Aave V4 Gas Optimization Push Shows DeFi Is Still Fighting Its Cost Problem

The integration of deSPXA into DeFi lending highlights the evolving landscape of tokenized assets, posing new risks and opportunities for investors. The post Centrifuge enables deSPXA holders to borrow against S&P 500 exposure on Morpho appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

The post Gauntlet Raises $125M Series C From SBI Holdings appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. SBI Holdings was the sole investor in the round, which Gauntlet says will fund expansion into stablecoins, tokenization and traditional capital markets infrastructure. Gauntlet, a DeFi risk management and vault curation firm with $1.42 billion in assets under advisement, closed a $125 million Series C funding round with SBI Holdings, the Japanese financial conglomerate, as the sole investor, Gauntlet said on X Thursday. The firm, founded by chief executive Tarun Chitra, said the capital will fund “building our infrastructure across traditional capital markets, expanding stablecoin coverage, and accelerating new onchain offerings.” Gauntlet said it aims to provide “quantitative guardrails” as institutions move capital onchain. Gauntlet was last valued at $1 billion in 2022, when it raised roughly $24 million in a Series B round. Gauntlet did not disclose a post-money valuation for the Series C

SBI Holdings was the sole investor in the round, which Gauntlet says will fund expansion into stablecoins, tokenization and traditional capital markets infrastructure.

The laundering through Tornado Cash complicates fund recovery, highlighting regulatory challenges and potential impacts on DeFi privacy tools. The post Summer.fi hacker launders $1M through Tornado Cash after $6M exploit appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

The post Robinhood launched a Wall Street layer 2 chain and the market crowned a $150M cat coin first appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Robinhood launched the public mainnet of Robinhood Chain this month, describing it as a permissionless Layer 2 built on Arbitrum for tokenized stocks, real-world assets, DeFi lending, and AI-native finance. One week in, the chain’s loudest retail activity is driven by CASHCAT, a memecoin built on Robinhood’s own discarded “CashCat” name. The token reached nearly $150 million in market cap and over $159 million in 24-hour volume. CASHCAT gained liquidity, price charts, and social attention through Uniswap V3 pools and third-party launch and routing infrastructure, including Noxa.fun and Pump.fun, rather than through Robinhood’s own app-listing process. An explainer graphic outlines six steps showing how CASHCAT gained liquidity, price charts, and trading volume on Robinhood Chain without a formal listing. Behind an unapproved listing Robinhood built

The post Zapper to Shut Down Aug. 3 After Nearly Seven Years appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The DeFi portfolio tracker once handled $13 billion in transaction volume and 2 million monthly users before deciding an orderly wind-down was its best option. Zapper, the DeFi portfolio tracker and dashboard, will shut down entirely on August 3rd, co-founder and CEO Seb Audet said in a post on X Wednesday. The company’s website, mobile apps and API services will all go offline. Audet said the team “evaluated a number of different options, pursued some to the fullest extent possible,” before concluding that an orderly wind down is the best course of action. Existing API users will receive transition guidance by email, he said. Seven-Year Run Zapper launched in 2019 as a simple portfolio tracker Audet built for himself while exploring early DeFi, before scaling into a broader dashboard for tracking liquidity pools, yield farms and claimable rewards. At its peak, the platform served more tha

The DeFi portfolio tracker once handled $13 billion in transaction volume and 2 million monthly users before deciding an orderly wind-down was its best option.

The post Hyperliquid Wants CFTC to Exempt DeFi From Legacy Crypto Rules appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The Hyperliquid Policy Center (HPC) and non-custodial wallet provider Phantom have jointly urged the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to modernize its regulatory approach to decentralized finance (DeFi). In a response to the agency’s Request for Information on evolving financial technology, the organizations argue that onchain infrastructure should not be regulated like traditional financial intermediaries. The filing could influence how US regulators oversee decentralized markets while shaping the future of self-custody, onchain trading, and blockchain innovation. HPC and Phantom Push for Tailored DeFi Rules In their joint comment, HPC and Phantom argue that developers who publish onchain protocol software should not automatically be treated as operators of exchanges or clearinghouses. Instead, they urge the CFTC to distinguish between building technology and prov