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Hong Kong — RateX, the leading yield-trading protocol on Solana, has secured a total of $10.4 million across three funding rounds, capped by a newly completed $7 million strategic raise backed by Animoca Ventures, ECHO, GSR, Crypto.com Capital, Gate, Rzong Capital, BGX Capital, Summer Capital, and others. (Cover: Sean Hu, Founder of RateX)
New York — Axal, the fintech startup backed by a16z CSX and CMT Digital, is bringing onchain yield to the global mainstream with the launch of the Axal mobile app, available today. In partnership with MoonPay, Axal is making decentralized finance feel as simple—and safe—as opening a savings app.
New York, NY — Maple, the world’s largest onchain asset manager with more than $5 billion AUM, has integrated Bitpulse’s institutional risk underwriting technology into its platform—marking a decisive step in raising transparency, discipline, and real-time oversight across the onchain credit ecosystem.
The 2025 Yield-Bearing Assets & Stablecoins Report captures a defining shift in decentralized finance: yield is no longer an optional feature — it’s the foundation of the entire ecosystem.
BlackRock’s USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL), the world’s largest tokenized real-world asset (RWA), is now officially live on BNB Chain. Powered by Securitize and Wormhole, this launch represents a milestone moment for tokenized capital markets — bridging institutional trust with onchain performance.
New York, NY — MoonPay has taken another major step toward becoming a full-stack global payments network with the launch of its enterprise stablecoin business.
Berlin — The first day of the Cardano Summit 2025 opened at Berlin’s Gasometer with a strong message from Cardano Foundation CEO Frederik Gregaard, who called attendees an “army of changemakers.”
Miami — Transak, the global payments infrastructure powering stablecoin and crypto transactions for more than 450 apps and 10 million users, has secured five new U.S. Money Transmitter Licenses (MTLs) in Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, South Carolina, and Vermont.
Over the past month, more than $22 billion in crypto positions have been liquidated, marking one of the most severe drawdowns in recent DeFi history. Unlike past crises tied to fraud or centralized failures such as FTX or Celsius, this wave of liquidations stems from structural weaknesses inside the market itself.
Ledger is positioning itself for a potential public debut in 2026 following its strongest financial year to date. The Paris-based hardware wallet manufacturer reported triple-digit million-dollar revenues in 2025, marking its best performance since the company was founded in 2014.
The trouble with traditional stablecoins is that they sit in your wallet, perfectly stable, perfectly idle. In a market where capital efficiency is everything, holding static stablecoins feels like buying a car and leaving it parked forever.
Vancouver, Canada — Republic Technologies has secured a $100 million zero-coupon convertible note to accelerate its Ethereum validator expansion and increase ETH holdings, marking one of the most unusually favorable financing deals seen in the crypto infrastructure sector. (Cover photo: Daniel Liu, CEO at Republic Technologies (CSE: $DOCT)
