Chainlink
What is Chainlink and how does the LINK oracle network work?
Chainlink connects smart contracts to real-world data through a decentralized oracle network that secures more than $33 billion in onchain value.
DeFi
DeFi
Pi Network targets September 15 for Protocol 27 and the DEX that will decide if 30 million users matter
Protocol 26 is complete. Protocol 27, the final infrastructure upgrade in Pi Network’s current roadmap, is on testnet with a September 15 mainnet target. The decentralized…
DeFi
5 top embedded verification SDKs for DeFi in 2026
Identity verification is becoming a core part of the DeFi stack as developers look to embed reusable credentials, privacy-preserving proofs and compliance checks directly into lending,…
altcoins
Pi Network ships a DEX while the market looks away
Protocol 26 tightened the smart contract layer, Protocol 27 is bringing automated market making to testnet, and a decentralized exchange is planned for September; the token…
DeFi
XRP had its best month since the SEC settlement and the network is about to change underneath it
XRP rallied 37% in August on a wave of record ETF inflows. The market is pricing momentum. It is not pricing the Sept. 11 mainnet upgrade…
DeFi
Robinhood Chain hit $945M in daily DEX volume and nobody on crypto Twitter noticed
A two-month-old Layer 2 built by a stock brokerage is now processing more daily decentralized exchange volume than chains that have existed for years, and the…
Banking
Tokenized deposits could drain $580 billion from U.S. bank lending and nobody in crypto is talking about it
A research paper published this week quantifies what happens when bank deposits move at blockchain speed. The number is large enough to reshape how banks fund…
News
Stellar’s $3B RWA market faces a $2M DeFi gap
Stellar’s tokenized real-world asset market has climbed from about $785 million in January to more than $3 billion in July, while only just over $2 million…
Chainlink
Chainlink unlocks DeFi lending for Coinbase tokenized stocks
Chainlink has introduced price feeds for four Coinbase tokenized stocks on Base, giving DeFi protocols the data needed to assess NVDAc, METAc, AAPLc, and GOOGLc as…
DeFi
Mantle expands RWA yield offering from CeFi to DeFi
Mantle has expanded its real-world asset yield business into DeFi with a non-custodial stablecoin vault after its Bybit-based product crossed $200 million in assets under management.…