USDT arrived on Aptos this week, and has been embraced across the entire DeFi ecosystem 🌐
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✔️ 33M transactions processed
✔️ ~4M active users—pushing monthly actives past 8M
Here’s your roundup of DeFi news & happenings this week ICYMI 🧵

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With the victory of former President Trump in the US presidential election the day before yesterday, today (November 8th) the Federal Reserve lowered the benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 4.50%-4.75% (the second consecutive rate cut this year, in line with market expectations), and market sentiment has also remained bullish, with Bitcoin continuously breaking new historical highs to reach $76,990.

Although the outcome of the US election will have a long-term impact on the cryptocurrency market, we should not ignore the short-term volatility risk. In the volatile and bullish market of Bitcoin this week, in the past 24 hours alone, the total liquidation amount in the cryptocurrency market has exceeded $3....

What will happen to the market next? What will be the highest price of Bitcoin in the bull market of 2025?

The top trending cryptos today include a project that has recently seen a notable exchange listing and another two that have previously appeared on this list. Interestingly, the prices of two out of t...

Why These Altcoins Are Trending Today — November 8

The collapse of FTX has blown a BTC-sized hole in the Solana DeFi. Can Coinbase's cbBTC fill it?

- Coinbase has launched cbBTC, bringing BTC to the Solana blockchain.
- BTC can enable trading and lending on centralized crypto exchanges, but this key functionality requires additional effort in DeFi.
- Some hope Coinbase's move will spur more DeFi activity on Solana.