Seems like certain DeFi protocols are taking the gradual scaling approach after securing credit facilities.
What needs attention right now? The MonetaryPolicy module for crvUSD - this upgrade should deliver way more stable borrowing rates instead of those wild swings we've been seeing. Time to smooth out that volatility.

Ponzu just went live.
Sitting at 1.7M fully diluted valuation. Already got 450k USDT locked in staking.
Here's the twist—you can't just buy in. You gotta stake USDT first. That's their hook.
First buyback's coming within 7 hours. They're using a chunk of that staked USDT to scoop up $GOLD.
Interesting setup.

Spotted some interesting moves in the ZORA liquidity pools lately. On December 2nd, someone harvested $140K in trading fees from the ZORA-USDC pair and immediately redeployed everything into a full-range position on Uniswap v3. Pretty aggressive strategy if you ask me.
Then the next day, December 3rd, they went even bigger. A fresh $245K position popped up in ZORA-SOL, also on Uniswap v3. The timing's curious—looks like they're beefing up cross-market liquidity right when Zora's ecosystem needs tighter spreads. Classic market-making play: capture fees during volatility, then stabilize the orde

There's a high-volume trader sitting on theoretical profits pushing into seven figures, despite carrying what some would call aggressive position sizing. The edge? A particular protocol's market odds structure that consistently outperforms alternatives.
What often gets overlooked in these discussions is the rebate mechanism. While most platforms operate on delayed reward schedules—think weeks or months of waiting—this setup credits users instantly. That liquidity advantage compounds when you're moving serious volume. The spread between immediate cash-back versus traditional drip-feed models mi

Ever wondered how prediction markets turn crowd wisdom into killer forecasts? These platforms let you bet on real-world events—elections, sports, even economic data—and somehow outperform traditional polls.
Two heavyweights have dominated this arena for years. One's a crypto-native powerhouse running on Polygon, embracing decentralized trading with full blockchain transparency. The other? A CFTC-regulated platform tailored for U.S. traders who prefer compliance over anonymity. Both carved out their niches, proving prediction markets aren't just hype—they're reshaping how we gauge future outcom

Circle just dropped a massive liquidity injection into the Solana ecosystem—500M USDC freshly minted today. This kind of supply expansion typically signals either growing institutional demand or strategic positioning ahead of market moves. Worth noting that Solana's been gaining traction as a faster, cheaper alternative for stablecoin settlements compared to Ethereum. The timing's interesting too, considering recent DeFi activity spikes on SOL-based protocols. Whether this is organic growth or preemptive liquidity for upcoming launches remains to be seen, but half a billion in fresh USDC doesn

From a risk-reward ratio perspective 👀
Right now, Theo Network is basically the top player in yield farming 🐲
The TVL has surged to 150 million—those numbers speak for themselves!
Here’s the strategy I’m currently using:
Head over to Project X on Hyper EVM, mint $thBIL first, then provide liquidity for LP
But here’s a pro tip:
If you use Arbitrum tokens on a certain DEX to mint and then provide LP, your yield can increase by 1.5x
⚠️ But a heads-up: if you do this, you won’t be able to earn Project X points

Ever feel like you're fighting a losing battle against AI-powered quant traders? Here's a thought: what if you didn't fight them, but orchestrated an entire army of them instead?
That's exactly what almanak does. You throw in a simple command—"maximize my yield"—and suddenly you've got an autonomous swarm of AI agents working around the clock. They're tweaking leverage ratios, rebalancing liquidity pools, hunting down arbitrage gaps you'd never spot manually. No sleep, no emotions, no second-guessing.
This isn't just automation. It's delegation to a network that adapts faster than any human st

Think about it – what if every Wojak meme that gets minted onchain could actually feed value back to the original artist? All of it flowing into a single token, one unified system for capturing that value. That's the kind of shift we're talking about. That's how you flip the whole game on its head.

On the first day of its mainnet launch, Stable achieved a major integration—frxUSD and sfrxUSD, two stablecoin products, have officially been deployed cross-chain via LayerZero and Stargate.
As a core stablecoin asset, frxUSD, together with its yield-bearing version sfrxUSD, can now circulate within a broader OFT asset ecosystem. This combo strategy is quite clever: the basic stablecoin ensures liquidity, while the yield-bearing version attracts long-term holders.
The Fraxlend lending protocol has also been deployed on the Stable chain, which means these stablecoins are not just sitting in wal

Big governance move happening right now – there's a proposal on the table to massively expand crvUSD allocation to yieldbasis. We're talking about a jump from the current 300 million to a full billion.
The voting is live and the proposal comes with a detailed breakdown of how these funds would actually be deployed. For anyone tracking Curve's strategic moves or interested in how major DeFi protocols manage their stablecoin liquidity, this one's worth paying attention to.
This kind of allocation shift could signal where yieldbasis is heading with their liquidity strategy. The fact that they're

While everyone's posting their year-end recaps, here's something worth celebrating in crypto🎉
Throughout 2025, DeFi security tools have safeguarded over 5.8 million users navigating the ecosystem. Yep, that's 5,853,211 people to be exact.
Not throwing around random stats here—this kind of protection matters when real assets are on the line. Pretty solid milestone for the space💙

Traditional point systems? They push you into liquidity pools you don't care about or force random tasks just to stack rewards.
There's a different approach now.
What if earning points meant sticking to your normal Solana DeFi routine? Hold USX. Lock it for eUSX when you want. Drop some into Raydium or Orca pools. Lend through Kamino. Maybe trade yield positions on Exponent.
That's it. No jumping through artificial hoops or gaming mechanics that feel like a second job. Just use the assets you'd use anyway, earn as you go.
The friction disappears when incentives align with actual behavior inste

I'm all in on this Agentic DeFi wave. The idea of autonomous strategies that actually adapt? That's where things get interesting.
Infinit strategies have this edge—they're not just static yield farms. There's real tech backing it up, the kind that makes you think twice about how DeFi protocols should actually work. The Infinit Labs approach feels different from the usual copy-paste projects.
Word is there might be some $IN action coming down the pipeline soon. Not gonna pretend I know the timeline, but the setup looks solid.
gInfinit gang knows what's up. If you're into where DeFi automation i

Chainlink's reserve just hit 1M tokens. Wild part? 81K LINK poured in during a single 24-hour window—all through payment abstraction tech. Here's the setup: JP Morgan, Figure's $19 billion lending platform, and UBS are settling payments in USD that automatically converts to LINK before landing in the reserve. Zero friction. This creates structural buy pressure that doesn't rely on retail speculators hunting pumps. The demand is baked into enterprise payment rails now. Some major asset manager is watching this closely too.

Why's everyone racing to launch perpetual swap platforms? The money flow tells the whole story.
Look at last week's revenue champions — half the top 10 spots went to perpetual-focused protocols:
→ Hyperliquid pulled in $18M
→ edgeX scored $12M
→ Jupiter banked $12M (with $10.8M coming purely from their perp trading)
→ Aster grabbed $9.9M
These numbers aren't random. Perpetual contracts have become the backbone of decentralized trading infrastructure. Traders want leverage. Protocols want sustainable revenue. The intersection? Perp DEXs.
What's really interesting: Jupiter's breakdown shows 90

Yesterday's podcast hit a snag when we dug into ownership coins—specifically Loyal's mechanics.
The buyback proposal caught our attention. Main driver? Apparently their treasury's basically sitting there like an open arbitrage play for hostile capital. The team's argument centers on defense—they're trying to wall off that treasury before someone exploits the gap.
Still wrestling with how this connects to the broader ownership model though. Incomplete thought, but worth tracking.

Metaplanet just pulled off a bold move—locked up their Bitcoin stack as collateral and walked away with $50M to... buy even more Bitcoin.
You heard that right. They're using BTC to get BTC. Classic loop strategy.
This train? Yeah, it's not slowing down anytime soon 🚀

Six figures sitting in Bitcoin, yet you're still swiping the same old bank card for coffee? There's something broken about that picture.
Some teams are actually building the missing link here—tools that let your crypto work like real money. We're talking 6% back on purchases, accepted across 150 countries, no conversion drama.
It's wild how the gap between holding digital assets and spending them still feels this wide in 2025. The infrastructure's finally catching up though. Your blockchain balance shouldn't just sit there looking pretty on a portfolio tracker—it needs to pull its weight in th

I've been trying out perpetuals on-chain lately, and decentralized derivatives trading is actually pretty interesting. There's no need to worry about the platform running away, and it feels reassuring to have full control over my own funds.