DeFi

Avalanche activates the Helicon upgrade on Fuji testnet

The Helicon upgrade is scheduled to activate on Fuji Testnet on July 28 at 11:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time. It introduces automatic validator staking renewal, reduces the minimum...

Bitcoin Staking Without Giving Up Your Keys: Where the Yield Comes From and Where the Risk Moves

Robinhood Chain gains volume while tokenized assets remain small

Robinhood Chain has begun attracting users to onchain applications following its early July launch. Uniswap was among the first major protocols deployed, and cumulative swap volume...

DeFi analysis finds $1.6 billion in inefficient liquidity

A DeFi liquidity analysis found that a large amount of capital in concentrated liquidity pools regularly sits outside active price ranges. Around $1.6 billion of tracked liquidity...

Blockchain.com Will Embed Polymarket Access

Blockchain.com announced a partnership with Polymarket that will bring prediction market access to eligible users inside the Blockchain.com app. The company says users will be able...

BitGo Prime Adds Virtu to Its Liquidity Network

BitGo Prime added Virtu Financial to its global liquidity network. The announcement says the partnership is meant to improve liquidity access and execution quality across digital...

Grove and Galaxy Bring Warehouse Lending to Crypto Credit

Grove and Galaxy Digital announced a $500 million warehouse lending facility for institutional loans secured by digital assets. Grove acts as the warehouse lender, while Galaxy...

Berachain Changes Proof of Liquidity Rewards Around WBERA

Berachain's Proof of Liquidity changelog shows a major reward design change. BGT no longer has a user facing role in Proof of Liquidity and no longer influences validator reward...

Strike Details Volatility-Proof Bitcoin-Backed Loans

Strike has added more public details for its bitcoin backed lending product, including a volatility proof loan option in supported locations. The lending page says volatility proof...

Solana Ships a New Round of Core Engineering Updates

Solana’s July 9 changelog lists new versions across Agave, Firedancer, Superbank, Solana Go and LiteSVM. The update also covers work on validator clients, RPC 2.0 coverage...

Base Launches Beryl and B20 Token Standard on Mainnet

Base has launched Beryl and the B20 Native Token Standard on mainnet. B20 is Base’s own ERC 20 compatible token standard, built for stablecoin issuers, real world assets, tokenized...

Bitcoin ETF Inflows Return, But the Signal Is Still Mixed

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded about $265.7 million of net inflows on 6 July 2026, with BlackRock’s IBIT accounting for the largest share. Ether ETFs also saw positive daily...