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RWAs have surged to nearly $4B in DeFi protocols. Here’s why this growth matters for investors.

[DigitalToday reporter Yunseo Lee (이윤서)] Asset manager Hashdex’s bitcoin spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) product, DEFI, has entered liquidation procedures.

Crypto exchange Kraken is in talks to acquire a 15% stake in decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Aave (CRYPTO: $AAVE) at a $385 million U.S. valuation.

The crypto space has grown for sure, and so has the number of cryptocurrency podcasts covering everything from Bitcoin and Ethereum to DeFi, regulation, and market cycles. But the problem is not availability; it’s figuring out which ones are actually worth your time.

  ambcrypto.com10 May 2026 03:08, UTC

Chainlinkis a decentralized oracle network that connects blockchain smart contracts to real-world data. MostDeFiusers interact with it every single day without knowing it. When you deposit crypto into Aave or borrow against collateral on Compound, Chainlink is the system feeding those protocols the price data they need to work correctly.

The State of Web3 Capital 2026 report shows startups increasingly building infrastructure for traditional financial markets rather than crypto-native applications.

Pump.fun dominates Solana’s fee generation. SEC to introduce a tokenized stock regulatory framework. THORChain, Verus Protocol, and Echo Protocol suffered exploits.

After weeks of back-and-forth, the Aave Chan Initiative is ending its work on the $27 billion lending protocol, Aave.

The New York Stock Exchange is building a platform to trade tokenised versions of US-listed equities and exchange-traded funds and settle those trades on the blockchain. The platform will allow instant settlement, 24/7 trading and stablecoin-based funding, according to a company statement on Monday.