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N4T, short for “Nobel for Trump,” is taking its next major step toward becoming a long-term, purpose-driven digital ecosystem. Fresh off its successful ICO, the movement-led token has announced that it will lock liquidity ahead of its upcoming decentralized exchange listings — a move designed to reinforce trust, stability, and longevity as it prepares for broader market visibility.
Axis — a fully onchain quantitative fund managing $100 million in live capital — has raised $5 million in a round led by Galaxy Ventures, with participation from OKX Ventures, FalconX, GSR, Maven 11, CMS Holdings, CMT Digital, and Aave’s Marc Zeller. The round was 4× oversubscribed, reflecting accelerating demand for transparent, real-yield infrastructure built directly on public blockchains.
For the first time in XRP’s history, holders can now earn staking rewards — thanks to Firelight Protocol, a newly launched economic security layer designed to protect DeFi assets from hacks and exploits.
Ostium, one of the earliest platforms to offer onchain perpetual exposure to traditional markets, just announced $24 million in new funding — including a $20M Series A co-led by General Catalyst and Jump Crypto — following a previously unannounced $4 million strategic round. (Cover: Co-founder Kaledora)
Falcon Finance is taking another major step toward building a truly global collateral ecosystem. The protocol has added tokenized Mexican government bills (CETES)—issued on-chain by Etherfuse—to the USDf collateral base, marking Falcon’s first integration of a non-USD sovereign yield asset.
AntX has launched a new DEX built for traders who want CEX-level speed with full transparency and self-custody. Powered by its finance-grade AntX Chain, the platform already has over one million testnet wallets.
Rebuilding Blockster for V2 did not start with a technical blueprint. It started with years of lived frustration. I have built, used and studied enough Web3 products to notice a pattern.
Orbs — the Layer-3 infrastructure powering advanced onchain execution — has confirmed that THENA is the first DEX to integrate its newly released dSLTP protocol, enabling fully onchain stop-loss and take-profit orders for AMM traders. The feature landed less than a week after Orbs launched the protocol, underscoring immediate demand for CEX-grade controls in DeFi.
Falcon Finance just unlocked one of the biggest leaps for onchain credit: Centrifuge’s JAAA — a diversified, AAA-rated, short-duration corporate credit portfolio — is now accepted as collateral to mint USDf. Falcon is also adding JTRSY, a tokenized short-duration Treasury product, expanding the protocol’s growing suite of high-quality collateral.
Dover, Delaware — Myriad, the Web3 prediction market protocol backed by the media powerhouses behind Decrypt and Rug Radio, has crossed a major milestone: $100M in USDC trading volume, over 6.3M trades, 7.3M transactions, and 400,000+ active traders since launch.
Hong Kong — The Pharos ecosystem just crossed a major milestone: the official launch of the Pharos Foundation, the non-profit entity now responsible for stewarding RealFi and open-finance development across the Pharos Network.
The way we transact is changing fast. Everything from groceries to concert tickets could be settled in digital dollars known as stablecoins. The companies that make this transition seamless are the ones shaping the next chapter of finance.
