Pendle Grows an Additional $318 Million TVL Just 4 Days After Plasma Launch

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Pendle Finance, the world’s biggest yield trading platform in crypto, has recorded an astonishing infusion of $318 million in Total Value Locked (TVL), just four days after launching on Plasma. This milestone cements Pendle’s adaptability to quickly expand and provide its services to new chains with high market demand for capital efficient, yield‑based strategies. Liquidity Acceleration: $318M in 4 Days In the first 96 hours after its Plasma deployment, Pendle attracted $318

Crunch Lab Raises $5M to Build the Intelligence Layer for Decentralized AI

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Crunch Lab, the core contributor to CrunchDAO, has raised $5 million in a strategic funding round co-led by Galaxy Ventures and Road Capital, with participation from VanEck and Multicoin in June. This brings total funding to $10 million following its $3.5 million seed round in 2024. Crunch Lab’s decentralized network has already delivered double-digit accuracy improvements for top institutions including the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) Research Lab and the

K-Diamonds and KPOP DAO Unite to Launch the World’s First Immersive Web3 Fandom Ecosystem for Global K-Culture

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Official KPOP LLC (“K-Diamonds”), a Delaware limited liability company, today announced a landmark agreement with KPOP DAO LLC ($KPOP), a Wyoming-registered decentralized autonomous organization, to create the world’s first immersive web3 fandom ecosystem dedicated to K-pop and Korean culture. The new ecosystem will introduce web3-native fan missions, token-gated experiences for $KPOP token holders, and immersive cultural events that reward active participation with exclusive access, recognition, and digital collectibles—all designed to elevate

Zeta Network Group Enters Strategic Partnership with SOLV Foundation to Advance Bitcoin-Centric Finance

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Zeta Network Group (Nasdaq: ZNB) (the “Company“) today announced it has entered into a Strategic Partnership Agreement (the “Agreement“) with SOLV Foundation (“SOLV“), a multi-chain Bitcoin liquid staking and institutional-grade structured finance platform with $2.5 billion in TVL, powering SolvBTC across Binance, Base and Solana. The partnership underscores the Company’s ambition to establish itself as a Nasdaq-listed leader in Bitcoin-centric digital asset finance. Key Highlights of the Agreement The Agreement reflects a shared vision

Coral Protocol and Solana Host Internet of Agents Hackathon to Power the Agentic Economy

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Coral Protocol, the open infrastructure powering the Agentic Economy, partnered with Solana to host the Internet of Agents Hackathon in New York City. The event proved what’s possible with Coral v1, showcasing the first marketplace where AI agents collaborate, transact, and scale into real businesses. The hackathon brought together a global community of more than 3,000 developers, forming nearly 400 teams and delivering over 100 accepted submissions in just one week.

Hyperliquid and Aster start the Next Era, Sui DeFi Ecosystem Expands with Native DEX

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This year the SUI blockchain transformed into one of the fastest-growing Layer-1 ecosystems, with more than 150 active DeFi projects. Just in the first week of October, SUI TVL grew from $1.8B to $2.46B with a massive dominance of stablecoins, with a 65% rise to $886 million. Recent updates made Sui a real trading hub that attracts institutional capital, developers, and ordinary traders.  New fast consensus, cross-chain interoperability, and DeFi adoption became a

Fluence Launches Global and Affordable GPU Compute for AI

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Fluence, a cloudless computing platform designed for enterprise use, has announced the availability of GPU compute for AI workloads. The new service offers an alternative to traditional centralized cloud providers, aiming to provide cost efficiency and flexibility. GPU containers are now accessible through the Fluence Platform, with support for GPU virtual machines and bare metal expected to follow in the coming weeks. The rollout is supported by Spheron Network, which

CoinRoutes Acquires QIS Risk to Become Leading Digital Asset Trading Platform

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CoinRoutes, the institutional-grade algorithmic crypto trading platform trusted by elite hedge funds, principal brokerages, and prop traders around the world, today announced the strategic acquisition of QIS Risk, the back-to-back 2024 and 2025 HedgeWeek Risk Management Solution of the Year. This combination creates the crypto industry’s first comprehensive end-to-end institutional platform, combining CoinRoutes’ patented market-leading execution technology with QIS Risk’s award-winning portfolio monitoring and risk management capabilities. The acquisition fundamentally reshapes

Cobalt Finance is Scaling Its Intelligence Platform for Blockchain Research Teams

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Cobalt Finance, a pioneering startup focused on building institutional-grade blockchain intelligence products, is scaling up its comprehensive AI platform featuring expert calls, proprietary insights, and computational analysis for the blockchain ecosystem. The platform provides market intelligence through LLM-driven analysis of proprietary datasets and briefings with C-suite executives and core developers across major blockchain protocols and companies. Cobalt’s platform is designed to support the research and intelligence requirements of institutional participants

Bybit Upgrades Convert Features with Exclusive Lucky Draw

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Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, is excited to introduce upgrades to Bybit Convert, enhancing the features with improved instant and limit order functionality to deliver faster and smarter trading experiences for users. From now until October 17, 2025, users can also take part in a lucky draw with guaranteed prizes. Bybit Convert has undergone a full upgrade in accessibility, functionality, and user experience: For a limited time only, Convert users

Citadel Launches SuiBall, the First Sui-Native Hardware Wallet

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Suiball, unveiled for the first time at SuiFest, delivers secure clear signing, seamless integration with Sui features and dApps, and an intuitive experience built for today’s crypto users Citadel Wallet, a leading innovator in crypto hardware design and development, today announced the launch of Suiball, the first Sui-native hardware wallet, during a live reveal at SuiFest. Built for a new generation of crypto users, Suiball offers secure, transaction-aware clear signing

Foresight Ventures Launches $50M Industry-First Stablecoin Infrastructure Fund

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Foresight Ventures, a leading global crypto VC investing in next-generation payment infrastructure, today announced the launch of a $50 million Stablecoin Infrastructure Fund, the industry’s first dedicated vehicle focused on the entire stablecoin value chain.  The fund will invest across the upstream and downstream ecosystem, targeting projects in stablecoin issuance, coordination, exchange, compliant on/off-ramps, and payment-focused blockchains, as well as innovative applications where stablecoins intersect with real-world assets (RWA), artificial intelligence