The U.S. Treasury Department's repeal of the Biden-era DeFi reporting rule means that DeFi platforms are no longer required to generate IRS 1099-DA forms for user transactions. This decision brings a significant victory in compliance for the DeFi industry, lifting the compliance burden faced by decentralized platforms and ensuring that similar rules cannot be easily implemented in the future. Although the compliance environment for DeFi platforms has been relaxed, DeFi users still need to report their gains and losses and track their own trading data.

BlockBeats news, on July 4, Nasdaq-listed DeFi Development Corp. (Nasdaq code: DFDV) announced the purchase of 17,760 SOL, valued at approximately 2.7 million USD. After the transaction, DeFi Development Corp. now holds approximately 640,585 SOL and its equivalents, including stake rewards, with a total value of around 98.1 million USD. On July 2, DeFi Development Corp. (Nasdaq code: DFDV) will raise 100 million USD through convertible notes to increase its holdings of SOL and repurchase company stock.

According to ChainCatcher news and Cointelegraph reports, leading crypto infrastructure provider Blockdaemon has launched a non-custodial yield service called Earn Stack for institutional clients, supporting DeFi yields and PoS staking for over 50 protocols. This service complies with SEC guidelines and has ISO 27001 and SOC 2 verification, supports no-code integration and multiple APIs, and provides slashing protection, liquidity aggregation, and cross-chain.

According to ChainCatcher news reported by Cointelegraph, Blockdaemon, a leading provider of encryption infrastructure, has launched a non-custodial yield service called Earn Stack for institutional clients, supporting DeFi yields and PoS stake across over 50 protocols. The service complies with SEC guidelines, has ISO 27001 and SOC 2 verification, supports no-code integration and multiple APIs, and offers slashing protection, liquidity aggregation, and cross-chain Staking features.  

Blockdaemon launches the Earn Stack service for Decentralized Finance and Staking, offering staking opportunities for over 50 protocols, emphasizing security and the needs of institutional clients, and has obtained ISO 27001 verification, simplifying the entry into DeFi, supporting multi-chain staking and Liquidity aggregation.

Blockdaemon launched the Decentralized Finance and Staking service Earn Stack, offering staking opportunities for over 50 protocols, emphasizing security and institutional client needs, has obtained ISO 27001 verification, simplifies the entry into Decentralized Finance, and supports multi-chain staking and Liquidity aggregation.

Odaily News DeFi Dev Corp, a Nasdaq-listed company, announced today that it has increased its holdings by 153,225 SOL, bringing its total holdings to 846,630 SOL, worth approximately 133.1 million dollars.

Ethereum (ETH) continued its upward trend in the European early trading hours today (10), currently reported at 2,787 USD. With Bitcoin reaching a historical high, interest from investors in the crypto assets market is reigniting, especially in the Decentralized Finance (DeFi) sector. Investors are shifting their focus towards the utility of digital assets, rather than relying solely on simple capital gains, with the Total Value Locked (TVL) in the DeFi market growing by over 34 billion USD in the past three months.

Token Terminal's data shows that Aave has surpassed Lido Finance in Total Value Locked (TVL). Lido once held 37% of DeFi TVL, while Aave accounted for 24%. However, as of July 2025, AAVE holds 39% of DeFi TVL, while Lido has decreased to 21%. The AAVE platform alone accounts for 22% of all DeFi TVL, with a market share close to half in the lending sector, around 46%. This rising trend clearly indicates that Lido's influence has weakened, while Aave's steady growth since March positions it as a new practical pillar of DeFi.

PANews, July 3rd news, according to official sources, the US stock-listed company DeFi Development Corp announced that it has increased its holdings by 17,760 SOL, amounting to approximately 2.72 million USD. As of July 3, 2025, it holds 640,585 SOL and equivalent assets, with a total value of 98.1 million USD.

The AI-driven DeFi smart platform INFINIT recently published a post on X introducing the Agentic DeFi Economy, aimed at transforming complex strategic concepts into easy-to-implement products that reshape value flows. This mechanism will no longer rely on individual protocol interactions but will build an open market, making DeFi strategies profitable products that anyone can create, share, and execute. The three key participants are as follows: 1. Strategy Creators - design and monetize multi-step DeFi strategies. 2. End Users - easily execute complex strategies with one click. 3. Agent Swarm - provide the infrastructure to make all this possible.

BlockBeats news, on June 26, according to Cointelegraph, the Decentralized Finance (DeFi) protocol Resupply has confirmed a security vulnerability in its wstUSR market, resulting in a loss of approximately 9.6 million USD in crypto assets. Blockchain security company Cyvers stated that the attack was triggered by a price manipulation attack, involving the integration of the protocol with a synthetic stablecoin called cvcrvUSD.

Institutional-level DeFi execution engine Makina has completed a $3 million strategic funding round, with participating investors including Bodhi Ventures and Cyber Fund. Makina Finance aims to support AI agents and asset management, offering on-chain risk-adjusted return strategies.

PANews reported on June 19 that, according to The Block, the total lock-up volume (TVL) of DeFi lending protocols exceeded $55.69 billion, a record high, surpassing the peaks in 2021, 2022 and 2024. Among them, the Aave v3 protocol TVL increased to $26.09 billion, an increase of 55% from the beginning of April, the average daily protocol revenue increased from $900,000 to $1.6 million, the AAVE token rose by 65% in the past three months, and Bitcoin rose by 26% in the same period. Morpho Blue's TVL was $3.9 billion, up 38% for the year. Maple

PANews June 19 news, according to the Sonic Labs announcement, the DeFi aggregator 1inch has officially integrated the Sonic chain. Users can now directly access the Sonic network through the 1inch Wallet, utilizing its Pathfinder smart routing Algorithm to obtain optimal transaction rates, while enjoying the built-in MEV protection mechanism. This integration supports bridge-less cross-chain transactions between Sonic and other EVM chains.

According to ChainCatcher news and SoSoValue data, influenced by factors such as the controlled risk of escalating tensions in the Middle East, the crypto market zone continues its pullback trend, but the decline has significantly narrowed. Among them, the AI and Decentralized Finance zones are relatively strong, rising by 1.15% and 0.37%, respectively. Within the AI zone, Bittensor (TAO), Worldcoin (WLD), and KAI have risen by 2.59%, 2.73%, and 3.25%, respectively. Within the Decentralized Finance zone, Uniswap (UNI), Jupiter (JUP), Ondo.

Against the backdrop of easing tensions in the Middle East, the crypto market continues to pull back but the decline has narrowed, with the AI and Decentralized Finance zones rising by 1.15% and 0.37%, respectively. BTC fell by 0.20% to $104,000, while ETH dropped by 0.34% to remain above $2,500, with most other zones declining.

The DeFi asset management protocol Velvet Capital announced the completion of a $3.7 million financing round, with participants including several institutions such as YZi Labs. The financing will drive the management of its investment portfolio and the launch of the new token Velvet.

The BSC-based encryption payment project Xpayra recently launched a global node recruitment, covering multiple regions. The project relies on its self-developed PayFi architecture, planning to achieve stablecoin settlement and smart contracts clearing, aiming to provide users with low-cost, trustless cross-border payment services.

Recently, multiple contract attack cases have exploited the features of EIP-7702 to bypass on-chain security mechanisms, resulting in flash loan attacks and price manipulation, causing losses of nearly one million dollars. Attackers implemented attacks through malicious delegator authorization, affecting multiple DeFi projects. GoPlus recommends that the project party strengthen security protection measures.

Analyst Darkfost's latest data reveals a key trend: the total supply of ERC-20 stablecoins is regaining momentum and has reached a historical peak of $121 billion today. This milestone is significant as it indicates that while other areas of the market seem stagnant, new demand and liquidity are flowing into the crypto ecosystem. As the broader market waits for a directional decision, the quiet growth of stablecoin supply may be an early signal of the market regaining momentum. If the supply of stablecoins continues to expand, it is likely to become an early catalyst for the next major phase of the crypto assets bull run cycle.

Solana reserve strategy company DeFi Development Corp (DDC) disclosed details of its $112.5 million private sale financing, including $75.6 million for "prepaid forward" equity trades, with the remaining funds used for acquisition of SOL, etc. The convertible note annual interest rate is 5.5%, expected to be completed in July.

Odaily News Bitcoin DeFi project BOB launched the BitVM Bridge Testnet, which has received support from many major crypto assets companies that will operate nodes on the BitVM bridge, such as Lombard, Amber Group and

The Hong Kong-listed company Derlin Holdings announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with RWA tokenization fintech company Asseto Fintech Limited. The two parties will cooperate to promote the application of compliance digital asset products and services, including stablecoins and Decentralized Finance (DeFi) integration. The cooperation content also includes jointly launching a Compliance multi-asset strategy fund, applying for stablecoin-related licenses, and exploring the possibility of tokenization of fund shares as a source of stablecoin returns.

According to BlockBeats, on July 2, the stock price of Derlin Holdings in the Hong Kong stock market rose by 12.10%, with a market capitalization reaching HKD 5.562 billion. Previously, Derlin Holdings announced that it had signed a strategic cooperation memorandum of understanding with the fintech company Asseto Fintech Limited (Asseto), which focuses on the tokenization of real-world assets (RWA). The two parties plan to jointly develop RWA tokenization solutions in the Asian market and promote the adoption of compliant digital asset products and services, including stablecoin applications and DeFi integration.

Odaily News: Hong Kong listed company Derin Holdings announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding with RWA tokenization fintech company Asseto Fintech Limited to promote the adoption of compliant digital asset products and services, including stablecoin applications and Decentralized Finance (DeFi) integration. The two parties will also jointly launch a compliant multi-asset strategy fund and plan to apply for stablecoin-related licenses, as well as explore the application of tokenized fund shares as a source of stablecoin yield. (Hong Kong Economic Times)

PANews June 26th news, according to Bloomberg, Zak Folkman, co-founder of the DeFi platform World Liberty Financial associated with the Trump family, stated at the cryptocurrency industry conference "Permissionless" held in New York on Wednesday that the platform is receiving "strong interest" from several publicly listed companies, which hope to use its Token WLFI as corporate reserve assets. Folkman also announced the launch of the new World Liberty Financial application. Folkman stated: "We have a very close relationship with Michael Saylor - we greatly appreciate everything he has done strategically, as well as the way he promotes the idea of holding corporate reserves in the form of encryption. Several publicly traded companies have already considered using WLFI Token as their corporate reserves.

Golden Finance reported that Enso announced the launch of the first embeddable cross-chain interaction deposit feature, which, through collaboration with LayerZero and StarGate Finance, allows any Decentralized Finance protocol to accept deposits from multiple chains. This feature, as a new fundamental component of Chain Abstraction, is currently online and available for integration.

OdailyOdailyDaily News Solana The Decentralized Finance Development Corporation (DFDV) announced that it will launch WIF (Dogwifhat) validatorsNode on Solana, and the stake rewards, MEV, and other validators rewards will be shared proportionally with the WIF community after deducting operating costs. This measure is part of its strategy to expand the 'per-share SOL holding' by establishing Node Validators and continuously purchasing SOL and participating in stake operations.（The

According to ChainCatcher news and a report by CoinDesk, Bitcoin DeFi protocol BeL2 developer Elastos announced the launch of a BTC-backed stablecoin BTCD. Ahmed IJ, head of marketing at Elastos, said that BTCD is backed by Bitcoin, and the collateral amount is equivalent to 160%-200% of the value of BTCD. When the price of BTCD is higher than $1, holders will burn tokens to redeem BTC, resulting in a decrease in supply and a downward price decline; If it falls below $1, users deposit new BTC to mint BTCD and sell it, causing supply to increase and the price to recover.

BlockBeats news, on June 19, according to Coindesk, the Bitcoin DeFi protocol BeL2 developer Elastos announced the launch of the BTC-backed stablecoin BTCD. Elastos marketing director Ahmed IJ stated that BTCD is backed by Bitcoin, with a collateral amount equivalent to 160%-200% of the value of BTCD. When the price of BTCD exceeds 1 dollar, holders will burn tokens to redeem BTC, leading to a decrease in supply and a downward price trend; if it falls below 1 dollar, users will deposit new BTC to mint BTCD and sell, causing an increase in supply and a price rebound.

PANews reported on June 19 that, according to The Block, stablecoin issuer PaxosPaxos launched a new startup, Paxos Labs, which aims to help institutions integrate DeFi and on-chain products directly into their own applications and platforms. According to Bhau Kotecha, co-founder of Paxos Labs, the company has been incubated within Paxos for the past six months due to the company's growing demand for bridging the DeFi market and real-world asset opportunities. Paxos Labs is building easy-to-integrate APIs that allow customers to integrate products without having to dig deep into the complexities of DeFi. Its initial offerings include the issuance of custom-branded stablecoins, the deployment of tokenized yield strategies, and tools to manage structured digital assets, with the primary target customers being consumer fintech applications, exchanges, and blockchain networks. Paxos Labs will also collaborate with multi-asset issuers.

PANews, June 19, news from The Block reports that the stablecoin issuer Paxos has launched a new startup, Paxos Labs, aimed at helping institutions directly integrate DeFi and on-chain products into their own applications and platforms. Bhau Kotecha, co-founder of Paxos Labs, stated that due to the growing demand for connecting the DeFi market and real asset opportunities, the company was incubated internally at Paxos over the past six months. Paxos Labs is building easy-to-integrate APIs that allow clients to integrate related products without needing to deeply understand the complexities of DeFi. Its initial products include the issuance of custom-branded stablecoins, deployment of tokenization yield strategies, and tools for managing structured digital assets, with the primary target clients being consumer fintech applications, exchanges, and blockchain networks. Paxos Labs will also collaborate with multi-asset issuers.

BlockBeats News: On June 18, according to official news, INFINIT, an AI-powered DeFi intelligence platform, announced that it has reached three important milestones: · 244,000+ user conversations· 233,000+ transactions· Issuing 346,000+ badges, INFINIT is making it easier than ever for both novice and experienced users to discover, execute, and participate in DeFi through natural language interaction and personalized AI Agents.

The stablecoin Falcon USD issued by Falcon Finance fell below the 1 USD peg on July 9, reaching a low of 0.9783 USD, with on-chain liquidity shrinking by over 80%. Although the managing partner claims that its over-collateralization ratio is 116%, DeFi research institutions warn of the risk of over-issuance.

According to BlockBeats news on July 8, the publicly listed company DeFi Development Corp. (NASDAQ: DFDV) announced an increase of 47,272 SOL, worth approximately 7.19 million dollars.

Golden Finance reports that the U.S. listed company DeFi Development Corp. (NASDAQ code: DFDV) has announced plans for a private sale of $100 million in convertible preferred notes maturing in 2030. The funds raised will be partially used to repurchase the company's common stock through forward contracts, with the remaining funds intended for general corporate purposes, including increasing its holdings in Solana (SOL).

BlockBeats news, on July 1, Pantera Capital launched the DAT Fund, providing investors with investment opportunities related to the "digital asset treasury" (Digital Asset Treasury, referred to as DAT). Pantera has always been at the forefront of this emerging industry, and as one of the first core investors in DAT projects in the United States, Pantera has been fortunate to participate in and promote the launch of projects such as DeFi Development Corp. (DFDV) and Cantor Equity Partners (CEP). Pantera's due diligence process has already yielded several outstanding investment results in the short term, and Pantera's early involvement and success have also contributed to DAT becoming an increasingly rising industry trend. There have been many

PANews reported on June 25th that Decentralized Finance Development Corporation, a Nasdaq-listed company with strategic reserves in Solana, announced the launch of Dogwifhat (WIF) verification Node, reaching a profit-sharing protocol with the Memecoin community. Both parties will share stake income, MEV, and other validators' rewards after deducting operating expenses. Parker White, Chief Investment Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Decentralized Finance Dev Corp, said, "In the short term, we will support the Dogwifhat community by operating Solana validators; in the long run, we plan to further expand our cooperation on this basis. We have not yet publicly shared the profit-sharing ratio, but both parties will share a portion of the income after deducting costs."

According to a report by Jinse Finance and data from DeFi Llama, last week the spot trading volume on DEX reached $97.86 billion, a week-on-week pump of 1.88%; the volume of Perptual Futures reached $103.37 billion, a week-on-week pump of 8.44%.

Staking mining contracts are leading a new trend in crypto assets investment, with an annualized return rate of up to 20%. Although high returns attract investors, they also come with high risks, so it's essential to carefully choose a reputable platform. Smart contracts enhance mining efficiency and security, and top platforms attract users with stable returns and flexibility. It is recommended to adopt a diversified Lock-up Position strategy to cope with market fluctuations.

The article introduces the diversified solutions for Gate on-chain wealth management, emphasizing the realization of crypto asset appreciation through Decentralized Finance yield optimization and Liquidity Mining. Users can configure assets across chains, with annualized returns reaching 8%-15%. The unique Liquidity Mining gameplay can enhance yields up to 50%. The crypto market experiences significant Fluctuation, and users should carefully assess risks.

In the rapidly changing world of crypto assets, DeFi (Decentralized Finance) is undoubtedly one of the most noteworthy innovations of the past few years. However, veteran analyst Mark Jeftovic cites Willy Woo's perspective to present a disruptive argument: "The biggest fintech opportunity in the next decade is not DeFi, but the merger of BTC + TradFi." This summarizes everything we have seen in the past cycle — Bitcoin becoming the foundational layer for the next generation of financial tools, with stablecoins serving as a bridge between the traditional dollar system and the new fintech ecosystem. This is not just an evolution of technology, but a transformation of the financial paradigm.

According to Jinse Finance, data from DeFi Llama shows that the total market capitalization of stablecoins in the crypto market is $255.605 billion, an increase of $2.023 billion from last week, with a week-on-week rise of 0.80%. Among them, the market capitalization ratio of USDT is 62.39%.

Pantera Capital has launched the "Pantera DAT Fund," focusing on digital asset treasury investments, with an expected investment of $100 million. Several new and old LPs have committed to investing, and the fund has participated in cornerstone investments in multiple DAT companies.

Former TON Foundation executives Justin Hyun and trader Hyung Lee jointly launched the Affluent DeFi protocol based on the TON Blockchain, aiming to provide convenient encryption asset management services through Telegram, supporting multiple asset types, and planning to introduce a points system as an important reference for future Airdrops.

Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin pointed out that ETH and BTC are the starting points for traditional finance to enter Decentralized Finance. If Wall Street follows investable assets, it will promote the standardization of DeFi, thereby facilitating the widespread application for ordinary users.

CICADA Finance announced the completion of a $18 million Fair Launch, becoming the first DeFi financing case based on USD1, with plans to create asset management protocols and stablecoin applications. In collaboration with Metalpha, it launched a no-stake leveraged new listing mechanism to attract multiple institutions to participate.

Aurora co-founder Alex Shevchenko proposed an intention-driven architecture that simplifies Crypto Assets operations, achieving user goals through automation, separating interaction logic from the execution layer, supporting various application scenarios, and promoting Blockchain towards mainstream applications.

Odaily News Yield.xyz announced the completion of a $5 million strategic round of financing, led by Multicoin Capital. The company, formerly known as Omni, was acquired by Echo Base this year and is dedicated to providing a one-stop DeFi yield infrastructure for application endpoints. (Blockworks)