The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has signaled that one of decentralized finance’s fast-growing sectors could face greater regulatory scrutiny. In a statement Wednesday, Commissioner Hester Peirce said crypto vaults and onchain lending strategies may fall under federal securities laws depending on how they are structured and managed. While many crypto activities lie outside […]
World Liberty Financial’s WLFI token fell about 12% in the past 24 hours after the Trump-linked crypto venture published a thread on X defending its lending position on Dolomite, the DeFi protocol whose co-founder advises WLFI. The thread came in response to CoinDesk’s reporting that WLFI had deposited its own governance token as collateral, borrowed […]
About $27 million was liquidated on the decentralized lending platform Aave over the last 24 hours, in what some market participants say may have been caused by a temporary pricing issue involving the token wstETH. Blockchain data flagged by risk-management firm Chaos Labs shows a spike in liquidations in the past 24 hours. Some observers […]
XRP extended gains above $3.00 as institutional desks pressed bids into elevated volumes, confirming a short-term floor near $2.99. Japan’s SBI lending rollout and a pending U.S. ETF decision cycle framed the move, with resistance capping at $3.10 after heavy prints. News Background XRP climbed 3% between Oct. 2, 04:00 and Oct. 3, 03:00, rising […]