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Starknet launches STRKBTC, expanding bitcoin defi privacy on Layer 2

Bitcoin is gaining additional functionality through layered infrastructure. Starknet has introduced STRKBTC, a solution designed to enable bitcoin defi privacy by connecting BTC liquidity...

Institutional crypto infrastructure is being rebuilt

Price action feels muted but backend development does not. Institutional crypto infrastructure is being rebuilt, and not through headlines about token rallies, but through data...

Stablecoin volumes at Stripe quadrupled in 2025, and that shows traditional finance is already using stablecoins at scale

Bitcoin fell roughly 50% from its October peak last year. At the same time, one of the biggest payments companies on the planet watched...

Fintech heavyweights double down on stablecoin adoption, and regulated rails are coming fast

The crypto winter dragged on into early 2026, but stablecoin adoption and usage in real business kept climbing. Two fresh moves from established fintech...

Base network’s $1.4 billion TVL drop – what’s going wrong?

Base, the Ethereum Layer-2 network incubated by Coinbase, is bleeding value.  Total value locked has fallen by $1.4 billion in recent weeks. TVL dropped...

The institutional pivot – why smart money is buying crypto infrastructure, not tokens

Institutional capital is flowing into crypto. But it's not buying what you think. The narrative has always been that institutions would eventually pile into Bitcoin...

Hyperliquid’s $28 million Washington gamble – DeFi enters the policy arena

DeFi is going to Washington. Hyperliquid just made that official. The decentralized exchange announced the launch of the Hyperliquid Policy Center, a $28 million...

ZeroLend shuts down, DeFi lending risks are still real?

Another DeFi protocol is closing its doors. ZeroLend, a decentralized lending platform that operated for three years, has announced it is shutting down. The team cited...

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