Lighter DEX Launches Spot Trading on Zk-Rollup Unifying Derivatives Liquidity
Lighter's integration of zero-fee spot trading with its derivatives market on a zk-rollup creates a unified capital-efficient trading primitive.
Monad Parallel EVM Mainnet Launch Captures $120 Million TVL
The parallelized EVM architecture immediately attracted significant capital, validating a new execution layer for complex, high-throughput DeFi primitives.
Allora Network Decentralizes Intelligence Layer for Autonomous Liquidity Management Optimization
The decentralized intelligence layer uses collective AI to continuously rebalance liquidity, fundamentally optimizing DeFi capital efficiency.
STON.fi Launches Full DAO, Decentralizing Governance of TON’s Core DeFi Liquidity
Decentralizing TON's largest DEX through a full DAO secures the ecosystem's core liquidity rails, establishing a high-standard governance primitive.
Terminal Finance Halts DEX Launch despite $280 Million Pre-Launch TVL
The $280M pre-launch capital lock validates intense demand for specialized yield-bearing stablecoin DEXs, exposing critical Layer-1 infrastructure risk.
Drift V3 Upgrade Boosts Solana Derivatives Trading Speed Tenfold
Rebuilt backend architecture on Drift v3 delivers a 10x execution speed increase, establishing a new latency benchmark for on-chain perpetuals.
Firelight Launches XRP Staking and Risk Cover for Institutional DeFi Security
Firelight introduces a security primitive that utilizes staked XRP to underwrite DeFi exploit risk, directly addressing the vertical's $1B security gap.
Cube Exchange Launches Non-Custodial Trading with MPC Vault Security
The hybrid exchange model, integrating MPC self-custody with CEX-grade execution, fundamentally de-risks the high-performance trading experience.
Figure RWA Consortium Expands Institutional Private Credit Yield to Solana DeFi
The consortium uses Chainlink CCIP to bridge Figure's $1B+ monthly RWA loan originations, strategically unfragmenting private credit yield for Solana's capital.
