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Lending, trading and yield without an intermediary - and the mechanisms, exploits and governance fights that decide whether any of it holds. We look at what the contracts do, not at what the marketing says they do.
Buybacks, fee switches, liquidity design and the parameters governance can change while your money is inside.
Altcoin NewsWhere value was lost, how, and what the protocol did about it afterwards.
Blockchain NewsWhat happens when a permissionless protocol acquires a legal address.
Finance and Business NewsEditorial stories by section, counted live from this site. Paid placements are excluded - they are not reporting, and the masthead carries their number.
August 22, 2026
The platform says the impact was limited to its own funds, not customer holdings, following the disruption. HumidiFi, a trading platform operating on the Solana blockchain, halted trading activity following what it described as an internal network incident. The disruption affected funds held on the platform, prompting an immediate suspension of trading operations.
The metaverse project says the incident has been controlled after unauthorized tokens appeared on two chains. The Sandbox, the blockchain-based virtual world platform, has confirmed that it contained a bridge exploit affecting its native SAND token.
August 22, 2026
Three stories today carry an actual mechanism for moving price before markets open; the rest is context. Three stories today carry an actual mechanism for moving price before markets open; the rest is context.
Treasury's new deadline on offshore stablecoin access to US customers adds urgency to industry preparations. Telcoin's president has told crypto.news that stablecoin issuers face a significant operational test before 2027. The statement comes as US regulators sharpen their focus on how digital dollar tokens are issued, backed, and distributed.
Metaverse platform The Sandbox is investigating an incident that saw an unauthorized batch of its SAND token created on Coinbase's Base network. The Sandbox, a blockchain-based virtual world platform known for its SAND token and NFT land parcels, is dealing with a reported security breach.
South Korea's Shinhan Asset Management will pilot a won-denominated bond fund built on the Solana blockchain. Shinhan Asset Management, part of South Korea's Shinhan Financial Group, has entered a partnership to test tokenized fund issuance on the Solana blockchain.
August 22, 2026
U.Today and CoinTurk News EN report different RLUSD and PYUSD market capitalization figures than Crypto Economy, citing different data providers for the same period. U.Today and CoinTurk News EN report different RLUSD and PYUSD market capitalization figures than Crypto Economy, citing different data providers for the same period.
The White House and financial regulators move in parallel on digital asset market structure. President Trump is renewing pressure on Congress to advance the Clarity Act, a proposed law aimed at settling long-standing questions over how digital assets should be regulated.
A fourth regulatory amendment sets a 1.10% management fee and lays out how staking rewards will be handled. Canary Capital has submitted its fourth amendment to regulators for a proposed exchange-traded fund built around staked TRX, the native token of the Tron blockchain.
August 21, 2026
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong argues Washington cannot delay market structure rules much longer, ahead of a pending Senate vote. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said crypto regulatory clarity in the United States is arriving one way or another, as the Senate prepares to vote on market structure legislation.
The digital asset firm used part of its Ethereum holdings to clear borrowing, leaving thin cash reserves on hand. BTCS Inc. repaid $8.2 million in debt to Aave, the decentralized lending protocol, using Ethereum held on its balance sheet.
Stablecoin issuer exits mining sites in Uruguay after a disagreement over electricity supply undercuts the plan. Tether has walked away from a $120 million Bitcoin mining project in Uruguay, according to reporting from crypto.news, CoinTurk News, Crypto News Flash and Cryptopolitan.
The update gives the wallet's large user base direct access to one of the busiest stablecoin networks in crypto. Bitcoin.com Wallet has integrated native support for TRON, the company confirmed. The update lets users store, send, and receive TRX, TRON's native token, alongside USDT issued under the TRC20 standard.
The integration reportedly lets traders move the stablecoin on Aster without completing Robinhood's identity checks. Robinhood Chain has added support for USDG deposits and withdrawals through a new integration with Aster, according to reports from CryptoBriefing and The Cryptonomist. The addition connects Robinhood's blockchain infrastructure to a trading venue that operates outside traditional brokerage rails.
The proposal, published in the Federal Register, marks a formal step toward a dedicated U.S. rulebook for digital assets. The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has announced a proposed rule titled Regulation Crypto Assets.
Brad Garlinghouse links artificial intelligence adoption to broader US economic momentum even as crypto markets slide. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has credited artificial intelligence with helping the United States economy grow, according to a report from U.Today. He connected the technology's rapid adoption to wider gains across American industry.
The filing shows liabilities roughly 50 times greater than the company's reported assets. Poolin, once one of the larger mining pools in the crypto industry, has filed for bankruptcy protection in New Jersey. The filing was reported by crypto.news on August 21, 2026.
August 21, 2026
The partnership positions Ripple's stablecoin as collateral for institutional lending, not just cross-border payments. Ripple has partnered with Clearpool and Cicada to launch a credit fund aimed at institutional investors, using its RLUSD stablecoin as the underlying asset.
Financial services - lending, trading, derivatives - run by smart contracts on a public blockchain rather than by a firm. There is no counterparty to call if it fails, which is both the point and the risk.
A protocol using its revenue to buy its own token on the open market. It transfers value to holders, but only for as long as the revenue lasts - the mechanism matters less than what funds it.
The value of assets deposited in a protocol. It is a useful size indicator and a poor safety indicator: TVL rises with incentives and can leave in a single block.
Because they come from different sources - trading fees, lending demand, token emissions or leverage. A yield paid in newly issued tokens is not the same as one paid from fees, and it does not survive the same conditions.