypt, tokenize, and sell content/royalties on Elastos for audio and video markets, with plans to extend its technology to support the tokenization of AI markets. “Leveraging Bitcoin’s trillion-dollar consensus to empower Web3 users with scalable utilities—that’s where Elastos comes in,” said Rong Chen, Elastos Founder. “Merge-mining ties ELA’s security to Bitcoin’s, and BeL2, Elastos’ decentralized finance protocol, unlocks BTC-backed DeFi without compromises, whilst Elacity creates a decentralized digital goods economy on top. Rollman’s investment supports our role as Bitcoin’s utility layer”.
The $20M investment from Rollman will drive the advancement of Elastos technologies and also help Elastos reorient its branding, mature its technological stance, and go to market. This includes enhancing marketing efforts, which will further position Elastos as a leader in the growing Bitcoin-native DeFi space.
Elastos as a Pioneer in Bitcoin-secured Governance
Beyond its technological advancements, Elastos stands out for its Cyber Republic Consensus (CRC) governance model, formalized as a DAO LLC in the Marshall Islands, which signed this agreement with Rollman. This delegate-based system allows community members to stake Bitcoin merge-mined ELA, earn APY, and annually elect—or run as—one of 12 council members who vote on proposals, drive innovation, sign contracts, and validate Elastos’ Smart (EVM) and Identity (DID) sidechains. This ensures governance decisions reflect the community’s interests and demonstrates Elastos’ commitment to a truly decentralized and transparent ecosystem rooted in Bitcoin.
As Elastos enters its next phase of growth, participants can join the ecosystems CRC DAO by acquiring merge-mined ELA, which has a market cap of $48,542,586 and is secured by nearly 50% of Bitcoin’s hashrate (366.01 EH/s, equivalent to 244.008 Frontier Supercomputers). ELA offers 6+ years of proven security, a fixed cap of 28.22M tokens to be fully mined by 2105, and 3.29% emissions via its Essentials Wallet, ensuring scarcity and predictability for holders. Available on Centralized Exchanges (Coinbase, KuCoin, Gate.io, Huobi, Bitget, Crypto.com) and Decentralized Exchanges (Uniswap, Chainge Finance, Glide Finance), ELA empowers holders to shape Elastos’ future through CRC governance—driving innovation, reinforcing Bitcoin-level security, and building the next generation of decentralized applications.
Additional Information
ELA Merge Mining BeL2 Elacity Cyber Republic Consensus (CRC) Users can contact [email protected] for partnership inquiries or media requests. About Elastos
Elastos is a SmartWeb ecosystem builder focused on enabling decentralized application creation and cross-chain connectivity. Built on top of Bitcoin merge-mining, Elastos relies on the security of the world’s largest public blockchain and extends it with additional layers. The introduction of BeL2 and its Arbiter Network marks Elastos’ latest effort to advance a more open, clear, and trustless global financial system.
Website: Elastos.info
X/Twitter: @ElastosInfo
About Rollman Management Digital
Rollman Management Digital is a private investment and management consulting boutique that is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands. The firm seeks to invest in talented teams and their blockchain protocols to further develop their technology and business while adding significant value to the future of the modern economy.
RMD is led by Victor R. Ch. Rollman, the founder of Rollman Capital, Rollman Mining, and Rollman Management. The Group offers a wide range of investment opportunities, financial services, and management consultancy to UHNWIs, entrepreneurs, developing governments, commodity trading firms, banks, family offices, and pension funds.
Coinbase přidala Stader (SD) na svůj roadmap, což je důležitý krok pro token projektu Stader Labs. SD zároveň za 24 hodin vyskočil o 88 % na 0,7539 USD.
Coinbase Global Inc. adds Stader (SD) to its roadmap, a significant milestone that underscores the maturity of the Stader Labs’ governance token.
Crypto exchange Coinbase today confirms the addition of the Stader (SD) digital currency to its roadmap through the official X page. By formally adding SD, Coinbase recognizes the pivotal input the ERC-20 token has towards Ethereum (ETH) decentralization and Stader protocol.
Assets added to the roadmap today: Stader (SD)https://t.co/rRB9d3hSr2
— Coinbase Assets 🛡️ (@CoinbaseAssets) July 10, 2024
Coinbase Vote of Confidence on SD The bullish update coincides with the surge in SD price, lifting the liquid staking governance token among the largest digital asset gainers. Bulls are in control as SD rallies 88% in 24 hours to exchange hands at $0.7539. At press time, CoinGecko data shows the same uptrend applies to its market capitalization, now worth $33.26 million from a circulating supply of 41 million.
As America’s largest crypto exchange, Coinbase conforms to a strict listing policy for all digital currencies. The exchange reiterates that listing tokens on its roadmap hinges on the initiative’s technical, legal, and compliance standards.
SD debut on the Coinbase roadmap and for possible future listing affirms the Stader governance token maturity in its bid to further ETH decentralization within the SD Utility Pool. However, Coinbase cautions that the addition of a token to its roadmap does not guarantee future listing.
SD Rejuvenation Path The SD token taps the roadmap update with its trading volume 186.30% up in the past 24 hours to $5,976,529, signaling an accelerated rise in market activity. SD’s emergence traces to the onset of 2022, with the token setting an all-time high (ATH) of $30.17 in March. However, SD lost the appeal as its value plunged to a low of $0.2368 in October.
Market data confirms the Stader struggles with five days of flat price action trailing today’s bullish jump. Despite SD price comparatively 97.28% below its ATH, today’s rally positions it on a rejuvenation path of 18.8% gain in the past 30 days.
CoinGecko indicates that SD’s 28.60% price increase in the past seven days outperforms the global crypto market, down 2.60%. Consequently, the Coinbase roadmap update is a potential shift in SD’s accessibility to investors served by the US exchange and a potential catalyst for further price action.
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Stader price climbed sharply after its listing on Bithumb’s Korean Won market, posting a surge of more than 40% in a single day.
Summary
Stader rose 42% on Aug. 26 following its listing on Bithumb’s Korean Won market. Governance updates, including July’s revenue buyback plan, continue to support token fundamentals. Technical signals point to a breakout, with potential targets at $1.12 and $1.40. At the time of writing, Stader (SD) was trading around $0.91, nearly 39% higher over the past 24 hours. The token’s rally has also lifted its seven-day performance by 26%, with momentum stretching beyond the past month.
Bithumb listing drives demand The announcement by Bithumb on Aug. 26 confirmed that SD would now be available in the KRW market through the Ethereum (ETH) network. The development instantly triggered the token’s price surge, briefly rising above $1.12 before declining slightly.
Additionally, trading volumes increased significantly, rising by more than 300% from to $25.5 million over the last day. With the listing, Korean traders will have direct access to SD via a major fiat exchange, bringing with it a new level of market visibility and liquidity.
Expanding ecosystem supports price action The surge’s timing aligns with the Stader ecosystem’s continued expansion. The group introduced Cabbage earlier this year, an AI-driven trading platform that makes trading memecoins easier with features like Crowd Pulse and Whale Watch.
According to Stader’s projections, even a small portion of monthly memecoin activity could generate substantial yearly revenue. Updates to governance have also added more utility to the token.
An recent vote by the DAO allocated 20% of protocol revenue toward buybacks of SD, which could be burned, redistributed to stakers, or used to reward traders. These developments have helped strengthen confidence in the project, providing a foundation for speculative interest even before the Bithumb listing.
Stader technical analysis On the daily chart, price action is currently moving along the upper Bollinger Band in the $0.90 to $1.00 range after SD broke out of its consolidation range around $0.60. The volume increase confirms that there is strong support for this breakout.
Stader daily chart. Credit: crypto.news There may still be space for the rally before overbought levels are reached, according to the relative strength index, which is currently at 64.
If the token sustains support at $0.74, attention may return to $1.12, the level that capped gains earlier in the session. A clear move above that level could pave the way for a move toward $1.40, a resistance level that was tested earlier this year.
However, if recent support is broken, there is a chance that the price will drop back to $0.60, where the previous base of accumulation was formed.
Crypto exchange Binance has announced it will no longer support four altcoins — BarnBridge (BOND), Dock (DOCK), Mdex (MDX), and Polkastar (POLS). Effective July 22 at 03:00 UTC, it will delist these altcoins, causing a sharp drop in their market value.
This price action reflects market sensitivity to exchange delistings and regulatory actions.
Altcoins Nosedive Following Binance Delisting AnnouncementImmediately following the announcement, the affected tokens saw significant price declines. Specifically, DOCK plummeted nearly 30%, MDX dropped by 23.65%, and BOND and POLS both experienced over 17% losses.
The delistings are part of Binance’s periodic review. Often, it adds the tokens under the monitoring tag before delisting them. For instance, on July 1, Binance included 11 altcoins under its monitoring tag, including DOCK and POLS.
“At Binance, we periodically review each digital asset we list to ensure that it continues to meet a high level of standard and industry requirements,” Binance explained.
Read more: Binance Review 2024: Is It the Right Crypto Exchange for You?
BOND, DOCK, MDX, and POLS Price Performance. Source: TradingViewThe review focuses on several critical factors, such as the project team’s commitment, trading volume, liquidity, network security, and responsiveness to due diligence inquiries.
Trading pairs like BOND/BTC, BOND/USDT, DOCK/BTC, DOCK/USDT, MDX/USDT, and POLS/USDT will see a trading halt, and all existing trade orders will be automatically removed after delisting. Users must withdraw these tokens by October 22, 2024. If not, Binance might convert the delisted tokens into stablecoins, although this is not guaranteed and will be subject to a future notification.
Read more: 11 Cryptos To Add To Your Portfolio Before Altcoin Season
Furthermore, Binance is making adjustments across various services to phase out these altcoins comprehensively. These changes include delisting from Binance Simple Earn and Auto-Invest, ending margin trading for these tokens, and removing them from Binance Convert and Binance Pay by predetermined dates.
DIA spustila DIA Value, on-chain oracle pro spravedlivé oceňování aktiv bez tržní ceny, jako jsou tokenizované státní dluhopisy, fondové NAV tokeny a výnosové tokeny. Už je integrována u Euler, Morpho, Silo a Hydration.
Introducing DIA Value: Intrinsic Valuation Oracle for Institutional DeFiWhen markets don’t exist, market oracles fail. DIA launches fully onchain fair-value pricing for assets from tokenized treasuries to yield-bearing tokens.
In 2020, decentralized finance experienced its Cambrian explosion. Uniswap enabled permissionless trading. Aave enabled permissionless lending. Within three years, DeFi grew to $100 billion in total value locked, all built on a core pricing assumption: assets trade continuously on liquid markets.
Then in 2024, Wall Street arrived.
BlackRock tokenized U.S. treasuries, crossing $500 million in the BUIDL fund within months.[1] Firms like Ondo Finance brought tokenized treasuries to Ethereum. By early 2025, over $50 billion in institutional capital had migrated onchain,[2] with projections from McKinsey, BCG, and others estimating the tokenized asset market could reach $2–16 trillion by 2030.[3]
But these assets share a characteristic: they don’t trade.
Tokenized treasuries don’t have order books. Fund NAV tokens don’t establish price through supply and demand. Yield-bearing tokens have redemption mechanisms encoded in smart contracts — their value isn’t what traders think, it’s what the protocol guarantees you can redeem.
And DeFi’s pricing infrastructure wasn’t designed to handle them.
The oracle space converged on a single architecture: market observation. Aggregate prices across exchanges, decentralize the aggregation through node networks, publish the result onchain. For Bitcoin, Ethereum, and liquid tokens, this works well.
But you cannot aggregate exchange prices when markets don’t exist. You cannot decentralize market data when liquidity is thin or fragmented. And you cannot discover price through trading when trading doesn’t happen.
The infrastructure that unlocked DeFi’s first $100 billion fundamentally cannot price its next trillion.
Market-based oracles solved a real problem: bringing external price data onchain. For assets that trade continuously with deep liquidity, the approach is sound. Implementations vary in how they source data, what transparency they offer, and how they handle edge cases, but the core model works when its assumptions hold.
Those assumptions are: continuous trading activity, deep enough liquidity to resist manipulation, and price discovery through supply and demand. For the new institutional asset classes entering DeFi, they collapse:
Asset Type Continuous Trading? Deep Liquidity? Market Price Discovery? Tokenized T-Bills ❌ ❌ ❌ Fund NAV Tokens ❌ ❌ ❌ Yield-Bearing Derivatives ⚠️ Sporadic ❌ ❌ Synthetic Stablecoins ⚠️ Sporadic ❌ ❌ Cross-Chain LP Tokens ❌ ❌ ❌ When these conditions are absent, market-based oracles face three choices, none of them good:
Aggregate thin, manipulable market data. If a tokenized asset has minimal secondary trading, aggregating those sparse data points creates vulnerability. Thin order books can be manipulated. Single-venue distortions propagate as truth. Stale prices from infrequent trades become risk management inputs.
This isn’t theoretical. On October 10, 2025, $19 billion in leveraged DeFi positions were liquidated in 24 hours.[4] Bitcoin flash-crashed from $126,000 to $103,000, and the cascade was amplified by oracle infrastructure propagating distorted price data from stressed markets into automated liquidation triggers.[5]
Fall back to proprietary data providers. When market data doesn’t exist, some oracle architectures allow protocols to pull from centralized APIs, effectively reintroducing the trust assumptions that decentralized infrastructure was supposed to eliminate.
Paul Frambot, Co-Founder and CEO at Morpho, analyzing RWA pricing challenges, concluded that since tokenized assets “don’t have secondary markets,” DeFi must rely on “trusted price providers.” He’s right that this is where market-based architecture logically ends up when markets disappear.
Simply don’t support the asset. The most common outcome. If an asset doesn’t fit the market-aggregation model, it doesn’t get priced. Over $100 billion in tokenized treasuries, yield-bearing tokens, stablecoins, and other institutional-grade digital assets currently lack sufficient liquidity for reliable market-based pricing.[6]
This isn’t a flaw in any particular implementation. It’s a structural limitation: no market-based oracle, regardless of how sophisticated, can produce manipulation-resistant pricing from markets that are thin, stressed, or nonexistent. The architecture works for liquid assets. For assets whose value is defined by contracts, reserves, or portfolios rather than by trading, it’s a mismatch.
Traditional finance solved illiquid asset pricing decades ago through intrinsic valuation.
When a mutual fund holds private equity or illiquid bonds, it calculates Net Asset Value: sum of all holdings marked at fair value, divided by shares outstanding. When banks value loan portfolios, they use mark-to-model: discounted cash flows and credit risk adjustments. When Circle proves USDC is worth $1.00, they provide reserve verification: auditable proof that $1 of reserves backs each token.
These methods work because they compute value from verifiable inputs rather than observing market trades.
Bringing this approach onchain was previously impractical. Traditional fair value methodologies relied on trusted intermediaries: fund administrators calculating NAV, auditors verifying reserves, risk models run by centralized entities. Blockchain changes this: smart contract states, reserve balances, exchange rates, redemption formulas, and yield accruals can now serve as direct inputs for fair value computation with a degree of transparency that traditional finance never had.
DIA Value is the infrastructure we built for this. It delivers intrinsic fair-value pricing for assets where market data is absent, unreliable, or exploitable. Rather than reporting trades that can be manipulated, Value computes fundamental value from the most direct, verifiable data sources available, applying the same valuation logic that traditional finance has relied on for decades.
Value already powers fair value pricing across lending, stablecoins, and tokenized securities, including integrations with Euler, Morpho, Silo, Hydration, and others.
DIA Value implements five fundamental valuation methodologies:
Net Asset Value (NAV): For tokenized funds holding portfolios of assets. Aggregates fair value of all underlying holdings, applies fees and liabilities, divides by token supply. Proof of Reserves (PoR): For stablecoins and wrapped assets. Verifies reserves equal or exceed circulating supply. Value proven by backing, not trading. Contract Exchange Rate (CER): For yield-bearing tokens (stETH, aTokens). Reads redemption rate directly from protocol smart contracts. Value is what the contract guarantees you can redeem. Reserve-Backing Ratio (RBR): For algorithmic stablecoins and synthetic assets. Computes value based on ratio of collateral reserves to outstanding supply. Redemption Value (RV): For assets with programmatic redemption mechanisms. Calculates the value you would receive by executing the redemption function. Each methodology is designed to maximize pricing independence by deriving value from the most direct source available, whether that’s onchain smart contract state, reserve balances, or authoritative reference data for off-chain backing assets such as tokenized fund NAVs. In some cases, particularly for assets backed by off-chain reserves, Value integrates these inputs transparently, so protocols and users can see exactly how each price is computed and what data sources it relies on.
When a protocol queries Value for a tokenized treasury fund price, the system:
Reads the fund’s smart contract to enumerate holdings Prices each holding using the appropriate methodology Applies fees and liabilities encoded in the contract Returns per-share NAV with full calculation transparency A market-based oracle can’t do this because it’s looking for trades that don’t exist. Value computes intrinsic value from verifiable facts.
To be clear: this does not replace market oracles for liquid assets. DIA’s own market-based oracle, Market, handles pricing for assets with observable trading activity, sourcing data directly from exchanges. Value complements that foundation for assets whose value is defined by contracts, reserves, or portfolios rather than by trading.
Market-based oracles answer: “What did the last trade say?” Fair value oracles answer: “What is this asset fundamentally worth?”
Use Case Market Oracle Approach Intrinsic Value Approach Tokenized T-Bills Aggregate thin secondary trades (stale, manipulable) Compute redemption value from treasury contract + yield accrual Fund NAV Tokens Report last trade price (may be days old) Calculate real-time NAV from portfolio holdings Yield-Bearing Tokens Observe stETH/ETH pair (deviates from redemption) Read exchange rate directly from Lido contract Stablecoins Assume $1.00 or use thin DEX prices Verify reserves and compute backing ratio This shift unlocks capabilities that market-based oracles structurally cannot provide:
Institutional-grade collateral acceptance. Lending protocols can accept tokenized treasuries and fund shares as collateral based on auditable intrinsic value rather than manipulable secondary market prices. Euler’s recent integration demonstrates this in practice.
Regulatory-compliant fair value accounting. Fair value measurement standards (IFRS 13, ASC 820) explicitly require intrinsic valuation methods when markets are inactive. Value’s methodologies align with these frameworks.
Manipulation resistance through architecture. October 10th demonstrated that market-based oracles remain vulnerable when underlying markets are stressed. Fair value computation sidesteps this: you cannot game NAV calculation by moving thin order books.
Cross-chain pricing without fragmented liquidity. When an asset exists on multiple chains, market-based oracles face fragmented liquidity. Fair value oracles compute redemption value once from the canonical contract and publish everywhere. The value is the same because it’s derived from fundamental backing, not chain-specific trading.
What Value doesn’t solve:
It’s worth being clear about the boundaries. Value solves fair value for assets with verifiable data sources. Remaining challenges are governance and trust boundary questions, not architecture failures:
Off-chain reserves (e.g., Circle’s bank accounts) still require attestation. Value makes attestation auditable, but trust in the attester remains. Cross-chain verification depends on bridge security. Disputed valuation formulas for complex derivatives may have competing fair value models. Value executes formulas transparently, but choosing the right formula requires governance. Smart contract risk: if the contract is wrong, the valuation is wrong. Value surfaces this transparently rather than obscuring it, but the risk exists. When pricing infrastructure no longer depends on market liquidity, new capabilities open up across DeFi.
Lending protocols accept tokenized treasuries without oracle risk. Vault platforms can offer rates against tokenized fund shares based on auditable NAV, not whether someone traded yesterday.
Stablecoins verify reserves across complex, multi-chain structures. Next-generation stablecoins hold diversified portfolios of yield-bearing tokens and cross-chain assets. Value makes real-time reserve verification possible even when components are illiquid or fragmented.
Asset managers tokenize funds with real-time NAV onchain. Traditional funds calculate NAV once daily. Onchain funds can compute real-time NAV continuously, but only if the pricing infrastructure handles illiquid holdings and cross-chain positions.
Institutions meet regulatory fair value requirements without centralized intermediaries. The shift from centralized API providers to verifiable intrinsic computation is the difference between traditional finance with a blockchain wrapper and genuinely decentralized institutional infrastructure.
Risk curators build sophisticated credit models without market dependency. Professional risk managers, from established firms to emerging specialists, need to model scenarios, stress-test collateral, and assess fundamental value independent of market panic. Fair value infrastructure gives them the primitives to do this properly.
Bitcoin sitting idle is a trillion-dollar opportunity cost. hemiBTC lets holders deploy BTC productively into DeFi, but that only works if the pricing layer can verify the actual Bitcoin backing each token onchain. DIA Value does exactly that, no secondary market dependency, no centralized attestations. It's the kind of infrastructure that makes Bitcoin-native DeFi viable: fully trustless and verifiable.
Jeff Garzik
Co-Founder, Hemi Network
When you operate a stablecoin across four chains, pricing fragmentation becomes a real engineering problem. DIA Value solved this for us by computing USDp's fair value directly from onchain redemption data, reading collateral composition and redemption curves from our smart contracts. One verifiable fundamental price, consistent everywhere. That's what lets integrators treat USDp as reliable collateral without building custom pricing logic per chain.
Noah Boisserie
CEO, Cooper Labs
satUSD+ is a yield-bearing stablecoin, and its value is defined by what the protocol's staking contract actually pays out, not by what someone last traded it for on a DEX. DIA Value computes that fair value directly from onchain data, which means lending markets and vault strategies integrating satUSD+ can verify the price they're seeing. For an omnichain stablecoin system like ours, that reliability is non-negotiable.
River Team
River
Fundamental pricing methodologies will drive the next wave of institutional capital being deployed onchain. It is a prerequisite that has been missing from DeFi’s infrastructure stack, and its arrival expands the addressable market for oracle infrastructure significantly beyond price feeds.
Market-based oracles gave DeFi the rails to price liquid markets. Value gives DeFi the foundation to price everything else.
The shift from market observation to intrinsic computation expands what oracle infrastructure can do, specifically into the asset classes that institutional DeFi needs priced to grow.
DIA spustila pro USDh na Stacks fundamentální cenový feed, který počítá férovou hodnotu přímo z BTC a stablecoinových rezerv Hermetica. Při plném krytí oceňuje USDh na 1,00 USD.
DIA’s fundamental valuation oracle computes USDh’s fair value directly from its Bitcoin and stablecoin reserves, replacing market-based pricing with verifiable reserve verification on Stacks.
Hermetica builds Bitcoin yield infrastructure on Stacks. Its stablecoin, USDh, is backed by a combination of BTC and stablecoin reserves held by the protocol. Users can earn yield on their Bitcoin through Hermetica’s products while USDh serves as the stable unit of account in the system.
USDh’s value is defined by what backs it: verifiable reserves of Bitcoin and stablecoins. For an asset with this structure, the architecturally correct pricing approach is to compute value directly from the reserves, not to observe secondary market trades. Market-based pricing can be a reasonable methodology in certain cases, but reserve verification is the methodology that matches how the asset actually works.
For lending protocols like Zest that integrate USDh into their contracts, pricing accuracy directly affects position health calculations, collateral valuations, and liquidation logic. The price feed needs to reflect what USDh is fundamentally worth based on its backing, updated reliably and transparently.
DIA's oracle infrastructure and Hermetica's reserve-backed design are complementary. Bitcoin DeFi no longer needs to rely on volatile market-based pricing. Instead, institutions and individuals alike can benefit from the manipulation-resistant fair value price for USDh that DIA enables.
Jakob
Founder & CEO, Hermetica
DIA deploys a Reserve-Backing Ratio (RBR) fundamental feed for USDh through the DIA Value oracle. Instead of observing secondary market trades, the oracle computes fair value directly from Hermetica’s reserve composition.
The process works as follows. The oracle reads the current state of Hermetica’s reserves, including BTC holdings and stablecoin balances, from the protocol’s backing data. It then compares total reserve value against USDh circulating supply. If reserves meet or exceed supply, USDh is priced at $1.00. If reserves fall below supply, the oracle reflects the actual backing ratio, pricing USDh at $1.00 multiplied by the fraction of reserves over outstanding supply.
This means the price USDh carries onchain is always derived from what actually backs it, not from what someone last paid for it on a DEX.
The feed is live on the Stacks public good oracle, where any protocol or user can query the USDh/USD value in real time.
The transition from market observation to reserve verification reflects a broader principle. Bitcoin-backed stablecoins derive their value from their reserves, not from trading. The correct oracle methodology for this asset class is one that computes value from verifiable backing data, just as traditional finance prices money market funds from their NAV rather than from secondary trades.
DIA Value’s RBR methodology makes this computation transparent and continuous. Lending protocols consuming the feed can trust that the price reflects verified reserve backing. This is especially important during periods of broader market volatility, when the value of stablecoins needs to be anchored to fundamentals rather than short-term market dynamics.
The integration also demonstrates a broader pattern in how stablecoin pricing infrastructure needs to evolve. As more stablecoins adopt complex reserve structures spanning multiple asset types and chains, the ability to compute fair value from verifiable backing data becomes a prerequisite for institutional adoption, not a nice-to-have.
DIA začala pro River poskytovat cenové feedy pro satUSD na pěti blockchainech a fundamentální ocenění satUSD+ podle onchain dat. Cílem je přesnější a ověřitelné nacenění pro lending a vault strategie.
DIA delivers market price feeds for satUSD across five chains and fundamental valuation for satUSD+, giving lending markets and vault strategies verifiable pricing for River’s stablecoin ecosystem.
River operates a chain-abstraction stablecoin system built around satUSD, an over-collateralized stablecoin backed by BTC, ETH, BNB, and liquid staking tokens. Users who stake satUSD receive satUSD+, a yield-bearing token that compounds automatically while remaining composable across DeFi.
This creates a pricing challenge that a single oracle approach cannot solve.
satUSD trades on secondary markets across multiple chains. For this asset, market-based pricing works: aggregate trades, filter outliers, publish the result. But satUSD+ is different. Its value is defined by what the staking contract pays out, not by what someone last traded it for on a DEX. Thin secondary markets for yield-bearing tokens are vulnerable to manipulation, and stale trade data misinforms the risk models that lending protocols and vault curators depend on.
River needed both: reliable market pricing for satUSD and intrinsic valuation for satUSD+.
DIA provides market price feeds for satUSD on Ethereum, BNB Chain, BOB, Arbitrum, and Base, matching River’s omni-CDP architecture, where users deposit collateral on one chain and mint satUSD on another via LayerZero. Pricing infrastructure has to follow the asset wherever it goes.
Each feed is powered by DIA’s Decentralized Feeder Network, where independent feeders scrape real-time trade data directly from the exchanges where satUSD trades, aggregate it through a verifiable two-step process on DIA’s own blockchain, and deliver the result onchain. No intermediary data vendors, no opaque pipelines. Protocols consuming the feed can trace every price back to its source trades.
For satUSD+, DIA deploys a fundamental feed using the Contract Exchange Rate (CER) methodology from DIA Value. Rather than observing secondary market trades, the feed reads the satUSD+/satUSD exchange rate directly from the vault contract on BNB Chain, computing fair value from what the protocol actually guarantees you can redeem.
This means lending markets and vault strategies integrating satUSD+ can price the asset based on verifiable onchain data rather than sparse DEX activity. The distinction matters most precisely when it matters most: during periods of market stress, when thin order books deviate furthest from fundamental value.
satUSD+ is a yield-bearing stablecoin, and its value is defined by what the protocol's staking contract actually pays out, not by what someone last traded it for on a DEX. DIA Value computes that fair value directly from onchain data, which means lending markets and vault strategies integrating satUSD+ can verify the price they're seeing. For an omnichain stablecoin system like ours, that reliability is non-negotiable.
River Core Team
Full contract addresses and integration guides are available in River’s documentation.
River’s TVL and cross-chain architecture make it a clear example of why oracle infrastructure needs to go beyond market observation.
As professional risk curators and capital allocators evaluate yield-bearing stablecoins for vault strategies, they need pricing they can model against. A last-trade price from a low-liquidity DEX pair is not that. A verifiable exchange rate read from the issuing contract is.
DIA Value’s fundamental valuation methodologies exist precisely for this category of asset: tokens whose value is defined by contracts, reserves, or portfolios rather than by trading. River’s satUSD+ is a textbook case of the Contract Exchange Rate methodology in action, and the integration demonstrates how market feeds and fundamental feeds work as complements within a single protocol’s oracle stack.
Parallel Protocol integroval DIA Value pro ověřené onchain cenové feedy pro USDp a sUSDp napříč Hyperevm, Base, Avalanche a dalšími sítěmi. Feedy jsou už v produkci.
Fundamental and market price feeds for USDp and sUSDp now live across Hyperevm, Base, and Avalanche
Parallel Protocol has integrated DIA Value to deliver verifiable onchain price feeds for its stablecoin system. The integration covers both USDp and its yield-bearing wrapper sUSDp across four networks, and is live in production.
USDp is a collateral-backed stablecoin deployed across Hyperevm, Base, and Avalanche. That multichain footprint creates a pricing problem that market-based oracles handle poorly: liquidity is fragmented across chains, thin order books invite manipulation, and yield-bearing wrappers like sUSDp require chain-local vault rate accounting that single-price feeds don’t support.
The integration provides two complementary feed types:
Fundamental feeds compute USDp’s fair value directly from onchain redemption data. The oracle reads collateral composition and redemption curves from Parallel’s smart contracts in real time, producing a price that reflects what USDp can actually be redeemed for rather than what a thin secondary market last traded. For sUSDp, the fundamental feed multiplies the USDp benchmark by the chain-local vault exchange rate, keeping the price accurate per deployment.
Market feeds provide a separate USDp price sourced directly from trading venues, published under a distinct key so protocols can choose the methodology appropriate for their use case.
Both feeds are available via AggregatorV3-compatible adapters across all four chains.
When you operate a stablecoin across four chains, pricing fragmentation becomes a real engineering problem. DIA Value solved this for us by computing USDp's fair value directly from onchain redemption data, reading collateral composition and redemption curves from our smart contracts. One verifiable fundamental price, consistent everywhere. That's what lets integrators treat USDp as reliable collateral without building custom pricing logic per chain.
Noah Boisserie
CEO, Cooper Labs
For full technical implementation detail, see Parallel’s integration post.
DIA se stává oracle vrstvou pro LitVM, první trustless EVM rollup na síti Litecoin. Na LiteForge už běží cenové feedy pro BTC, LTC, ETH, USDC a další aktiva.
Litecoin launched in 2011 as a payments network. For 14 years it has operated without native smart contracts, DeFi, or programmable assets. LitVM changes that.
LitVM is Litecoin’s first trustless EVM rollup, officially endorsed by the Litecoin Foundation. It is built on Arbitrum Nitro with Succinct’s SP1 zkVM for validity proofs and BitcoinOS’s Grail Bridge for trustless LTC transfers. Its LiteForge testnet is live, opening Litecoin to DeFi protocols, yield markets, and tokenized assets for the first time.
Every protocol that deploys on LiteForge needs pricing infrastructure. Lending markets mark collateral against oracle prices. DEXs quote reference rates. Without reliable feeds, nothing that touches price data ships.
DIA is now the oracle layer for LitVM.
Price feeds for BTC, LTC, ETH, USDC and other major assets are deployed on LiteForge (chain ID 4441). Both push and pull delivery are available. Each dApp on LitVM configures its own data sources, update frequency, and deviation or time-based triggers. Lending protocols and perp DEXs have different requirements from the same infrastructure.
DIA sources data directly from exchanges and onchain venues rather than relying on third-party aggregators. Every feed is transparent at the source level. Long-tail assets native to LitVM’s ecosystem can be supported on request.
DIA's transparent, source-level data feeds align with what we're building: a DeFi ecosystem where nothing is hidden and nothing is trusted blindly. We're proud to have DIA as LitVM's oracle infrastructure provider.
Aztec Amaya
Co-Founder, LitVM
LitVM’s roadmap extends into tokenized commodities, institutional yield, and AI applications. DIA’s product stack covers all three: RWA price feeds, proof of reserves and fundamental feeds, and verifiable randomness. These are available to LitVM builders as use cases emerge on the rollup.
The integration guide is available at diadata.org/docs/guides/chain-specific-guide/litvm. LitVM builders can request custom feed configurations or additional asset support by reaching out to the DIA team.
Coinbase Derivatives podala u CFTC žádost o spuštění futures na Avalanche, Chainlink, Polkadot, Stellar a Shiba Inu. Obchodování má začít po 15. červenci.
The derivatives arm of crypto exchange Coinbase has just submitted to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) documents to self-certify the listing of new futures products tied to five popular crypto assets.
According to the filings, Coinbase Derivatives is launching futures contracts for Avalanche (AVA), Chainlink (LNK), Polkadot (DOT), Stellar (XLM), and Shiba Inu (SHB), which will all be offered for trading on or after July 15th.
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The documents say that Coinbase has spoken with futures commission merchants (FCMs) and market participants who support the decision to launch the contracts.
“The Exchange is not aware of any substantive opposing views to the Contract. The Exchange certifies that the Contract and related rules certified herein comply with the Commodity Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.”
In a statement, Coinbase Derivatives says it will be the first futures exchange in the US to introduce CFTC-regulated margined futures contracts for AVA, LINK, DOT, XLM and SHB.
“With the addition of AVA, LNK, DOT, XLM, and SHB, our participants and their clients gain more access points to manage risk, speculate on price movements, and participate in the crypto economy with reduced upfront capital requirements.”
Coinbase Derivatives also recently launched commodities futures contracts for oil and gold after noticing increased demand for retail-focused products on accessible and regulated exchanges. The new futures contracts are sized at 10 barrels of oil and one troy ounce of gold.
Travala.com plně integroval Solanu a nově nabízí odměny v SOL za cestovní rezervace. Uživatelé mohou také bez poplatků vkládat a vybírat SOL, USDT a USDC.
Users may now take advantage of zero-fee transactions when booking travel by using the Solana network integration. Additionally, user account wallets now support SOL, according to Travala.com. Crypto-native travel platform Travala.com, has said that it has extensively integrated the Solana network across the platform and will provide SOL travel rewards to users of its loyalty program. Following an AVA community vote, the integration will also see the deployment of AVA—the token used to access the travel reward program on Travala.com in conjunction with the AVA Foundation—deployed on Solana, making it the third network after Ethereum and BNB Chain where the AVA token may be accessible.
Travel bookings utilizing assets on the Solana network, such as SOL itself and USDT, USDC, and more, are now possible for Solana users thanks to Travala.com’s decision to offer support for the fourth-largest blockchain in the world by market capitalization.
Travelers will soon be able to use the AVA Smart Program, the travel loyalty program accessible on Travala.com, to get up to 10% of every booking back in SOL rewards as part of the extensive integration. As of right now, loyalty members may choose from a variety of travel reward alternatives based on their tier, including Bitcoin, AVA, and Travala.com Travel Credits. SOL will only be the third reward token available inside the loyalty program.
Additionally, user account wallets now support SOL, according to Travala.com. Less than ten cryptocurrencies are supported natively by the account wallet, despite the fact that Travala.com supports over 100 cryptocurrencies. Users may now take advantage of zero-fee transactions when booking travel by using the Solana network integration to make deposits and withdrawals of SOL, USDT, and USDC into their Travala.com account.
Juan Otero, CEO of Travala.com stated:
“The Solana network has become one of the most-used blockchains due to its cost effectiveness and scalability. Not only is the amount of activity within the Solana ecosystem incredible, so is the creativity. As innovators at Travala.com, the technologies that can be harnessed on the Solana network open significant avenues to build the next phase of travel.”
Beyond extending support for the Solana network and the soon-to-be SOL travel rewards, the connection goes beyond that. Travala.com has pledged to embrace the Solana ecosystem and will develop products on the high throughput network to capitalize on Solana’s cheap transaction costs and scalability. Going forward, Travala.com’s development strategy will be centered on Solana, with the aim of developing products that increase the practical applications of the Solana ecosystem.
The recent decision by Skyscanner to integrate Travala.com, which makes its inventory of more than 2,200,000 hotels completely discoverable on Skyscanner’s platforms, is followed by Travala.com’s integration with Solana. With this integration, Travala.com became the first crypto-native travel platform to be included to Skyscanner, a website that receives 110 million monthly visitors and users complete 80 billion searches daily.
Travala.com, which was established in 2017, is the top crypto-native travel booking platform, including over 2,200,000+ properties across 230 countries, over 400,000 activities, and over 600 airlines worldwide. As an advocate for the use of cryptocurrencies, Travala.com accepts more than 100 popular cryptocurrencies in addition to conventional payment options. For qualifying reservations booked on Travala.com, Smart members may take advantage of extra savings and loyalty benefits in addition to the website’s amazing pricing via its Best Price Guarantee. Go to www.travala.com to learn more about Travala.com.
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Binance Margin ukončí obchodování několika marginových párů vůči BTC, včetně BAND/BTC, GTC/BTC, HIGH/BTC, PERP/BTC, STPT/BTC a AVA/BTC. Týká se to jak cross, tak isolated margin obchodování. Delistování začne 4. prosince 2024 pozastavením isolated margin půjček a úplné odstranění včetně automatického uzavření pozic a zrušení čekajících příkazů proběhne 11. prosince 2024 v 06:00 UTC. Uživatelé by měli před konečným odstraněním uzavřít pozice a převést aktiva do spotových peněženek.
Binance Margin will phase out several BTC margin trading pairs, including Band Protocol, Gitcoin, Highstreet, Perpetual Protocol, STP, and AVA. This affects both cross and isolated-margin trading options, reducing available pairs for users.
The exchange has cautioned users to close positions and transfer affected assets from Margin Wallets to Spot Wallets to avoid potential losses. However, despite the delisting news, coins like Highstreet and Perpetual Protocol have surged by 6% to 12% in price, while AVA, Gitcoin, BAND, and STP recorded modest gains of 1% to 2%. This mixed market response highlights varying investor sentiment across the affected assets.
Binance To Delist These Tokens On December 3, Binance informed users about upcoming changes to its margin trading offerings. Several BTC trading pairs, including Band Protocol, Gitcoin, and Highstreet, will no longer be available for cross or isolated-margin trading.
According to the announcement, BAND/BTC and GTC/BTC cross-margin pairs, along with isolated margin pairs like AVA/BTC, HIGH/BTC, PERP/BTC, and STPT/BTC, will be removed. The delisting process begins on December 4, 2024, with the suspension of isolated margin borrowing. Full removal, including automatic closure of positions and cancellation of pending orders, will occur on December 11, 2024, at 06:00 UTC.
Binance, one of the top crypto exchanges, advises users to act proactively by closing positions and transferring funds to Spot Wallets ahead of these deadlines. While these pairs are being phased out, the underlying assets will still be tradable on other available pairs within the platform. These changes aim to streamline Binance’s offerings and better align with market demands.
Price Movements Of The Crypto Amid Delisting November saw a bullish trend in the crypto market, with approximately $1 trillion added in just one month. This surge in market momentum has positively impacted several of the affected assets, despite Binance’s delisting announcement.
Band Protocol (BAND) price traded at $1.90, up 4% in the last 24 hours and 22% over the past week. GTC price surged 40% in the past week, reaching $1.20, and has gained 100% over the last month. PERP rose 7% to $1.03, marking a 20% increase in just one week.
Highstreet (HIGH) price also saw strong performance, up 12% to $2.04. Meanwhile, STPT price exchanged hands at $0.05, a 40% hike over the past month. AVA price was up 8%, priced at $0.72, reflecting a positive short-term outlook despite the upcoming delisting.
Binance spustila perpetual kontrakt LOKAUSDT pro League of Kingdoms Arena (LOKA) a token na zprávě vyskočil o více než 20 %. Objem obchodů za 24 hodin vzrostl o 155 % na 22,74 milionu USD.
With crypto exchange giant Binance extending support to the League of Kingdoms Arena (LOKA) P2E crypto project, market sentiments surrounding the token turned highly bullish on Tuesday. LOKA price shot up nearly 20% as the exchange announced futures listing for the token on its platform. Meanwhile, traders appear to have reacted positively to the listing announcement, as even the coin’s intraday trading volume rocketed nearly 155%.
Binance Debuts League of Kingdoms Arena (LOKA) Futures Trading In an official Binance announcement dated September 24, the leading crypto exchange revealed that it is launching the LOKAUSDT perpetual contract today at 11:30 UTC. This decision by the exchange comes as a mover to expand the list of trading choices offered on the platform.
Binance notified that users could enjoy up to 75x leverage when trading the asset. The capped funding rate was set at +2.00% / -2.00%, per the announcement. Further, the tick size was set at 0.0001 by one of the top crypto exchange. However, the listing announcement also notified users that the perpetual contract may be subject to potential changes ahead, primarily due to market risk conditions. These potential changes could encompass adjustments in funding fee, tick size, maximum leverage, initial margin, and maintenance margin requirements.
It’s also worth noting that League of Kingdoms (LOKA) is a blockchain-based Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) strategy game. For context, it is also a play-to-earn ecosystem that allows players to earn real income through in-game participation.
P2E Token Price Blows Up 20% At press time, LOKA price shot up slightly over 20% from its 24-hour low to trade at $0.2723. The coin’s intraday low and high were $0.2236 and $0.2959, respectively. LOKA’s 24-hour trading volume experienced a 155% surge to $22.74 million in light of Binance’s listing announcement. Intriguingly, today’s price upswing primarily aligns with the futures trading announcement, as also seen in other tokens’ price action post-listing.
Notably, Aavegotchi (GHST) price soared nearly 37% on Binance futures listing, CoinGape Media reported yesterday. Simultaneously, another report revealed that Telegram-based P2E crypto project Catizen (CATI) price skyrocketed remarkably on its debut on the exchange. Overall, these chronicles validate LOKA’s price upswing witnessed today.
League of Kingdoms spouští Arena-Z, novou blockchainovou herní platformu Layer 2 na AZ Chain, vytvořenou ve spolupráci s Optimismem na Superchainu. Hra i její kolekce NFT se přesouvají z Polygonu na AZ Chain kvůli rychlejším transakcím a nižším poplatkům.
The world’s first blockchain MMORTS game, League of Kingdoms, has announced the launch of Arena-Z, a brand-new blockchain chain and gaming platform tailored specifically for Web3 gaming. AZ Chain is a Layer 2 solution created in partnership with Optimism and built on the Superchain to improve scalability and gaming performance.
As a part of the Superchain collective, AZ Chain guarantees complete EVM compatibility while providing fast transaction speeds, short block times, and low fees. This infrastructure facilitates a smooth user experience and fosters an expanding developer and players community. With this platform, the blockchain gaming community will have more earnings opportunities and a future free of gas.
In order to provide a solid basis for Arena-Z’s Web3 gaming activities, League of Kingdoms will also be migrated to the AZ Chain. This move will capitalize on the game’s four years of sustainable operation, millions of players, and multi-million NFT transactions. In order to expand the selection of digital assets accessible to players, League of Kingdoms’ well-liked NFT collections are being transitioned from Polygon to AZ Chain as part of this shift.
Arena-Z provides development tools including SDKs and APIs, community building, marketing assistance, and grants in addition to incubating and assisting new Web3 gaming studios. This initiative is a component of a larger endeavor to promote development and innovation in the blockchain gaming industry.
With its Plug & Play Web 2.5 SDK and marketplace SDK, which simplify the integration and introduction of unique gaming NFT marketplaces for developers, Arena-Z is a leader in technological innovation. For mainstream gamers, the platform’s native payment gateway, on/off ramps, and Web 2.5 game portals streamline the onboarding process. Arena-Z ensures quick performance with their AZ Chain, attaining 2-second block timings, 293 transactions per second capacity, and less than $0.01 in transaction fees.
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Yield App ukončuje veškerou činnost a chystá se do likvidace po ztrátách spojených s kolapsem FTX. Firma uvedla, že šlo o ztráty v portfoliu od třetích správců hedge fondů.
Backed by AGE Crypto and Alphabit, crypto wealth management platform Yield App has announced its shutdown following losses linked to the collapse of FTX.
Yield App appears to be the latest crypto firm to fall victim to the fallout from the FTX collapse, announcing in a Jun. 28 post on X the closure of “all activity” as it “prepares to enter liquidation proceedings.”
Suspension of platform activity ahead of liquidation proceedings
28 JUNE 2024, 04:15 UTC: Yield App Ltd, a Seychelles-incorporated limited liability company, is today, Friday 28 June 2024, announcing the suspension of all activity on the digital wealth platform…
— Yield App (@YieldApp) June 28, 2024 Founded in 2020 by Tim Frost, Justin Wright, Jan Strandberg, and Jason Corbett, Yield App marketed itself as a “one-stop crypto wealth platform where you can earn interest, buy, and swap between your cryptocurrency assets.” Now, the firm is trying to get its funds stuck on the FTX crypto exchange.
“Yield App asks for the patience of its valued customers as it works with its advisors, with whom it jointly commits to releasing further information, including detailed FAQs, at the earliest possible date.”
Yield App
In the X post, Yield App attributed the decision to “portfolio losses incurred through third-party hedge fund managers that held Yield App assets in custody on the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, and who are subject to ongoing litigation.”
Although the firm didn’t disclose the name of the hedge fund, earlier reports suggested that Yield App’s funds might be trapped on FTX due to “criminal” mismanagement by Swiss hedge fund Tyr Capital Partners.
Tyr allegedly ignored internal risk limits and investor warnings regarding its exposure to FTX. While Yield App wasn’t a direct client of Tyr, it was a client of TGT, a fund whose directors included Yield App co-founders Wright and Corbett, which had invested with Tyr on Yield App’s behalf.
FTX collapsed in November 2022 amid allegations of embezzlement and misappropriation of billions of dollars in customer funds involving its owners and affiliated hedge fund Alameda Research. Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the exchange, was sentenced to 25 years in prison and ordered to reimburse $11 billion.
FOLD od Manifold Finance spadl na nové minimum 64 centů, což je 98 % pod vrcholem 87 USD. Zakladatel Sam Bacha mezitím přestal pravidelně komunikovat a podporovatelé žádají odpovědi.
Manifold Finance's FOLD token crashes to 64 cents from a $87 peak amid product disappointment.Founder Sam Bacha goes quiet, responds to concerns with memes and jokes.Once-promising startup raised $2.5 million from VCs before downward spiral.Manifold Finance, a onetime buzzy crypto project, has plunged into turmoil.
Its erratic founder is unreachable, the price of its token is plummeting, and frustrated supporters are pleading for updates.
Manifold’s token, FOLD, hit an all-time low of 64 cents on November 8 — 98% off its 2022 peak of $87 — even as crypto markets surged on the election of Donald Trump as the US president.
Fold’s worth peaked at more than $87, and it was trading above $30 as recently as April. In 2022, the venture’s market value topped $128 million. Now it’s only $2 million.
Disappointing responseThe token has crashed amid a disappointing response to Manifold’s year-old liquid staking product, which was meant to compete with the likes of crypto giants Lido and Rocket Pool.
It has also suffered as a prominent backer stopped providing liquidity for the token on decentralised exchange SushiSwap earlier this year.
Meanwhile, founder Sam Bacha has not provided regular updates on a forthcoming product meant to reverse Manifold’s declining fortunes. Self-imposed deadlines have come and gone.
Bacha has occasionally commented in a 2,500-person Telegram chat without offering any explanation as to his whereabouts or Manifold’s progress, instead cracking jokes and sharing irrelevant memes, infuriating some supporters.
Lost supportEven one of Manifold’s most prominent investors, crypto influencer Jordan Fish, better known as Cobie, said in the group Telegram chat that he has lost faith in the company.
“I invested in it in 2021, and at the top, it was worth like $5m and now it’s worth 0,” Fish told DL News. “I don’t know what to tell you, yeah, seems like it failed, crypto investments are risky, maybe I should’ve sold the top, it is what it is.”
‘When did you last talk to Sam? He still alive?’
— Supporter on TelegramPhilipp Zahn, a co-founder of Manifold partner 20squares, declined to comment to DL News, but called the company a “former client.”
Bacha and Alexander Bradley, Manifold employee, did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
Manifold isn’t Bacha’s first project to go sideways.
His last crypto startup, Block Array, appears to be defunct, and has been dogged by allegations of fraud. What’s more, this isn’t the first time he’s gone weeks without providing the status updates that are de rigueur in the crypto industry.
But with the collapse of Manifold’s token and supporters’ anger boiling over, Bacha’s behaviour has taken a more ominous tone.
It’s the latest example of the pitfalls that come with crypto’s freewheeling culture.
Past troubleBacha graduated from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 2013, according to his LinkedIn account, which noted he had stints at AT&T and Amazon before founding his first blockchain-based startup in 2017.
Block Array’s website and white paper were inaccessible on Friday. The X account for its Freight Trust product has been suspended. Freight Trust’s token, EDI, is seldom traded and, despite a total supply of 600 million, had no market value Friday, according to Etherscan. Block Array’s token, ARY, is also worthless, according to Etherscan.
Malicious botsManifold was founded in 2021 to help crypto traders avoid front-running from malicious bots. It raised $2.5 million from P2P.org, Marshland Capital, and several other venture investors.
A version of that anti-front running software was developed for SushiSwap, a decentralised crypto exchange.
But it was quickly shelved due to software bugs. SushiSwap declined to integrate a retooled version of the software, opting to pursue development of an in-house version instead.
After forays into other crypto middleware, Manifold eventually pivoted to liquid staking, a multibillion-dollar business long dominated by DeFi giant Lido.
But Manifold’s liquid staking token, mevETH, saw little uptake after its launch a year ago; the market value peaked at $36 million in March.
Certain transactionsSince then, it has been working in collaboration with German research firm 20squares on a new product, XGA.
XGA is meant to ensure prompt confirmation of certain transactions, which sometimes wallow on Ethereum when a user doesn’t pay a sufficient fee.
Manifold investors held out hope XGA would lift the company from its doldrums. Without warning, however, Bacha stopped providing regular updates on his company’s work.
‘Where were you for the last 30 days? Why not a single reply here in the channel?’
— Supporter in Telegram channelCrypto security firm KebabSec had started an audit of XGA’s code, Bacha said in a September 2 update shared in the Telegram group chat. It is unclear whether that audit has been completed.
Bacha also said Manifold would begin testing XGA on an Ethereum-based test network September 17. A revamp of FOLD’s so-called tokenomics would be detailed by the end of that month, he added.
None of that appears to have happened.
“When did you last talk to Sam? He still alive?” one supporter asked in the Telegram chat on October 28.
Later that day, Bacha broke his silence to ask for feedback on Manifold’s revamped website. And he promised he would promptly share more information.
“I will post the long awaited update today comrades,” he wrote.
That update never came.
Dim moodOn October 30, Bacha took to Manifold’s seldom-used governance forum to propose the Manifold community move its conversation to social media app Discord.
The proposal was panned by supporters, who said that was the least of their concerns.
“Where were you for the last 30 days? Why not a single reply here in the channel? The mood is pretty dim,” one wrote.
“I was being vetted to become Trump’s new Crypto Czar,” Bacha replied in an apparent joke.
Missed deadlinesIn a subsequent message, he took aim at supporters who had accused him of blowing past self-imposed deadlines.
“Deadlines proclaimed by me in Telegram do not constitute any sort of binding agreement,” he wrote.
After the November 5 election, Bacha returned to the chat to share a meme derived from the film “Superman II” in which a supervillain commands, “Kneel before Zod!”
Supporters fear the worst.
“We don’t know if Sam is even coding. We don’t even know if there’s anything happening,” one wrote.
Two possibilitiesThere were two possibilities, the commenter continued: either the company was about to fold and “they don’t know how to tell us,” or “they’re working tirelessly” to release XGA.
On November 11, Matthew Land, a partner at Marshland Capital, an investor Manifold, said in a separate Telegram channel he had spoken with Bacha over the preceding weekend.
Land declined to comment when contacted by DL News Friday.
In his Telegram message, Land said he had told Bacha of “the importance of communication” and of resolving FOLD’s liquidity issue.
“As I said before, ball’s in Sam’s court and on Sam’s timeline,” Land said.
“He understands what’s up imo but we have no impact on his decisions/timeline to address them unfortunately.”
Correction, November 15: A previous version of this story stated that Matthew Land spoke to Sam Bacha about FOLD’s price. It has been corrected to state they spoke about FOLD’s liquidity issues. This story was also updated to note that Land declined to comment.
Aleks Gilbert is a DeFi correspondent based in New York. Have a tip? Contact him at [email protected].
World Liberty Financial zahájila kroky k zalistování WLFI na kryptoburzách. Token, původně nepřevoditelný governance token, se už na sekundárním trhu obchoduje mezi 0,13 až 0,18 USD.
World Liberty Financial, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform backed by President Donald Trump and his family, is poised to launch its WLFI token, which could hold significant profits for early investors.
WLFI Token Launch Approaches The company announced on July 4 that it has initiated steps to have its flagship token listed on cryptocurrency exchanges, marking a crucial milestone after months of anticipation.
The WLFI token, which was introduced last year as a non-transferable governance token, is designed to facilitate community voting on the project’s future direction.
Secondary market trading has already commenced on platforms like Whales.market and MEXC, where WLFI has recently traded between $0.13 to $0.18, a notable increase from its initial sale prices of $1.5 and $0.5.
According to the project’s white paper, entities affiliated with the Trump family may collectively hold about one-third of WLFI’s total supply of 100 billion tokens. At current prices, these holdings could represent billions of dollars on paper.
Bruno Ver, market expert and investor in the WLFI token, expressed optimism about its potential value, predicting it could reach between $2 and $5 in the near future.
If the token were to climb to $2, the stake held by the founding entities could theoretically be worth around $60 billion, making it one of the most lucrative Trump-related crypto ventures to date.
Recent estimates suggest that crypto businesses have already added approximately $620 million to Donald Trump’s personal net worth, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Experts Warn Of Risks Despite the enthusiasm surrounding WLFI, the White House has emphasized that President Trump is distanced from his business interests, having placed his assets in a family-controlled trust.
The current proposal for token release, dated July 4, aims to unlock a portion of tokens held by “early supporters,” although the term lacks a specific definition within the documentation.
Remaining tokens, including those held by founders and team members, would be subject to future votes and longer lock-up periods to signal a commitment to the project. The proposal is expected to undergo discussion and voting on the Snapshot platform, with a potential timeline extending into August.
However, experts caution that the path to a successful launch might come with risks for early holders. Lex Sokolin, managing partner at Generative Ventures, pointed out that tokens with substantial founder and investor allocations often experience significant price declines over time.
World Liberty Financial’s token launch and the Trump family’s increased interest in digital assets comes on the heels of notable regulatory changes in the US as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted a more lenient stance toward crypto.
This may signal a sense of confidence from WLFI regarding regulatory scrutiny. Hilary Allen, a law professor at American University, noted that this shift suggests WLFI no longer perceives a threat from the SEC.
The 1D chart shows Trump’s official memecoin struggling to break free from its current downtrend. Source: TRUMPUSDT on TradingView.com Featured image from DALL-E, chart from TradingView.com
DFINITY spustila SEV Subnets na Internet Computer ($ICP), hardwarové zabezpečení, které má zabránit odhalení dat v prostém textu i při fyzickém přístupu k serverům.
@Dfinity has officially launched SEV Subnets on the Internet Computer Protocol ($ICP), a hardware-level security upgrade designed to eliminate plaintext data exposure across the network's node infrastructure.
What SEV Subnets DoThe integration uses Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) to ensure that sensitive data remains encrypted even when a party has direct physical access to the underlying server hardware. The practical implication is significant: anyone gaining physical access to a node machine would find only encrypted bytes, not readable data.
This directly addresses one of the most persistent weaknesses in traditional cloud computing, where data is processed in plaintext within the memory layer. In that conventional model, a data center operator, a rogue employee, or a sophisticated attacker with physical server access could, in principle, read data as it is being processed.
Björn Tackmann, Head of Research at @Dfinity, confirmed that the upgrade resolves this fundamental vulnerability. Tackmann is currently Head of Research at the DFINITY Foundation in Zurich, Switzerland. His role covers the cryptographic and security architecture that underpins the Internet Computer.
Broader Context for ICP's Security ArchitectureThe SEV subnet concept has been in development for some time. Node machines with SEV-SNP virtual machine encryption hardware on board are built so that if an adversary gains physical access, all they find inside is encrypted bytes, though DFINITY notes this technology provides additional protection layered on top of the security guarantees already provided by the protocol's own math and encryption.
The launch also connects to DFINITY's wider infrastructure push. The DFINITY Mission 70 whitepaper recommends making greater use of SEV-capable hardware to operate smaller but more secure subnets, intended to reduce inflation from node rewards and better align payments across the network.
For enterprises evaluating decentralized cloud alternatives, hardware-level memory encryption is increasingly a baseline requirement, particularly in regulated industries handling sensitive financial or personal data. The SEV Subnets launch positions Internet Computer as a more credible option in those conversations.
Sources:
DFINITY Foundation: Mission 70 Whitepaper (internetcomputer.org)
DFINITY: Internet Computer Roadmap 2025 Update (medium.com)
DFINITY Developer Forum: AMD SEV Virtual Machine Support
Propy plánuje rozšíření za 100 milionů dolarů na nákup titulních firem v USA a chce jejich provoz zefektivnit pomocí blockchainu a AI. Firma zároveň uvedla, že jejím cílem je valuace 1 miliardy dolarů.
Propy CEO Natalia Karayaneva (Propy, modified by CoinDesk)Summary
Propy оголосила про розширення на суму 100 мільйонів доларів для придбання компаній з оформлення прав власності на нерухомість по всій території США та оптимізації операцій за допомогою блокчейну та штучного інтелекту.Компанія має на меті досягти оцінки у 1 мільярд доларів шляхом об’єднання прибуткових, середніх за розміром компаній у сфері титулів, повідомила генеральний директор Наталія Караянева.Propy також розробила AI-агента ескроу, Агента Ейвері, щоб зменшити неефективність і заощадити близько 40% робочого навантаження у операціях з нерухомістю.Спеціаліст із токенізації нерухомості Propy окреслив плани щодо розширення на 100 мільйонів доларів для придбання середніх компаній із оформлення титулів власності по всіх США, прагнучи оптимізувати галузь, яка досі значною мірою покладається на ручні процеси, за допомогою блокчейн-технологій та штучного інтелекту (AI).
Упродовж наступних 12 місяців ми плануємо придбати регіональні титульні компанії по всій країні, — заявила генеральний директор Propy Наталія Караянева в інтерв’ю Coindesk. — Це дозволить нам досягти оцінки в один мільярд доларів як технологічна компанія.
Для залучення коштів на ролапи Propy звернулася до поєднання традиційних та ончейн-кредиторів, зокрема з децентралізованої фінансової (DeFi) кредитної платформи Morpho. Propy стверджує, що це один із перших відомих прикладів використання ончейн-приватного кредитування для фінансування злиттів і поглинань (M&A).
Плани розширення з’являються в той час, коли зростає інтерес до токенізації нерухомості — зусилля з цифровізації прав власності на нерухомість та оптимізації транзакцій за допомогою блокчейну для підвищення ефективності. Компанії з оформлення прав власності зосереджуються на перевірці історії власності об’єкта та забезпеченні відсутності юридичних претензій, застав чи спорів, які можуть вплинути на продаж. Вони також видають страхування титулу та керують передачею юридичної власності під час операцій з нерухомістю.
Це ринок обсягом 25 мільярдів доларів, який досі переважно ведеться на паперових носіях і розподілений між майже 7 000 компаній, багато з яких є невеликими сімейними підприємствами, пояснила генеральний директор Propy Наталія Караянева в інтерв’ю Coindesk.
Компанія Propy є ліцензованою титульною фірмою і обробила цифрові операції з нерухомістю на суму 4 мільярди доларів, автоматизуючи трудомісткі процеси за допомогою штучного інтелекту. Придбавши титульні фірми середнього розміру в таких штатах, як Каліфорнія, Флорида та Техас, компанія планує оптимізувати операції, зменшити шахрайство та прискорити час закриття угод, використовуючи технології блокчейн та ШІ, додала вона.
У центрі зусиль Propy — агент Avery, штучний інтелект для ескроу, який було створено для вирішення неефективностей, що займають більшу частину часу офіцера ескроу, повідомила компанія.
Агент Avery був навчений на основі транзакційних даних Propy та працює цілодобово, підтримуючи як традиційні, так і криптовалютні платежі. За оцінками компанії, цей інструмент може скоротити навантаження приблизно на 40%, що дозволяє агентам укладати більше угод.
Разом із розширенням та розвитком штучного інтелекту Propy також додала до своєї консультативної ради колишнього посадовця Міністерства фінансів США Кріса Кемпбелла та співзасновника Science Inc. Майка Джонса, які приєдналися до попередніх призначень, зокрема колишнього комісара SEC Майкла Півоваара.
Binance ukončuje obchodování s Monero (XMR), Multichain (MULTI), Vai (VAI) a Aragon (ANT) v rámci pravidelné kontroly. Obchodování skončí 20. února 2024 ve 03:00 UTC, vklady 21. února 2024 a výběry 20. května 2024.
Binance, the world’s leading crypto exchange, has announced the delisting of four digital currencies, including Monero (XMR), Multichain (MULTI), Vai (VAI), and Aragon (ANT). The decision to remove these tokens from the platform comes as part of Binance’s periodic review process.
According to the latest announcement, the delisting process is scheduled to take effect on February 20, 2024, at 03:00 a.m. UTC. Following this, all trading pairs associated with these tokens, including ANT/BTC, ANT/USDT, MULTI/USDT, USDT/VAI, XMR/BNB, XMR/BTC, XMR/ETH, and XMR/USDT, will cease to be available for trading. Additionally, deposits of these tokens will not be credited to user accounts after February 21, 2024. Moreover, withdrawals for these tokens will be not supported after May 20, 2024.
Why Did Binance Decide To Delist Monero, Multichain, Vai & Aragon? Binance’s decision to delist these tokens is guided by a comprehensive assessment of various factors. These include the commitment of the project teams, development activity, trading volume, network stability, public communication, responsiveness to due diligence requests, and contribution to a healthy crypto ecosystem. Any evidence of unethical conduct or negligence also weighs into the decision-making process.
Monero, known for its privacy features, has faced scrutiny from regulatory bodies due to its potential use in illicit activities. While it offers anonymity to users, this very feature has raised concerns among authorities regarding its susceptibility to use in money laundering and other illegal transactions.
Multichain, Vai, and Aragon, while not as widely recognized as Monero, have also failed to meet Binance’s standards in terms of development activity, trading volume, and network stability. The delisting of these tokens underscores the crypto exchange’s commitment to maintaining a trustworthy trading environment for its users.
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Implications Of Delisting In addition to the delisting of Monero, Multichain, Vai, and Aragon trading pairs from the spot market, Binance will also remove these pairs from its margin trading platform, futures trading, and various other services. This includes Binance Margin, Binance Futures, Binance Simple Earn, Binance Auto-Invest, Binance Loans, Binance Convert, Binance Gift Card, Binance Pay, and Trading Bots.
Despite the delisting, the CEX ensures that users’ funds are safeguarded. Any remaining balances in delisted tokens will be automatically converted into stablecoins on behalf of users. However, it’s important to note that the conversion is not guaranteed, and users will be notified before the process begins. The stablecoins will then be credited to user accounts after the conversion.
In response to the delisting announcement, users are advised to close any open positions and withdraw their assets in the above-mentioned trading pairs. In addition, they are advised to manage any associated products such as Simple Earn, Auto-Invest, Loans, Margin, Futures, Convert, Gift Cards, Pay, and Trading Bots before the stipulated deadlines to avoid any potential losses.
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Binance automaticky převede 10 delistovaných tokenů na USDC a do 28. dubna 2025 připíše odpovídající hodnotu do peněženek uživatelů. Mezi nimi jsou VAI, TORN, OMG, WAVES, XEM, BOND, DOCK, MDX, POLS a PURSE.
In a blog post on Tuesday, Binance Exchange, the largest crypto trading platform by volume, announced the automatic conversion of several delisted tokens to USDC.
This action will be executed based on the average token to USDC exchange rate within the conversion period.
What Binance Exchange Users Need To KnowAfter delisting 10 tokens from its catalog, Binance said in a follow-up message that it would convert them to USDC automatically, enabling holders to access their funds. After the conversion happens, the exchange will credit the stablecoin equivalent of the affected tokens to users’ wallets by April 28, 2025. The tokens include:
Vai (VAI) Tornado Cash (TORN) OMG Network (OMG) Waves (WAVES) NEM (XEM) BarnBridge (BOND) Dock (DOCK) Mdex (MDX) Polkastarter (POLS) Pundi X PURSE (PURSE) Read more: Binance Review 2024: Is It the Right Crypto Exchange for You?
Holders of these tokens should adjust their trading strategies accordingly to prepare for the upcoming changes. Failure to do so by October 28 would see them automatically converted to USDC, effectively phasing out the affected tokens from the exchange.
“During the Conversion Period [between October 29, 2024 and April 28, 2025], users will not be able to view the above tokens in their Binance wallets,” Binance articulated.
In this regard, it is worth mentioning that the history of Binance’s tokens delisting often inspires volatility. For instance, the exchange delisted six altcoins around mid-August, causing double-digit price drops for PowerPool (CVP) and Ellipsis (EPX). These tokens also featured among the delisted assets.
However, Binance is not only removing several tokens but also adding new ones to its platform. One of the notable additions is Scroll (SCR), a zkRollup scaling solution for Ethereum.
As per the announcement, SCR will be listed on October 11, with pre-market trading for the SCR/USDT pair set to open. This move supports Ethereum’s scalability by enabling faster, more efficient transactions while maintaining security and decentralization.
“Binance is excited to announce the 60th project on Binance Launchpool – Scroll (SCR), a Bytecode-level compatible zkEVM Rollup,” an excerpt in Binance’s announcement read.
Read more: What are Crypto Airdrops?
With this listing notice, Binance becomes the first platform to list Scroll’s powering token. The exchange will also airdrop 55,000,000 SCR, representing 5.5% of the total supply. Airdrop farming will start on Wednesday, October 9. The participants must lock their BNB and FDUSD to receive the SCR tokens.
Threshold Network spustil upgrade tBTC, který umožňuje přímé mintování na podporované řetězce z jediné BTC transakce, bez dalších schválení a s nulovým gas poplatkem. Nová verze zároveň zjednodušuje redeem zpět na Bitcoin mainnet.
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Threshold Network has rolled out protocol upgrades and a refreshed website to reinforce tBTC’s position in Bitcoin onchain markets. This enhances tBTC’s role as the trusted tokenized Bitcoin, bridging Bitcoin’s onchain capital concentration to decentralized financial markets.
Recent analysis shows that 1M addresses hold over $100k; 157,000 hold over $1 million, and 19,142 addresses hold more than $10 million in Bitcoin. Together, these addresses represent an estimated $500 billion in value, a figure that has accelerated since U.S. spot ETF approvals in 2024. Although individuals control about 65.9% of the total Bitcoin supply, the majority are affluent investors rather than small retail holders.
Since the approval of U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs, institutional participation has grown rapidly. Institutional holdings reached $414 billion in August 2025, driven by ETF inflows and corporate treasury strategies. Corporate reserves increased 40% in Q3 to $117 billion, while 172 listed companies now hold Bitcoin, collectively owning over 1 million BTC. MicroStrategy remains the largest corporate holder with 640,000 BTC, and as of October 2025, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs manage $169.48 billion in assets, representing 6.79% of Bitcoin’s market cap. Threshold sees this shift as an opportunity to shift to institutional positioning.
Renewed Focus: Institutional Access with Bitcoin’s Integrity
The redesigned Threshold Network website features a clean, minimal layout designed for clarity and accessibility. It represents Threshold’s transition from a single protocol to a comprehensive ecosystem that enables Bitcoin to move freely across financial markets.
The accompanying tBTC app has been upgraded to simplify the Bitcoin-to-DeFi experience. Users can now mint tBTC directly to supported chains with a single BTC transaction, without secondary approvals or unnecessary steps. Redemptions back to Bitcoin mainnet are equally straightforward, mirroring Bitcoin’s simplicity while maintaining full decentralization.
The upgrade also introduces several new features:
Use tBTC: A new section built to help users discover where they can deploy tBTC or put their Bitcoin to work. It provides a comprehensive overview of tBTC integrations across multiple DeFi protocols. Vaults: a new dashboard that consolidates integrated tBTC vault strategies into a single interface. It allows users to access curated, externally managed vault strategies built for ease of use. My Activity: This section offers a unified record of all user actions across minting, redeeming, and vault participation. Every transaction is logged onchain, allowing users to easily track their history and monitor performance over time.
The New tBTC App: Simplicity and Precision for Large Scale Adoption
The new tBTC app introduces a simplified interface focused on efficiency, transparency, and security. It allows users to move between Bitcoin and DeFi markets seamlessly while maintaining complete self-custody of their assets.
Streamlined Minting and Redemption
Users can now move effortlessly between Bitcoin and a range of supported networks, including Ethereum, Layer 2s, and non-EVM chains, through a single, seamless process.
This new functionality removes the friction traditionally involved in bringing Bitcoin into DeFi. Users can now mint and redeem tBTC quickly, securely, and without unnecessary costs or approvals.
Direct minting to supported chains enables capital to flow efficiently into DeFi markets, allowing institutions to deploy Bitcoin liquidity across multiple ecosystems without relying on centralized intermediaries. Direct redemption to Bitcoin mainnet gives users confidence that they can always return to native Bitcoin, maintaining trust and liquidity across all use cases. No Layer 2 signing required means that even complex transactions can be completed with a single Bitcoin transfer, reducing operational overhead for institutional treasuries and simplifying onboarding for individual users. Together, these upgrades position tBTC as the most efficient and permissionless access for Bitcoin in DeFi markets.
Gasless Minting on Supported Networks
Gasless minting is now possible on supported networks. Users only need to deposit Bitcoin; no wallet signatures or additional gas fees are required. They simply connect their wallet, send Bitcoin to a single-use address, and receive tBTC on their chosen chain. This feature allows users to utilize Bitcoin capital efficiently without compromising custody or cost.
“This is a major protocol upgrade that represents Threshold’s maturity as a network,” said Callan Sarre, Co-Founder and CPO of Threshold Labs.
“We’ve rebuilt the app to give users a unified experience. Mint, redeem, and deploy Bitcoin faster, with confidence and transparency. The new interface delivers what users, both institutional and individual, have consistently asked for: clarity and control without compromise.”
Building the Future of Bitcoin
Threshold Network, a cross-chain Bitcoin infrastructure protocol that enables BTC to move securely across multiple blockchains, has upgraded its app to support direct minting to supported networks with zero gas fees. The upgrade allows Bitcoin holders to access yield strategies, lending markets, and liquidity provision without first routing transactions through Ethereum Layer 1.
This release enables users to mint tBTC directly from the Bitcoin network into supported onchain ecosystems, removing the need for L1 bridging and significantly simplifying user onboarding.
“The scale of institutional adoption since ETF approvals has been extraordinary,” said MacLane Wilkison, Co-Founder and CEO of Threshold Labs.
“Our focus is on building the infrastructure that allows institutions, funds, and corporates to interact with Bitcoin onchain securely. As traditional finance integrates Bitcoin into its portfolios, tBTC stands as the bridge that ensures this participation remains decentralized and transparent.”
With tBTC available across major ecosystems, including Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, Polygon, Sui, Starknet, BOB, and Optimism, Threshold continues to expand its integrations to increase liquidity and, soon, enable access to institutional capital.
Users can explore the new app and website at https://threshold.network
About Threshold Network
Threshold Network is the decentralized protocol behind tBTC, a permissionless 1:1 Bitcoin-backed asset secured by a 51-of-100 threshold signer model. tBTC enables native BTC to move across chains like Ethereum, Base, Sui, Arbitrum, and Starknet without requiring custodians or compromising security. With over 5 years of proven security and about $4.8B in bridge volume, Threshold offers the most battle-tested, trust-minimized Bitcoin infrastructure onchain.
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tBTC v roce 2025 dosáhl kumulativního objemu transakcí 26 355 BTC a TVL vrcholilo na 6 500 BTC. Threshold Network zároveň spustil novou aplikaci, čtyři vaulty a integraci s 20 DeFi protokoly.
2025 was a defining year for Threshold Network and its core product, tBTC. Across networks, integrations, and infrastructure, the protocol continued to strengthen its role as a multi-chain Bitcoin asset, with steady adoption and evident progress across key metrics.
By year’s end, cumulative transaction volume reached 26,355 BTC, reflecting sustained usage as Bitcoin liquidity moved onchain across an expanding set of environments.
tBTC 2025 Wrapped Video by Threshold Network
Supply Growth and Network MilestonesOn October 8, 2025, tBTC reached several important milestones. Total value locked peaked at 6,500 BTC, while total supply reached its highest level in USD terms at $806,124,000. These figures marked a high point for tBTC’s presence across supported networks.
Just days later, on October 12, tBTC recorded its highest holder count of the year, reaching 18,136 holders—highlighting broad participation across chains.
tBTC 2025 in Review - Highest TVL
tBTC 2025 in Review - Peak SupplyProduct Evolution and Strategic RepositioningA significant milestone for tBTC in 2025 came on November 11, with the launch of both a redesigned tBTC application and a refreshed Threshold Network website. Together, these releases marked a clear step forward in product experience and long-term positioning.
Gasless tBTC Minting and Direct RedemptionsThreshold released an updated tBTC app that enables users to mint tBTC gaslessly and redeem directly back to native BTC. The new interface simplifies the full lifecycle of moving Bitcoin onchain, offering clearer steps, reduced friction for first-time users, and transparent communication around tBTC’s security guarantees and 1:1 backing.
The experience also surfaces real-time data and provides more intuitive guidance on how and where tBTC can be deployed across onchain markets.
Explore the updated app and documentation:
https://app.threshold.network
Strategic Repositioning for Long-Term ScalabilityIn parallel with the app upgrade, Threshold Network introduced a redesigned website that strengthens its identity as the Bitcoin standard for onchain finance and presents a clearer, more forward-looking vision for tBTC.
The rebrand reflects a strategic repositioning focused on long-term scalability and clarity as Bitcoin adoption continues to expand onchain.
Read the full announcement:
https://www.threshold.network/blog/tbtc-simplifying-bitcoin-onchain/
Image from: https://www.threshold.network/blog/tbtc-simplifying-bitcoin-onchain/Improved Transparency with a New Dune DashboardTo further support transparency and ecosystem insight, a new Dune Analytics dashboard for tBTC was released. The dashboard offers improved visibility into minting and redemption activity, supply metrics, and protocol-level flows—supporting users, researchers, and integrators who rely on clear data to understand how BTC moves across onchain markets.
Visit the latest Threshold Dune dashboard:
https://dune.com/threshold/tbtc-performance-dashboard
New Threshold Dune DashboardExpanding Infrastructure and IntegrationsInfrastructure growth remained a core focus throughout 2025. tBTC expanded its vault ecosystem with the launch of four new vaults:
UpshiftEmberYield BasisNoon
tBTC 2025 in Review - Vault IntegrationsIn parallel, tBTC integrated with 20 DeFi protocols, extending Bitcoin liquidity into new onchain financial use cases and strengthening its presence across major platforms.
Strengthening Multi-Chain ReachtBTC reinforced its multi-chain footprint in 2025 with launches on three new chains:
SuiMezoStarknet
tBTC 2025 in Review - Chains Launched These additions further positioned tBTC as a Bitcoin asset designed for use across multiple networks.
Distribution Across ChainsBy total value locked, the top five chains supporting tBTC in 2025 were:
Ethereum – $578MArbitrum – $13MStarknet – $11.8MSolana – $6MBase – $5MBy holder count, the leading chains were:
Ethereum – 9,571 holdersBase – 3,474 holdersOptimism – 2,139 holdersPolygon – 2,056 holdersArbitrum – 1,120 holdersLiquidity ConcentrationLiquidity in 2025 remained concentrated across major venues. The largest tBTC pools by supply were:
Aave – $154MCurve – $99MSparkLend – $12MLooking AheadThe milestones reached in 2025 reflect more than growth in numbers; they signal growing confidence in tBTC as Bitcoin continues to move onchain across multiple networks. Expanded vault infrastructure, broader protocol integrations, and increasing participation across chains all point to a maturing asset built for sustained use.
As tBTC enters the next phase, the focus remains on delivering reliable, scalable, and secure access to Bitcoin across an increasingly multi-chain environment. With infrastructure in place and liquidity established across major venues, tBTC is positioned to support the next wave of onchain Bitcoin activity, where utility, accessibility, and reach continue to expand.
Noon spustil tBTC Vault na Starknetu přes Vesu, který umožňuje držet expozici vůči BTC a zároveň využívat onchain finanční nástroje s řízením rizika. Cílové APY je zhruba 10 %.
Bitcoin markets have stabilized, shifting participants' focus from short-term price action to disciplined, capital-efficient structures and advanced risk management. As adoption matures, demand rises for BTC-denominated frameworks that let holders maintain exposure while engaging with onchain financial infrastructure.
Noon is extending its vault framework to Bitcoin, launching the tBTC Vault on Starknet via Vesu. This vault lets Bitcoin holders keep BTC exposure while using onchain financial tools with clear risk controls.
This launch brings together three complementary systems in a first-of-its-kind integration:
tBTC’s trust-minimized Bitcoin bridge for native BTCNoon’s multi-venue strategy framework that delivers diversified exposureVesu’s institutional-grade lending infrastructure on Starknet.Demand for structured, reliable BTC frameworks is growing among institutions and sophisticated participants, with interest rising in tBTC-based strategies as DeFi infrastructure matures. (Source: Forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2025/12/01/bitcoins-november-selloff-was-a-stress-testand-defi-quietly-passed/)
Using tBTC as CollateralNoon’s tBTC vault lets users access stablecoin strategies while keeping BTC as the core asset. Borrowing starts at a conservative 50% loan-to-value, and automated controls reduce risk if thresholds are reached, protecting users during volatility.
Noon tBTC Yield VaultA Track Record of OutperformanceOver the past several months, Noon has delivered stronger performance than competitors such as Ethena, Resolv, and other-structured yield protocols. This has not been accidental.
Noon’s advantage comes from widening its search for yield beyond a single sector. The team actively evaluates opportunities across DeFi, CeFi, and TradFi, selecting strategies that balance attractive returns with disciplined risk management. Many of these opportunities are typically available only to large-scale investors due to high minimum allocations, but Noon structures them so they are accessible to its users. These strategies ultimately determine the performance of sUSN.
The tBTC-Denominated VaultThe new tBTC vault on Starknet follows the same principles but is tailored to Bitcoin holders' needs. After borrowing stablecoins against tBTC, Noon deploys those stablecoins into lending markets to execute leveraged looping strategies. This involves lending stablecoins, borrowing against them, and repeatedly redepositing. The objective is to amplify yield from interest-bearing positions while keeping leverage and risk levels under control.
The target APY for this vault is approximately 10%, reflecting a balanced approach to performance and stability.
Noon tBTC Yield Vault Performance | Threshold NetworkPositioning for the Next Phase of Bitcoin FinanceIntegrating tBTC into Noon’s vault framework reflects a broader evolution in how Bitcoin is used onchain. The structure enables BTC holders to maintain Bitcoin exposure while engaging with BTC-denominated strategies implemented under defined risk parameters and transparent infrastructure.
By combining tBTC’s trust-minimized design with Noon’s strategy framework and Vesu’s lending architecture on Starknet, the vault provides a clear, disciplined model for structured Bitcoin participation in onchain markets.
Disclosure: Participation in Noon vaults carries market, smart contract, and counterparty risks, as well as the potential loss of capital. Target outcomes and projected metrics are not guaranteed; actual results may vary with market conditions. This material is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice, an offer, or a solicitation.
tBTC has always been designed with a clear objective: bring Bitcoin onchain in a way that prioritizes security, transparency, and reliable market behavior. Over time, usage has grown steadily, onchain performance has remained consistent, and tBTC has continued to function as intended across a wide range of market conditions.
This update builds on that foundation.
Fee waivers for $T stakers are now live on Threshold Network, introducing a new way for active participants to reduce execution costs while reinforcing the economic alignment between protocol usage and governance.
This change does not alter how tBTC works. Instead, it refines the economics around how participants interact with the bridge, particularly at scale.
Improving Capital Efficiency Without Workflow ChangestBTC mint and redemption fees (20 bps each) support decentralized bridge operations and can be partially or fully offset by staking $T. Staking unlocks waiver capacity on a rolling 30-day window, every 100,000 T staked offsets 0.001 tBTC in bridge fees, applicable to both minting and redemption.
Note: Per TIP-109, the tBTC mint fee was reinstated at 20 bps on April 15, 2026, matching the redemption fee.
Staking WaiversFor participants, this means:
Lower effective execution costs over timeImproved arbitrage efficiency between BTC and tBTCTighter pricing and more reliable liquidityNo changes to custody, settlement, or operational workflowsThe mechanism is opt-in and parameterized, allowing participants to plan around fee exposure with greater precision.
Predictable Parameters, Sustainable tBTC-BTC SpreadtBTC is designed to track Bitcoin as closely as possible. Reducing redemption friction improves arbitrage efficiency, which in turn supports a tighter BTC–tBTC spread and more stable secondary markets.
Early data indicate the mechanism is functioning as intended, reinforcing pricing reliability while maintaining the protocol’s conservative security assumptions.
tBTC - BTC - WBTC Spread | Threshold NetworkThe fee waiver system is intentionally straightforward:
Waiver capacity applies over a rolling 30-day windowEvery 100,000 $T staked offsets up to 0.001 tBTC in eligible feesMinting remains free; redemption fees are offset via waiversUnstaking requires a 30-day periodGovernance participation is unaffectedThis structure favors sustained participation and minimizes short-term distortions. It’s particularly relevant for frequent bridgers, market makers, arbitrageurs, and long-term $T holders, as well as institutions looking for a more capital-efficient way to move Bitcoin onchain. Even users who don’t stake may see benefits through tighter pricing, improved liquidity, and more reliable tBTC markets overall.
Where to stake T TokensStaking $T is optional. Eligible participants may access available fee waivers in accordance with applicable protocol parameters. $T token is available on most decentralized exchanges and major CEX's.
See where you can find $T at https://coingecko.com/en/coins/threshold-network-token
Disclaimer: This blog post is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial, investment, legal, or tax advice. Nothing contained herein should be construed as an offer, solicitation, or recommendation to acquire, dispose of, or stake any digital asset.
January 2026 marked a strong start to the year for Threshold Network, with continued growth in tBTC adoption, a new vault launch, and deeper engagement with Bitcoin’s onchain role. As market conditions shifted, Threshold remained focused on resilience, trust-minimized design, and sustainable Bitcoin utility.
Throughout the month, Threshold Network advanced its core mission of bringing Bitcoin onchain without compromising its security model or economic integrity. Key research, protocol updates, and ecosystem expansions reinforced tBTC’s position as a reliable, production-ready bridge for Bitcoin liquidity.
HighlightstBTC has surpassed 48,000 BTC in cumulative volume to date and is on track to reach the 50,000 BTC milestone in Q2.Jan 27: Threshold released the tBTC Blueprint Report by Alea Research, detailing tBTC’s 800% growth since 2024 and underscoring its security and resilience relative to other tokenized Bitcoin alternatives.Jan 19: Amid market cycles, tBTC continued steady growth with 5,942 BTC in TVL and 97 percent of supply concentrated on Ethereum, signaling sustained Jan 5: The tBTC Noon Vault went live in partnership with Vesu and Starknet, introducing a structured BTC-denominated onchain positioning strategy.Jan 5: tBTC redemption fee waivers for $T stakers are now available on the Threshold App, reducing execution costs while strengthening protocol and governance alignment.MilestonestBTC Continues Steady Growth Amid Market CyclesOn January 19, tBTC continued to demonstrate resilience and sustained adoption amid broader market cycles. Total value locked reached 5,942 BTC, with 97 percent of supply concentrated on Ethereum, signaling consistent onchain demand and real usage.
These metrics reflect tBTC’s role as a production-ready Bitcoin bridge built without leverage, rehypothecation, or opaque yield mechanics. Its trust-minimized design continues to support predictable behavior across varying market conditions while preserving Bitcoin’s core principles.
tBTC Continues Steady Growth | Threshold Network
tBTC Redemption Fee Waivers for $T Stakers tBTC was designed to bring Bitcoin onchain while prioritizing security, transparency, and reliable market behavior. As adoption has increased, onchain performance has remained consistent across a wide range of market conditions.
The introduction of redemption-fee waivers for $T stakers builds on this foundation by reducing execution costs for active participants and reinforcing alignment between protocol usage and governance. This update refines the economics of interacting with the bridge, particularly at scale, without altering tBTC’s underlying mechanics.
Learn more about fee waivers for $T stakers:
tBTC redemption fee waivers are now live for $T stakers
Ecosystem GrowthNoon tBTC Yield Vault Goes Live and Gains Early TractionOn January 10, the Noon-tBTC Yield Vault launched on Threshold Network in partnership with Vesu, Starknet’s largest lending platform. Built around disciplined Bitcoin yield strategies, the vault initially targeted a 10 percent APY. Within two days, it reached $454,060 in TVL with a 7-day APY of 6.79 percent, signaling early interest in structured Bitcoin yield products.
Explore the vault: https://app.threshold.network/vaults/starknet-noon
tBTC Noon Vault Goes Live | Threshold NetworktBTC Blueprint Report by Alea ResearchBitcoin onchain is entering a phase where security, custodianship, and protocol design matter more than ever, and Threshold Network continues to advance this standard through tBTC.
The tBTC Blueprint Report by Alea Research focuses on tBTC and Threshold Network as a reference model for trust-minimized Bitcoin infrastructure. It analyzes how Threshold’s architecture, incentive design, and custody assumptions support scalable Bitcoin liquidity while maintaining predictable market behavior and strong security guarantees.
tBTC Blueprint Snapshot via Alea Research | Threshold NetworkMedia HighlightsThreshold featured in Decrypt on stake-based fee waiversOn January 23, Decrypt Media featured Threshold’s introduction of stake-based redemption fee waivers, highlighting how the update reduces execution friction and supports tighter pricing across Bitcoin markets.
Read the Decrypt feature to learn more: https://decrypt.co/355453/threshold-network-introduces-stake-based-fee-waivers-to-strengthen-tbtc
Bitcoin allocation strategies on The Daily StackOn January 30, Callan Sarre joined Bitcoin News’s The Daily Stack podcast to discuss how Bitcoin can be allocated across different risk profiles, including emerging opportunities powered by tBTC. The conversation explored how using Bitcoin as collateral can contribute to economic security to blockchain networks with relatively low financial risk.
Watch a snippet of the podcast episode: https://x.com/TheTNetwork/status/2017227776865267906
Threshold Labs CPO and Co-Founder Callan Sarre at Bitcoin News | ThresholdBitcoin resilience under stressOn January 27, Callan Sarre, Co-Founder and CPO at Threshold Labs, shared insights with Decrypt Media on how miners respond to grid stress while Bitcoin’s consensus layer continues to operate as designed.
New Threshold Labs Member | Threshold NetworkRecently, we welcomed Vicky to Threshold Labs as a Software Engineer. Vicky brings 14 years of software engineering experience and has been active in crypto since 2017.
Vicky previously worked on NuCypher starting in 2016 and was directly involved in creating the Threshold Network smart contracts, giving her deep historical and technical context across the Threshold stack. Her experience strengthens the team’s ability to maintain and evolve core protocol infrastructure.
Looking AheadAs 2026 unfolds, Threshold Network remains focused on strengthening Bitcoin’s role onchain through trust-minimized infrastructure and aligned economic incentives. Upcoming work will continue to prioritize protocol resilience, measured ecosystem expansion, and deeper integration across Bitcoin-native and emerging environments.
In the months ahead, Threshold will advance research, product development, and partnerships that support sustainable Bitcoin liquidity and long-term network security. The goal remains clear: make Bitcoin more usable without compromising the principles that underpin its value.
Follow Threshold Network for upcoming updates and releases.
Threshold Network spustil Unified Bitcoin App, která v jednom rozhraní spojuje minting, redeeming, bridging, tracking i BTC swapy. Aplikace propojuje Bitcoin s Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, Sui a Starknet.
[PRESSS RELEASE – New York, United States, March 3rd, 2026]
Threshold Network, the decentralized blockchain protocol behind tBTC, has introduced an update to its decentralized application featuring an all-in-one Unified Bitcoin App that enables users to route Bitcoin across major chains through a single interface.
This new unified routing interface brings minting, redeeming, bridging, tracking, and native BTC swaps into a single application: The Threshold App. Users can now move Bitcoin across ecosystems through a coordinated system, rather than stitching together multiple tools or navigating between different Decentralized protocols.
This release simplifies how Bitcoin enters and moves across DeFi, offering a more user-friendly on-chain experience with tBTC. Whether a transaction requires a swap, a bridge, or multiple steps, execution is seamlessly coordinated through a single interface
Coordinated Execution Instead of Fragmented Workflows
Historically, moving BTC into tBTC and across chains required multiple disconnected workflows: minting in one app, bridging via another protocol, swapping on separate exchanges, and manually checking the best price for each transaction. This fragmented process introduced friction, higher execution risk, added costs, and unnecessary complexity for users attempting to access DeFi with Bitcoin.
The Threshold All-in-one Bitcoin Liquidity App streamlines this experience by consolidating minting, bridging, swapping, and cost tracking into a single coordinated interface. Instead of manually comparing bridges and liquidity venues, users receive optimized routing options based on cost, speed, and reliability, such as the fastest or lowest-cost path: all within the Threshold Network App.
By abstracting multi-step transactions into a single seamless flow, the router significantly lowers the barrier for Bitcoin holders to use BTC across major ecosystems, including Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, Sui, Starknet, and other integrated chains. The result is a simpler, more efficient way to move Bitcoin into DeFi.
Native BTC Execution with Deep Liquidity
Native BTC swaps are integrated directly into the routing engine, leveraging deep Ethereum liquidity to deliver competitive pricing and more efficient execution compared to fragmented, chain-specific pools.
“Capital should move efficiently across chains without requiring users to manage infrastructure decisions,” said MacLane Wilkison, Co-Founder of Threshold Network. “The new Threshold Bitcoin app coordinates liquidity sourcing and settlement behind the interface, enabling more efficient Bitcoin deployment across ecosystems.”
The update also strengthens the utility of Threshold’s token (T). The App tracks staked $T from the connected wallet and automatically applies minting and redemption fee waivers for eligible users. Gasless minting remains available as an opt-in feature, further reducing transaction costs.
Additionally, the router enables streamlined conversions from assets such as WBTC and cbBTC directly into tBTC on the destination chain, providing more direct and efficient access to Bitcoin liquidity across DeFi ecosystems.
Integrated Infrastructure Across Major Networks. Currently, the router connects Bitcoin, Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, Sui, and Starknet within one coordinated framework. It integrates native tBTC mint and redeem flows, established bridging infrastructure, and DEX aggregation to ensure reliable settlement across chains.
All transactions are tracked in real time and are fully resumable. If a user disconnects or closes a session, progress is preserved. Fee logic is staking-aware, with eligible T stakers seeing applicable redemption fees waived directly within the interface.
New Features:
Unified Routing Interface: Enables minting, redeeming, swapping, and bridging from a single entry point. Users select source and destination assets, and the system automatically constructs the optimal execution path. Multi-Chain Connectivity: Supports Bitcoin, Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, Sui, and StarkNet within a single coordinated framework. Users can move BTC or tBTC across ecosystems without managing separate bridge interfaces. Smart Route Discovery and Ranking: Automatically evaluates possible transaction paths and ranks them by cost, speed, reliability, and simplicity. Users are presented with clearly labeled best options. Native BTC Swaps: Provides direct access to BTC liquidity with competitive execution, while enabling seamless conversion of assets such as cbBTC or wBTC into tBTC on a user’s chosen destination network. Integrated Liquidity and Bridging Stack: Connects tBTC mint and redeem flows with established bridging infrastructure and DEX aggregation to coordinate multi-step transactions seamlessly. Resumable Transactions: Persists in-flight operations, allowing users to refresh, disconnect, or return later without losing progress. Reduces failed cross-chain flows and operational friction $T Staking-Aware Fee Display: Recognizes T staking status and surfaces fee waivers directly in the interface, reinforcing participation incentives. Unified tBTC Explorer and Transaction Tracking: The new explorer section of the app consolidates historical mint, redeem, bridge, and swap activity into a single view, improving transparency and user oversight. Impact for Users and Stakeholders
This release expands the utility of tBTC across six ecosystems while increasing throughput across minting, bridging, and swap flows. By embedding routing intelligence directly into the protocol interface, Threshold captures more activity within its infrastructure and further strengthens staking incentives tied to network usage.
With this launch, Threshold advances its role from Bitcoin asset issuance to core infrastructure for Bitcoin mobility, coordinating capital movement seamlessly across chains and unlocking more efficient access to decentralized finance.
Users can explore the new Bitcoin App today at https://app.threshold.network
About Threshold Network
Threshold Network is the decentralized protocol behind tBTC, a non-custodial, 1:1 Bitcoin-backed asset secured by a 51-of-100 threshold signer model. tBTC enables native BTC to move across chains like Ethereum, Base, Sui, Arbitrum, and Starknet without requiring custodians or compromising security. With over 6 years of proven security and about $5.1B in bridge volume, Threshold offers the most battle-tested, trust-minimized Bitcoin infrastructure on-chain.
MAP Protocol spustil interoperabilitu mezi Bitcoinem a Solanou, která umožňuje decentralizované převody SOL-BTC bez prostředníků. Řešení využívá zero-knowledge proof a má být peer-to-peer i trustless.
MAP Protocol, a well-known Bitcoin L2 to increase cross-chain interoperability, has announced an exclusive development. As per MAP Protocol, the platform is launching comprehensive interoperability between the Bitcoin and Solana networks for seamless asset transfers. The platform disclosed this endeavor on its official social media account on X.
📢 MAP Protocol Officially Announces Interoperability Between Solana and Bitcoin Networks
MAP Protocol has officially announced the successful implementation and launch of interoperability between the Solana and Bitcoin networks. Users can now perform decentralized SOL-BTC… pic.twitter.com/6GjUV8STD0
— MAP Protocol (@MapProtocol) May 9, 2025 MAP Protocol Introduces Interoperability between Solana and Bitcoin Ecosystems MAP Protocol’s announcement of interoperability between the Bitcoin and Solana networks is a groundbreaking development. This endeavor focuses on opening latest possibilities when it comes to cross-chain interactions and advanced DeFi applications. The prominent apps, such as Cross-chain Swap, are already utilizing this breakthrough advancement. This development permits consumers to carry out $SOL-$BTC transfers without depending on intermediaries or centrally controlled exchanges.
The interoperability integration between the Bitcoin and Solana ecosystem leverages cutting-edge zero-knowledge proof technology. In addition to this, it also utilizes light user mechanisms to sustain an increased level of efficiency and security. In this respect, it guarantees a seamless and trustless consumer experience.
The development is specifically noteworthy as Bitcoin, dissimilar to the modern blockchains, does not have local smart contract functionality. Hence, this interoperability layer offers a matchless interaction with the high-performance blockchain of Solana. Solana is renowned for its low fees and rapid speeds. As a result of this initiative, MAP Protocol is reportedly leading toward increased blockchain composability.
Driving Utility, Interoperability, and Efficiency among Solana and Bitcoin Networks According to MAP Protocol, the interoperability solution for the Solana and Bitcoin networks is completely peer-to-peer and decentralized. It reinforces the platform’s endeavors to establish a trustless infrastructure. Specifically, consumers will retain complete control over assets during the entire process. Overall, this interoperability now just improves utility for Solana and Bitcoin consumers but also paves the way for a relatively efficient and interconnected Web3 landscape.
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MAP Protocol po údajném exploitu u Butter Bridge V3.1 pozastavil bridge mezi MAPO ERC-20 a mainnetem. Rozsah škod ani dopad na uživatelské prostředky zatím není jasný.
MAP Protocol has shut down its bridge connecting MAPO ERC-20 tokens and the MAPO mainnet after a reported exploit targeting Butter Bridge V3.1. The pause, a standard containment measure in crypto security incidents, is designed to prevent further damage while the team investigates the scope of the breach.
Cross-chain bridges remain one of the most attacked pieces of infrastructure in all of crypto. And this latest incident is a reminder that the plumbing connecting different blockchains is still, to put it charitably, a work in progress.
What happened MAP Protocol, which operates a peer-to-peer cross-chain infrastructure layer, confirmed that it paused bridge operations between its ERC-20 token (the Ethereum-based version of MAPO) and its native mainnet token. The exploit was linked to Butter Bridge V3.1, a component of the protocol’s cross-chain transfer system.
The specifics of how the exploit was carried out have not been disclosed. The extent of financial losses, if any, is also unclear at this point. Whether user funds were directly compromised remains an open question.
Here’s the thing about bridge exploits: they tend to fall into a few predictable categories. Flaws in message validation, weak contract authentication, or unauthorized minting functions are the usual suspects. Think of a bridge like a courier service between two countries. If someone figures out how to forge the courier’s credentials, they can walk off with whatever’s being transported. The specific forgery method in this case hasn’t been identified publicly yet.
By pausing the bridge entirely, MAP Protocol is effectively locking the doors while it figures out which window was broken. This is considered best practice in the industry, even if it temporarily inconveniences users who need to move tokens between Ethereum and the MAPO mainnet.
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Bridges: crypto’s perennial weak spot If you’ve been in crypto for more than a year, you’ve seen this movie before. Cross-chain bridges have been responsible for some of the largest and most devastating exploits in the industry’s history.
The Nomad Bridge hack in 2022 saw over $186M drained due to an authentication error that effectively allowed anyone to spoof transactions. That wasn’t a sophisticated nation-state attack. It was so easy to replicate that hundreds of copycats piled in once the first exploit went through, turning it into a free-for-all.
And Nomad was far from an isolated case. The Ronin Bridge exploit that same year, the Wormhole hack, and numerous smaller incidents have collectively cost the industry billions of dollars. Bridges are attractive targets for a simple reason: they hold large pools of locked assets on one chain that correspond to minted tokens on another. Compromise the bridge logic, and you can either drain the locked funds or mint unbacked tokens. Either outcome is catastrophic.
The fundamental challenge is that bridges must verify information across two separate blockchain environments, each with its own consensus mechanism, security model, and transaction finality rules. It’s like trying to get two different countries’ postal systems to agree on what constitutes a valid package, in real time, with billions of dollars on the line.
MAP Protocol’s approach uses a peer-to-peer model with light client verification, which is designed to be more secure than bridges that rely on trusted third-party validators. The theory is that by verifying cross-chain messages cryptographically at the protocol level rather than through a multisig committee, you reduce the attack surface. Whether that theoretical advantage held up in this case is exactly what the investigation needs to determine.
What this means for investors For MAPO holders, the immediate practical impact is straightforward: you cannot move tokens between the Ethereum version and the mainnet version until the bridge is reopened. If you hold MAPO ERC-20 tokens on Ethereum, they’re staying on Ethereum for now. If you hold native MAPO on the mainnet, same story.
The bigger concern is what happens to market confidence. Bridge exploits, even when they’re contained quickly, tend to spook liquidity providers and users. If the exploit turns out to be minor and quickly patched, the damage to MAP Protocol’s reputation could be limited. If it involved significant fund losses, the recovery process, both technically and in terms of user trust, gets substantially harder.
Look, the crypto industry has developed a somewhat predictable playbook for these situations. Pause operations, investigate, publish a post-mortem, patch the vulnerability, potentially offer a bug bounty or white-hat reward if the attacker is cooperative, and resume operations. How MAP Protocol executes on each of those steps will matter more than the exploit itself.
One thing worth watching is whether the exploit was specific to Butter Bridge V3.1’s implementation or whether it reveals a deeper architectural issue. A bug in one version of the bridge software is fixable. A fundamental flaw in the cross-chain verification model is a much bigger problem.
For the broader market, this incident reinforces a trend that seasoned crypto investors already know well: cross-chain interoperability remains one of the highest-risk areas in DeFi infrastructure. Protocols that rely heavily on bridge functionality carry inherent smart contract risk that doesn’t exist for single-chain applications. That’s not a reason to avoid them entirely, but it is a reason to size positions accordingly and never leave more value in a bridge-dependent protocol than you can afford to lose.
Investors should monitor MAP Protocol’s official channels for a post-mortem report detailing the attack vector, any fund losses, and the remediation plan. The speed and transparency of that communication will be as telling as the technical details themselves.
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HSBC Bank Middle East spustila v SAE živou službu tokenizovaných vkladů a na síť Orion přidala dirham. Pro firemní klienty to znamená okamžitý nonstop přístup k přeshraniční likviditě.
HSBC Bank Middle East Limited has launched a live tokenized deposit service in the UAE, adding the UAE dirham to its HSBC Orion blockchain network and giving eligible corporate clients instant, around-the-clock access to cross-border liquidity, a production deployment, not a pilot.
The dirham becomes the sixth fiat currency on Orion, joining the euro, British pound, US dollar, Hong Kong dollar, and Singapore dollar, highlighting the recent strength shown by the UAE’s national currency.
This institutional adoption news dropped as Bitcoin sits fairly flat on the day, up a modest +0.4% in the past 24 hours, although the world’s largest digital asset is struggling to reclaim $63,000 and is currently trading for $62,700.
$BTC is currently in the sideways zone.
Either a full reclaim of $65,000 is needed or a sweep of the $60,500-$61,000 zone.
Given the $62,000 level is holding so far, Bitcoin could move towards the upside target first. pic.twitter.com/nq8OG2LXUf
— Ted (@TedPillows) June 24, 2026
What the HSBC Bank Tokenized Deposit Service Actually Does Tokenized deposits work by representing a conventional bank deposit as a digital token on a permissioned blockchain, meaning the underlying funds stay inside the regulated banking system, but they move with the speed and programmability of crypto rails.
Corporate treasury teams can shift funds instantly between subsidiaries and across borders, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, without waiting for correspondent banking windows to open.
The service is built on Orion, HSBC’s proprietary distributed ledger platform, a private, permissioned network rather than a public chain. Eligible corporate and institutional clients can onboard immediately, subject to UAE regulatory approvals and standard know-your-customer documentation requirements.
Mohamed Al Marzooqi, chief executive officer of HSBC UAE, said the rollout reflects both local regulatory readiness and genuine corporate demand. “The introduction of tokenized deposits to the UAE is a reflection of the maturity of the local regulatory environment when it comes to digital finance and the genuine demand from corporates operating in and through this market for more capable treasury tools,” Al Marzooqi said.
HSBC Launches Tokenised Deposit Service in the UAE https://t.co/0J0fdGwp1r #fintech #middleeast
— Fintech News UAE (@MeFintech) June 23, 2026
Orion’s Track Record in Digital Bonds The UAE launch is the latest step in a multi-year build-out of HSBC’s digital asset infrastructure. Orion powered a $1.3Bn-equivalent multicurrency digital green bond issuance for the Hong Kong government.
It is being described as the largest digital bond of its kind at the time, and facilitated the European Investment Bank’s first bond denominated in British pounds on a blockchain.
The UK government selected Orion as the platform provider for its sovereign Digital Gilt Instrument pilot program in February 2026. Kyle Boag, regional head of global payments solutions for HSBC Middle East, North Africa and Türkiye, said demand for real-time infrastructure continues to accelerate.
“The demand for instant, secure, always-on liquidity solutions is only increasing as businesses seek to compete in a globalized and highly digitalized world,” Boag said.
Why Retail Crypto Readers Should Pay Attention
(SOURCE: CoinGecko)
For traders tracking the real-world assets narrative, this matters. Tokenized deposits issued by a Tier-1 bank on a permissioned network function as a regulated stablecoin alternative for institutional flows, bank-grade credit backing, regulatory oversight, but crypto-like settlement speed.
The RWA market has already surpassed $51Bn, and HSBC’s move into the UAE adds a major institutional pillar to that figure. The UAE’s embrace of on-chain fiat, from HSBC’s dirham tokenization to broader tokenization initiatives across the Gulf, reinforces the region’s positioning as a regulated hub for corporate crypto adoption.
That regulatory maturity is precisely what draws institutional capital, and institutional capital is what gives blockchain-based financial infrastructure long-term durability beyond the hype cycle.
The broader RWA and tokenization trend is also reshaping payment corridors. Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin is expanding cross-chain into new markets along similar rails, signaling that both bank-issued and protocol-native tokenized fiat are converging on the same institutional use cases.
HSBC bank has signaled plans to extend Orion to additional jurisdictions and to layer programmable payment and treasury automation capabilities atop the deposit infrastructure, suggesting the dirham launch is a waypoint, not a destination, in the broader on-chain cash management buildout.
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