defi

Computer
Real-World Tokenization Is Surging as TradFi Grows More Receptive to Blockchain
A number of banks and other big brands want to bring more efficiency to their transactions.
Computer

(Yagi Studio/Getty Images)
DeFi Hub Nibiru Chain Valued at $100M After $8.5M Seed Funding Round
The startup will launch its mainnet and stablecoin this summer.
(Yagi Studio/Getty Images)

Kyle Davies and Su Zhu (Kyle Davies/Twitter)
OPNX Exchange, Which Offers FTX Claims Trading, Led by Three Arrows Founders, Is Now Live
Users can get a 50% discount on trading fees if they hold FLEX tokens.
Kyle Davies and Su Zhu (Kyle Davies/Twitter)

Li.Fi Team (Li.Fi)
Crypto Startup Li.Fi Raises $17.5M in Funding Round
CoinFund and Superscrypt led the round for the cross-chain bridge and decentralized exchange aggregator.
Li.Fi Team (Li.Fi)

yellow parachute delivering a package. 3d illustration (Getty Images)
Arbitrum Airdrop Shows Interest in DeFi, Researcher Says
DappRadar's Pedro Herrera says decentralized finance may be benefiting from the troubles at traditional banks and regulators' actions against centralized exchanges.
yellow parachute delivering a package. 3d illustration (Getty Images)

golden hand holding a bitcoin (Getty Images)
Internet Computer Issues ‘Liquid Bitcoin,’ for Faster, Cheaper BTC Transactions
ckBTC brings layer-2 capabilities to Bitcoin, while also ensuring greater security and decentralization than other BTC-pegged tokens, developers say.
golden hand holding a bitcoin (Getty Images)

Pancakes (Mae Mu/Unsplash)
PancakeSwap DEX Launches Version 3 on BNB Chain and Ethereum
V3 brings four different trading fee tiers: 0.01%, 0.05%, 0.25% and 1%, compared with V2's single level of 0.25%.
Pancakes (Mae Mu/Unsplash)

bots robots (Shutterstock, modified by CoinDesk)
Ethereum Bot Gets Attacked for $20M as Validator Strikes Back
The incident raises questions about whether validators can be trusted, one former member of the Ethereum Foundation said.
bots robots (Shutterstock, modified by CoinDesk)

Algorithmic stablecoins seek balance through unconventional means. (eswaran arulkumar/Unsplash)
Unbound Finance Will Soon Allow Stablecoin Borrowing Against Uniswap LP Positions on Arbitrum
With Unbound, Uniswap V3 LPs can borrow Unbound’s stablecoin, UND, interest-free, secured against their concentrated liquidity positions.
Algorithmic stablecoins seek balance through unconventional means. (eswaran arulkumar/Unsplash)

(Mufid Majnun/Unsplash)
Locked Value on zkSync Era Climbs Past $100M
Ether and USD coin dominate locked tokens on the upstart network.
(Mufid Majnun/Unsplash)