Had the CAKE price extended gains from the first half of September, it would have made for a truly remarkable month for PancakeSwap. Even after the dip in the third week, CAKE crypto buyers have still managed to post solid gains overall. At spot rates, the CAKE price is up a respectable +9% from its September lows. Local support holds firm around $2.30, while resistance sits at $3.20, the monthly high. Beyond the raw price action, candlestick patterns signal overall resilience, fostering a bullish environ ...

Deep Dive — What is Omniston? Why it’s key to TON DeFi, and how liquidity providers benefitMannir Sani5 min read·Just nowJust now--Press enter or click to view image in full sizeLiquidity is the lifeblood of any marketplace. In DeFi, liquidity determines the quality of trading experiences: price discovery, slippage, and whether large orders can be executed cleanly. Omniston is an infrastructure layer on TON designed to address those real-world liquidity pain points by combining the strengths of automated ma ...

Flying Tulip, a new on-chain financial marketplace led by Andre Cronje, has secured $200 million in a private funding round and announced an upcoming public sale of its $FT token at the same valuation. This new initiative aims to deliver a unified market structure for digital assets, combining a native stablecoin, spot and derivatives trading, lending, and on-chain insurance in a cross-margin system designed for capital efficiency, all-in-one financial features on-chain. The funding round saw participati ...

Dubai, UAE, September 29th, 2025, FinanceWire Mutuum Finance (MUTM), a newly launched DeFi project built on Ethereum, today announced that it has raised more than $16.5 million in its presale, attracting over 16,600 token holders. The presale has now reached the halfway mark of Phase 6, with over 50% of its current allocation sold at $0.035 per token ahead of the next planned increase to $0.04. The milestone comes during a period of renewed turbulence in the cryptocurrency market. In September, Bitcoin, E ...

HyperDrive DeFi protocol has suffered a $773,000 exploit affecting two accounts in its Treasury Bill market, with stolen funds split between BNB Chain and Ethereum networks through bridge transfers. The attack compromised positions using Theo Network’s thBILL as collateral, prompting immediate suspension of all money markets and withdrawals across the platform. Second Major Exploit Strikes Hyperliquid Ecosystem in 72 Hours CertiK’s analysis revealed the attacker exploited an arbitrary call vulnerability ...

World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the Trump-linked DeFi project, is scrambling to stop a market collapse after its token lost over 50% of its value in September. On Friday, the project unveiled a full buyback-and-burn program, directing all treasury liquidity fees to absorb selling pressure. According to a governance post on X, the community approved the plan overwhelmingly, with WLFI pledging full transparency for every burn. The urgency of the move reflects WLFI’s steep losses in recent weeks. WLFI is tr ...

HyperVault developers have executed a rug pull on their Hyperliquid-based DeFi platform, draining approximately $3.6 million in user funds before disappearing and deleting all social media accounts. PeckShieldAlert first detected abnormal withdrawals from the yield protocol, with funds being bridged from Hyperliquid to Ethereum and converted to ETH. Tornado Cash Conceals $3.6M Trail as Social Accounts Vanish The stolen funds followed a familiar pattern, with 752 ETH deposited into Tornado Cash to obscur ...

DeFi protocol Solstice Finance has announced strategic partnerships with data provider Chainlink and custody firms Ceffu and Copper. The collaborations are intended to support the upcoming launch of USX, a new stablecoin built on the Solana network. According to a press release published on Sept. 24, Solstice will integrate Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP). This service is designed to allow the USX stablecoin to be transferred securely across different blockchains. Stablecoin innov ...

DeFi Development Corp, the first publicly listed company structured around a Solana-based treasury strategy, has expanded its share repurchase program to $100 million, marking one of the largest stock buyback initiatives in the digital asset sector. The company announced on Wednesday that its Board of Directors had approved an increase to the authorization from its initial $1 million, allowing management to buy back common stock on the open market under Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. ...

Aster Chain enters testing phase, with CEO Leonard Aster touting privacy-focused features that could make it a strong rival to Hyperliquid in the DeFi derivatives market. | Credit: CCN. Key Takeaways Aster CEO confirms its privacy-focused Layer-1 is in the testing phase. The chain uses zero-knowledge proofs to balance transparency with privacy. Originally a multichain DEX, Aster is evolving into a Hyperliquid rival. The next wave of competition in decentralized derivatives may be just around the ...