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Solana's asset inflow surge underscores its growing appeal in DeFi, potentially boosting its market position and price targets. The post Solana sees $40M asset inflow as cross-chain interest grows appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
Read full articleSolana’s ETF story keeps gaining weight. The latest Bitwise-linked filing puts SOL more firmly into the institutional product conversation, even if approval is still a separate and much harder question. The useful way
Solana’s ETF story keeps gaining weight. The latest Bitwise-linked filing puts SOL more firmly into the institutional product conversation, even if approval is still a separate and much harder question. The useful way
The post What is liquidation in crypto? Health factors & more appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Liquidation is the moment crypto’s leverage machinery takes your collateral, and it happens two very different ways: exchanges force-closing leveraged trades, and DeFi lending protocols auctioning borrowers’ collateral to keeper bots. This guide explains both systems, the health factor math, the bonus liquidators earn, why liquidations cascade into crashes, and how to read the daily liquidation numbers everyone quotes and few understand. Summary Liquidation is crypto’s automated way of keeping leveraged systems solvent without identity, courts, or credit scores. Exchange liquidations force-close leveraged trades, while DeFi liquidations repay unhealthy loans by selling borrower collateral. In DeFi lending, the health factor is the core warning signal: above 1 is safe, below 1 is liquidatable. Liquidation cascades happen when forced selling pushes prices lower and triggers the next layer o
The post USDT for Payments, USDC for DeFi: Two Stablecoin Markets appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. You can feel it on-chain. Stablecoins aren’t one big pool anymore. They’re splitting into two clear jobs. USDT is becoming the everyday money rail for cross-border payments and P2P commerce, especially where banking is expensive or unreliable. USDC is increasingly the pipe that DeFi runs on across Ethereum and the newer L2s. Same dollar intent, different routes, different frictions. If you’re building, trading, or paying salaries, this split changes how you move money, where you source liquidity, and which risks you accept. Point Details USDT leads in payments Low fees and wide P2P access on Tron pull remittances and merchant flows into USDT. Tether’s transparency shows most USDT supply lives on Tron. USDC anchors DeFi Major DeFi pairs, collateral standards, and L2 ecosystems lean USDC first, especially on Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism, and Base. Two l
Crypto liquidation explained: exchange margin calls, DeFi health factors, keeper bots, liquidation bonuses, cascades, and how to keep positions alive.
The post Crypto hacks drained $955 million in H1 2026 – Finbold report appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. As the crypto community anticipates a market reversal driven by institutional capital and regulatory clarity as of July 8, Finbold research found that the cryptocurrency market is under intense pressure from major hacks. Between January 1, 2026, and June 2026, the Finbold report found that $955,864,608 was stolen from five Decentralized Finance (DeFi) protocols. The largest crypto hacks involved different tactics, which raises questions about the security designs of the web3 industry. Top 5 largest crypto hacks of H1 2026. Source: Finbold The largest crypto hack in the first half of 2026 involved a compromised supply chain on April 18 at a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) dubbed Kelp DAO, a liquid restaking protocol built on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain. This supply chain attack on Kelp DAO saw the hackers siphon 116,500 rsETH (Restaked Ether), valued at about $293 mi
The post Did Ansem Buy Cash Cat (CASHCAT)? $233,000 Wallet Move Raises Questions appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. A wallet named Ansem-2 spent $233,000 to buy 2.79 million Cash Cat (CASHCAT) tokens within three hours. On-chain data links the wallet to a Solana address tied to trader Ansem (@blknoiz06). The Solana address, CLM6E4zpTviEC77nWKogpVLQoXx9tgoQCYJ8NibxKg1Q, holds 10.5 million The Black Bull (ANSEM) tokens. It has generated roughly $2.6 million in past ANSEM profits. Ansem has not confirmed any link to the purchase. A Fast, Targeted CASHCAT Buy Blockchain analytics firm Lookonchain flagged the transaction on July 8. The wallet, labeled “Ansem-2” and starting with 0x6f5b, moved quickly, accumulating 2.79 million CASHCAT tokens in under three hours. Did Ansem(@blknoiz06) buy $CASHCAT? A wallet (0x6f5b) named “Ansem-2” spent $233K to buy 2.79M $CASHCAT over the past 3 hours. The wallet is linked to the Solana wallet CLM6E4, which currently holds 10.5M $ANSEM ($2.7M) and has m
The post The 3 fights that decide the CLARITY Act: Ethics, DeFi, and $1.35B in yield appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The most consequential crypto bill in American history missed its July 4 signing target and sits on the Senate calendar with no floor vote scheduled. The reason is not procedure. It is three specific, unresolved fights: the President’s $1.4 billion in crypto income, a developer shield that police groups call a criminal loophole, and a stablecoin-yield question worth $1.35 billion a year to Coinbase alone. The Senate returns July 13 with three weeks to settle all three. Here is each fight, both sides, and the math. Summary Three unresolved disputes over ethics, DeFi developer protections, and stablecoin rewards continue to hold up the Senate vote on the CLARITY Act. The Senate has roughly three weeks before the August recess to secure enough bipartisan support and clear several procedural hurdles for the bill. The outcome could shape crypto regulation in the United S
