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DeFi
Decentralised finance protocols, lending, staking and on-chain liquidity.
Thune Still Plans Clarity Act Cloture: What a Weekend Surprise Could Mean for Bitcoin
Thune plans Clarity Act cloture before recess, queuing a September Senate vote as yield and ethics fights drag on. The post Thune Still Plans Clarity Act Cloture: What a Weekend Surprise Could Mean for Bitcoin appeared first on BeInCrypto.
161,000 Idle ETH May Soon Be Staked: What Grayscale Just Changed
Grayscale's amended trust agreement makes near-full ETH staking the default for its $1.6 billion Ethereum ETF. The post 161,000 Idle ETH May Soon Be Staked: What Grayscale Just Changed appeared first on BeInCrypto.

Fierce backlash to Ethereum’s EIP-8363 staking proposal
Ethereum’s proposed EIP-8363 staking overhaul aims to reduce issuance, but critics say it could hurt DeFi, decentralization and institutional adoption.

Bitcoin holds $64,000 as private hiring drops 53% before today’s macro test that could break support
ADP private-job growth fell to 44,000 from 95,000, but wages and yields resist a simple relief trade. The post Bitcoin holds $64,000 as private hiring drops 53% before today’s macro test that could break support appeared first on CryptoSlate.

CoinDesk owner Bullish volume fell 43%, but a 72% spread jump nearly offset the annual decline
A filing-derived volume-times-spread proxy slipped 1.6% year over year and 38.3% from June despite the wider company-defined spread. The post CoinDesk owner Bullish volume fell 43%, but a 72% spread jump nearly offset the annual decline appeared first on…

XRP Gains Major DeFi Utility as FXRP Unlocks RLUSD Loans
XRP holders can now use FXRP to borrow RLUSD through Sentora’s reported $280 million vault on Ethereum. The integration expands XRP’s role in decentralized finance while allowing holders to access liquidity without selling their underlying tokens. XRP Enters…

Solo Bitcoin Miner Defies the Odds, Lands $200K Block Reward Jackpot
A single bitcoin miner solved block height 960804 on Aug. 2, 2026, at 02:11 UTC, earning the full block reward of about 3.1569 BTC, worth roughly $200,000 at the time. The payout went to a bitcoin address tied to CKPool, a solo mining service that lets people…

BNY and BlackRock funnel billions through one infrastructure provider, exposing the fragile illusion of crypto diversification
BNY's Digital Asset Custody platform plans to provide institutional crypto staking support through Galaxy's infrastructure, the two firms said Aug. 4. BNY touches roughly 20% of the world's investable assets, with $62.6 trillion in assets under custody and…

MetaMask Launches Self-Custodial AI Wallet for Autonomous Crypto Trading
The new Agent Wallet lets AI agents execute on-chain trades within user-defined limits as MetaMask expands its push into AI-powered crypto trading.
Zoomex Monthly Transparency Report: July 2026
July was the month the market caught its breath. After a June defined by a hawkish Fed surprise, a broken ETF cycle, and one of Bitcoin’s worst monthly candles in years, July delivered the opposite script: a steady grind higher, a World Cup campaign that…

Morning Minute: Uniswap Enters the Launchpad Wars on Robinhood Chain
It looks like Uniswap is playing to win with their zero-fee model, and the early data shows them already taking the top spot.

RWAs buck DeFi slowdown as tokenized assets gain traction: CoinShares
Tokenized real-world assets moved beyond issuance as RWA deposits more than tripled to $7.4 billion, while lending and trading activity expanded despite a broader industry slowdown.