Cardano’s total value locked dropped close to 30% in June, sliding from $129 million to $92 million — a fall that closely tracks ADA’s own price decline of 27% over the same stretch. Yet one platform inside the ecosystem is pushing back hard against the idea that the network is finished. DexHunter, a Cardano-based DEX aggregator, took to X to argue that the blockchain is more alive than ever, citing a sharp spike in trading activity as proof that user engagement remains strong despite ADA’s price weakness. Related Reading: Security Milestone: XRP Lending Protocol Completes Military-Grade Assessment A Surge, Then A Pullback Daily DEX trading volume on Cardano shot up from roughly 6 million ADA to 25 million ADA across four days, one of the steepest volume increases in recent months. DexHunter attributed that spike to heavy trading in tokens including NIGHT, STRIKE, and SNEK, as well as stablecoins such as USDCx. Volume has since retreated to around 7.45 million ADA, down 11% in the most
Crypto analyst Crypto Lens has predicted that the Bitcoin price could rally to a new all-time high (ATH) of $150,000. This came as he outlined four scenarios that will build toward this rally to a new ATH by next year. Bitcoin Price To Still Rally To $150,000 Amid These Four Scenarios In an X post, Crypto Lens predicted that the Bitcoin price would rally to $150,000 by February next year. This came as he noted that BTC is now hovering at the exact level where every bull trap ends. The analyst stated that next week, another bearish rejection will send BTC back to $43,000. The rally to $150,000 and drop to $43,000 is notably among the scenarios he outlined for BTC. Related Reading: This Bitcoin Chart Shows What To Expect For The Next 3 Months After Major Decision Point In the first scenario, Crypto Lens predicted the Bitcoin price would drop to $48,000 within a few days. This will be followed by a drop to $43,000 in July, which is the second scenario. In the third scenario, the analyst
How close did DeFi come to a real systemic collapse? In this episode, Camila Russo sits down with Mike Silagadze, co-founder and CEO of Ether.fi, to break down the Kelp exploit, the DeFi United rescue effort, and why Mike believes the default path could have been far worse if nobody had stepped in.
Polychain-backed Botanix Labs is winding down its Spiderchain Bitcoin Layer 2 after a year of mainnet operation, citing insufficient demand for Bitcoin-native DeFi. Users have until July 9 to withdraw assets.
Uniswap's dominance in tokenized gold trading highlights the potential risks and rewards of market concentration in decentralized finance.
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Cardano price remained under pressure near $0.16 on June 10, even as on-chain data showed that long-dormant ADA had started moving again. According to crypto.news data, the token fell 4.95% over 24 hours, 25.92% over seven days and 42.69% during…
The integration of real-world payment infrastructure with DeFi lending enhances liquidity options, but it also introduces new risk management challenges.
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Bitcoin closed the week of June 5 with a nearly 20% decline — its sharpest single-week drop since the FTX collapse in November 2022 — but on-chain analyst Ali Martinez is pushing back against the prevailing fear, arguing in a technical post on X that the market is approaching a major macro accumulation cycle rather than the beginning of a deeper structural breakdown. Related Reading: The Bitcoin Rally Has A Problem: Demand Is Drying Up Martinez’s case rests on a convergence of on-chain metrics that have historically accompanied market bottoms rather than preceded further selling. Bitcoin’s decline to $59,000 — its lowest level since 2024 — flushed out what he describes as “overleveraged premiums” across the board, per his X post. That kind of forced deleveraging, he argues, is typically what creates the conditions for a genuine bottom rather than a temporary bounce. BTC's price trends to the downside on the daily chart. Source: BTCUSD on Tradingview The Bitcoin Metrics Behind The Call