Synthetix Unveils Perpetual DEX on Ethereum Mainnet

Decentralized derivatives protocol Synthetix is launching a perpetual derivatives DEX on Ethereum, which will use a hybrid onchain-offchain order matching system to bypass Ethereum mainnet's latency...

Lido Outlines $60M Plan to Expand Beyond Liquid Staking

Lido DAO, the decentralized organization behind the largest liquid staking protocol in DeFi, is signaling plans to push beyond its core ETH staking business next year.

Intuit Partners with Circle to Integrate Stablecoin Infra, USDC Across Its Platform

Intuit, the fintech company behind TurboTax, QuickBooks, and Credit Karma, said Thursday, Dec. 18, that it has partnered with USDC issuer Circle to add stablecoin capabilities across its platform.

US Online Bank SoFi Launches Native Stablecoin

United States-based digital bank SoFi Technologies unveiled SoFiUSD, a fully reserved U.S. dollar stablecoin issued by SoFi Bank. The move makes SoFi the first U.S. national bank to release an “open...

Top Solana Lending Protocol Adds Superstate Tokenized Shares as Collateral

Fintech firm Superstate said on Thursday, Dec. 18, that tokenized public equities issued through its Opening Bell platform are now available as collateral on Kamino, the largest lending protocol on...

Hyperliquid Proposes Burning 13% of Circulating Supply

A major driver behind Hyperliquid’s success in 2025 is its buyback system, with the Hyperliquid Assistance Fund (AF) buying back more than 37 million HYPE tokens since its inception. While most...

DTCC Taps Canton Network to Test Tokenized Treasuries

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced that it has selected the Canton Network to tokenize a subset of the U.S. Treasury securities it holds, highlighting the platform’s privacy...