Ethereum Launches zkAPI as Base Rolls Out Cobalt
The weekly roundup also spans USDT on Bitcoin, proposed shutdowns at Balancer and Blast, and Visa Direct's stablecoin settlement link.
Decentralized finance — DEXs, lending, yield strategies, on-chain derivatives, and tokenized real-world assets.
The weekly roundup also spans USDT on Bitcoin, proposed shutdowns at Balancer and Blast, and Visa Direct's stablecoin settlement link.
A single transferable token can represent a managed strategy, pointing to a new distribution model for asset managers beyond tokenized individual assets.
Filters and code examples give traders a way to bring on-chain notifications into existing strategies and agents.
The exchange deposit raises the possibility of selling, but Tate still holds $5.62M in HYPE and the transfer alone does not establish a sale.
The transfer raises the possibility of selling pressure, but an exchange deposit does not establish that a sale occurred.
The temporary order eases a state-level legal threat to Kalshi's sports contracts but does not settle the underlying dispute.
His thesis depends on treasury firms trading above net asset value, allowing them to raise capital and keep buying tokens.
Users can still withdraw after Oct. 26, but they will need to use bridge contracts on Ethereum rather than Blast’s normal interface.
The $114.1M position puts a large amount of SOL into staking, reducing its immediate availability to trade without establishing who controls it.
Aave v3’s core contracts were unaffected, but the attack exposed how a third-party integration can put collateral in users’ wallets at risk.
The milestone puts BNB Chain at the front of a race to bring traditional investment products onto blockchains.
A partnership would extend Payward's push into institutional finance while giving BNY another potential route into digital-asset services.
Users can redeem recovery tokens now, but larger reimbursements depend on future funding and the recovery of stolen assets.
Users face a staged move back to Ethereum, while the shutdown tests the economics of a Layer 2 built around native yield.
Rapid growth is putting on-chain equities in focus, but the rights attached to a stock token remain central to assessing it.
RealFi offers Cardano's growing stablecoin base a route into credit, but retail exits depend on exchange liquidity and stakers bear junior losses.
The gain remains on paper, and 20x leverage leaves the position exposed to sharp reversals.
Trading more than doubled from the previous quarter, but centralized exchanges captured over 80% of the activity.
ETF demand helped Bitcoin withstand the bond selloff, but higher rates raised the cost of leverage and weakened the case for low-risk DeFi yields.
A contract without expiry would remove the need to roll VIX futures, but funding payments and the difficulty of hedging an index remain unresolved.