Uniswap posts $140m in Q1 revenue, pledges $12.4m for new grants

Uniswap Foundation released its Q1 2025 financial report of $140.3 million of revenue in the form of donations, dividends, and interest income. The decentralized exchange protocol foundation issued new grants of $12.4 million during the quarter and also has substantial reserves to sustain operations and development through January 2027. Uniswap hands out $12.4m in fresh … Read more

Cetus offers $6M bounty after $220M hack as Sui faces decentralization debate

Cetus is offering a $6 million white hat bounty in an effort to recover $220 million in stolen digital assets, while emergency responses from the Sui Network have raised concerns about decentralization. Sui-native decentralized exchange (DEX) Cetus was exploited for over $220 million worth of cryptocurrency on May 22. However, Cetus managed to freeze $162 … Read more

R3 and Solana Foundation Unite to Bridge TradFi and DeFi via Strategic Collaboration

R3 announced a strategic collaboration with the Solana Foundation aimed at merging public and private blockchain networks to enhance institutional access to digital capital markets. This partnership will leverage R3’s enterprise-grade private blockchain technology alongside solana’s high-performance public mainnet, facilitating the integration of regulated financial institutions with tokenized real-world assets (RWAs). The initiative is expected … Read more

Hayes Warns Circle USDC Future; Banks Plan Stablecoin Entry

Arthur Hayes warns that a joint stablecoin venture by major US banks could spell the end for Circle’s USDC dominance. The GENIUS Act opens the door for regulated bank-issued stablecoins, threatening crypto-native projects. A banking-backed stablecoin could shift stablecoins from decentralization to institutional control. Arthur Hayes, the co-founder of BitMEX and a long-standing voice in … Read more

Hyperliquid backs 24/7 crypto trading in CFTC comments submission

Hyperliquid, a decentralized perpetuals exchange operating on its own layer-1 blockchain, has submitted formal comments on 24/7 derivatives trading to the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). In a May 23 X post, Hyperliquid Labs announced that it has “submitted two comment letters to the [CFTC] in response to its recent Requests for Comment … Read more

Big Banks Eye Stablecoin Innovation

In a significant development for the cryptocurrency sector, major Wall Street banks are planning to enter the stablecoin market. JPMorgan, Citigroup, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo are reportedly collaborating on a new stablecoin initiative, signaling a major shift in the industry landscape. This joint venture aims to introduce a novel competitor to existing stablecoin … Read more

MOODENG, MEW Jump 30% on Robinhood Hype

Key Notes MOODENG price has climbed 700% in the past 15 days, reaching $0.32 with a 138% surge in daily trading volume to $830 million. Futures open interest for MOODENG and MEW has spiked significantly, with MOODENG up 45% to $300 million and MEW rising 125% to $72 million. Meme coins are reflecting greater strength … Read more