Will 2025 be defined by stablecoins and DeFi? Well, it appears to be the case. As soon as PancakeSwap announced the launch of a new launchpad, CakePad, CAKE USD zipped higher. CAKE USDT is now at around 2025 highs, and going by recent performance, it is safe to say CAKE crypto is preparing for a leg higher, perhaps to $5. Who knows. A big part of CAKE crypto’s success has to be with the exploding BNB crypto price. BNB USD is now trading above $1,200, and buyers are also eyeing new all-time highs, even to ...

DeFiLlama has removed perpetual futures volume data for Aster, a decentralized exchange backed by figures linked to former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, after detecting trading volumes that mirrored Binance’s nearly 1:1 across multiple trading pairs. Co-founder 0xngmi announced the delisting on October 5, 2025, citing concerns over data integrity. According to the announcement, Aster’s volumes for pairs like XRP/USDT matched Binance perpetual volumes with a correlation ratio of approximately 1, whereas com ...

july crypto hack, hack crypto, crypto loss. Photo by BeInCrypto DeFi project Abracadabra has suffered a fresh exploit that drained about $1.7 million from its platform. Blockchain security firm Go Security flagged the breach on October 4 and confirmed that attackers had already laundered about 51 ETH through Tornado Cash. At the time of reporting, the attacker’s wallet (identified as 0x1AaaDe) still held around 344 ETH, worth approximately $1.55 million. How Abracadabra Was Exploited for the Third Time ...

Stani Kulechov calls embedded DeFi a trillion-dollar fintech opportunity, with Aave eyeing $100B deposits as low rates fuel DeFi growth. | Credit: Pexels. Key Takeaways Stani Kulechov believes fintechs can unlock a trillion-dollar opportunity by integrating decentralized finance directly into their platforms. At TOKEN2049, Kulechov argued that lower central bank rates create more arbitrage opportunities for DeFi yields. Kulechov projects Aave could reach $100 billion in deposits by year’s end, placin ...

Crypto.com plans to offer customers the ability to borrow against their crypto deposits following the success of a similar feature on rival exchange Coinbase. On Thursday, the crypto exchange announced a partnership with Morpho, the second-biggest decentralised finance lending protocol. Morpho will facilitate the loans and deploy its lending protocol on Cronos, a blockchain created by Crypto.com, as part of the tie-up. “Our mission has always been to accelerate the world’s transition to cryptocurrency, a ...

WAYZATA, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SUI Group Holdings Limited ("SUI Group,†"SUIG†or the "Company†) (NASDAQ: SUIG), in partnership with Ethena, a DeFi synthetic dollar protocol, and the Sui Foundation, today announced the launch of suiUSDe, a Sui-native synthetic dollar token, and USDi, a stablecoin backed by the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) tokenized money market fund. Ethena is the protocol behind USDe, the third-largest and fastest-growing USD-denominated digital. ...

Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Cardano (CRYPTO: ADA) is trading around $0.79, down 0.6% on Tuesday as founder Charles Hoskinson told an audience that the network is preparing to integrate Bitcoin functionality, potentially drawing billions in liquidity. Cardano Founder Unveils Bold Bitcoin DeFi Vision Charles Hoskinson said a dedicated 19-person team is developing "Bitcoin DeFi," which would let users transact directly in Bitcoin (CRYPT ...

Crypto builders are celebrating fresh clarity from America’s top financial markets regulator. The Securities and Exchange Commission used to be “a hammer, and everything related to digital assets was a nail,” Rich Shorten, founder of staking platform GlobalStake, told DL News. But the no-action decision issued on September 29 for the decentralised crypto project DoubleZero “is a flashing green light” that the SEC has begun to “actually engage in the details — and that’s a very, very positive thing.” For ...

Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Build on Bitcoin (more commonly known as “BOB”) unveiled a system that lets bitcoin (BTC) holders move their assets into decentralized trading apps with a single click, the company said on Tuesday. "BOB Gateway" connects native Bitcoin to LayerZero’s “omnichain fungible token” (OFT) version of wrapped BTC, an asset issued by BitGo. The integration extends to 11 blockchains including Ethereum, Avalanche and Base, bringing access to nearly 15,000 decentralized apps that ...

On Sept. 30, the Sonic (S) token recorded a strong 7% price surge, adding more than $50 million to its market capitalization in just one day. The rally comes as venture capital firm, CMCC Global, launched a $25 million fund designed to accelerate growth in the Sonic ecosystem. The fund, called “Resonance,” targets innovative DeFi protocols and consumer-facing applications on the network. It will also promote Fee Monetization (FeeM) as a sustainable revenue model for smart contract developers. With the ne ...