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Chainlink says more than $4 billion in DeFi value is migrating to its infrastructure as major protocols replace legacy bridges and oracle solutions following a series of industry security incidents.
Nansen has launched its full onchain intelligence platform and validator on Injective, giving traders access to Smart Money tracking, wallet analytics, capital flow data, and real-time insights across one of Web3's fastest-growing financial ecosystems.
Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko has backed a new Solana-native perpetuals DEX as the ecosystem looks to challenge Hyperliquid, which has processed over $4.3 trillion in trading volume and captured a significant share of the onchain derivatives market.
Nexo says crypto lending has rebounded into a $70B+ market as institutional investors return to digital assets. At Consensus Miami 2026, Nexo’s founder, Neil Steinhardt, discusses the company’s U.S. relaunch, Bitcoin-backed borrowing, and why crypto lending is starting to resemble modern wealth management.
Whales accumulated nearly $9.6 million worth of HYPE after Hyperliquid’s recent dip, helping push the token back toward $45 as traders debate whether the rally has enough momentum to break above the key $50 level.
Monarq Asset Management, Flare, and Upshift launched MXRPY, a multi-strategy XRP yield vault combining options, arbitrage, and onchain XRPFi strategies through a single managed product.
As institutions and AI systems move on-chain, blockchain’s biggest challenge may no longer be transactions — but making data usable. At Consensus 2026, The Graph outlined why indexing, querying, and trusted access to blockchain data could become core infrastructure for the next phase of crypto adoption.
Maple is bringing institutional-grade yield deeper into DeFi through a new integration with Ink, expanding access to syrupUSDT across the growing Layer 2 ecosystem.
Solana's app ecosystem generated $292M in Q1 2026 revenue, with Pumpfun alone accounting for 42% of the total at $123M.
Everything.inc ($EV), formerly SmarDex, has launched on Kraken and other exchanges at a $100M FDV, alongside a growing suite of AI-powered DeFi tools designed to bring institutional-grade trading infrastructure onchain.
The EEA has deployed its treasury through Lido's liquid staking protocol, marking a significant step in institutional adoption of onchain staking infrastructure.
KuCoin Web3 Wallet integrates 1inch Swap API to enable gasless, MEV-protected RWA trading, improving execution, liquidity, and usability for tokenized assets.
