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DeFi📈
World Liberty Financial proposes $1M market-making incentive for USD1 stablecoin, aiming to bootstrap liquidity by compensating market makers.
Vitalik outlined Ethereum’s quantum-resistance roadmap, proposing upgrades to replace vulnerable signatures, data availability proofs, and ZK systems with hash-based signatures, STARKs, and recursive proof aggregation to secure the network against future quantum threats.
Morpho partners with Deblock to enable yield on Societe Generale-FORGE EURCV through Steakhouse Fi curated vault. Users can earn yield while accessing MiCA-compliant EURO stablecoin for payments on Deblock’s all-in-one financial platform.
Stablecoins/RWA🪙
Neutrl launches NUSD migration on Pendle from Feb 26, 2026 to June 4, 2026 maturity. LP and YT-NUSD positions earn up to 50x Neutrl Points, incentivizing rollover to the new maturity.
Perps DEX
Decibel Perps, incubated by Aptos Labs, launches its on-chain exchange on Aptos with $57M in pre-deposits, introducing AMP rewards for trading, liquidity, and referrals, alongside a DLP vault offering yield and unified margin while Season 1 points begins.
Grvt perps DEX partnered with Aave and launched its mobile app, enabling users to earn Aave yield on trading collateral while using the same capital for margin, offering around 11% yield through composable on-chain margin on zkSync.
Privacy🔒
Starknet launches strkBTC, a privacy-enabled Bitcoin wrapper on its Layer 2. The asset enables shielded transactions and confidential DeFi while maintaining composability.
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Issues⚠️
ZachXBT exposes a critical security breach at Axiom where staff accessed private user wallets and trade histories, raising urgent compliance concerns across the industry.
Airdrops🪂
Dolomite distributes oDOLO rewards every Thursday to holders of HONEY, USDC, BERA, WBTC, USD1, srUSD, BYUSD, and ETH across 7 chains.
Farms 🧑🏻🌾
Loopscale launches PT-BulkSOL with 40.2% APY on Solana liquid staked SOL. The fixed-yield position, structured by Exponent Finance, with a June 20, 2026 maturity.
Neutrl Fi kicked off Season 1 around NUSD, a yield-bearing stablecoin that earns by delta-hedging acquired OTC discount altcoins, while TVL grew by $212M in the past 60 days from launch.
Top farming strategies include:
- Points focused: Pendle YT-NUSD (50x points) and YT-sNUSD (25x points)
- Yield focused: Loop the new PT sNUSD Morpho market for up to ~20% yield, depending on rates and leverage.
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News🗞️
Solana launched Payments.org and Solana Payments, highlighting its growing role in global payments with $2T quarterly stablecoin transfers, $300M+ monthly payments, and major partners like Visa, PayPal, and Stripe already live on the network.
MetaMask launched its self-custodial MetaMask Card across 49 U.S. states, enabling direct crypto spending at Mastercard merchants with instant conversion and up to 3% cashback.
Regulations🏦
U.S. regulators propose strict stablecoin rules through the OCC’s GENIUS framework, threatening the crypto sector’s current stablecoin model amid Senate banking hearings.
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