Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. The decentralized finance sector may offer a once-in-a-generation investment opportunity, according to Bitwise investment chief Matt Hougan. ​ "Investing in DeFi today is like investing in the internet in 2002," Hougan said Monday on X. "Everyone wrote off the internet after the dotcom crash, but the underlying growth didn’t stop. Turns out, 2002 was the best year ever to buy leading internet names. Same ...

Key Points Solana's ecosystem is increasing in value rapidly. That suggests there will be plenty of demand for the coin. There's also a big new growth driver that's starting to pick up speed even more than before. 10 stocks we like better than Solana › Money that briefly passes through a platform says one thing about that platform's value, but money that settles in and gets to work says something very different, and far more bullish, about both user conviction and the platform's future cash flows ...

DeFi protocol Solstice Finance has announced strategic partnerships with data provider Chainlink and custody firms Ceffu and Copper. The collaborations are intended to support the upcoming launch of USX, a new stablecoin built on the Solana network. According to a press release published on Sept. 24, Solstice will integrate Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP). This service is designed to allow the USX stablecoin to be transferred securely across different blockchains. Stablecoin innov ...

Avalanche gained another 2.5% on Sept. 24, consolidating near the $35 level. The move comes despite negative reactions to the Fed’s Sept. 18 rate cut, which has weighed heavily on the broader crypto market, capping BTC below $115,000 and ETH under $4,200. On-chain data trends suggest Avalanche’s price resilience in recent weeks is tied to rising DeFi activity. DefiLlama data shows Avalanche DEX volumes surged to a record $1.3 billion intraday on Sept. 24, breaching the 2025 peak of $1.18 billion set on Sep ...

DeFi Development Corp. (NASDAQ:DFDV) said on Wednesday its board of directors approved a significant expansion of its existing share repurchase program. The authorization has been raised from $1 million to as much as $100 million of the company's common stock, the firm said in a statement. The program allows DeFi Development to repurchase common shares in the open market under Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act, subject to market conditions and regulatory requirements. Also Read: DeFi Development ...

Aave’s planned Aave v3 deployment could turn OKX’s X Layer from a niche L2 into a serious DeFi venue. Aave v3, one of DeFi’s largest lending protocols, is preparing to launch on X Layer, the Ethereum Layer-2 network developed by crypto exchange OKX. The rollout is expected “in the coming weeks,” The deployment aims to build a core lending market on X Layer and strengthen its liquidity base. X Layer currently trails major Layer-2 networks in total value locked (TVL), with DefiLlama data showing deposits f ...

USDH稳定币推出 - Hyperliquid原生稳定币USDH于9月23日推出 早期交易量达220万美元 [1] - 通过治理投票竞争 Native Markets击败Paxos和Ethena Labs等成熟参与者获得发行权 [1] - 初始交易对为USDH/USDC 预铸造代币准备量超过1500万美元用于初始分发 [1] 价格稳定性与流动性 - 早期交易阶段稳定维持1美元锚定 最高波动至1.001美元测试流动性机制 [2] 发行策略与技术部署 - 采用渐进式发行策略 单用户交易上限设定为800美元进行实网测试 [3] - 已完成HIP-1和ERC-20代币部署 向所有Hyperliquid用户开放 [3] - 未来数月将分阶段整合HyperEVM 并扩展作为现货报价资产的功能 [4] - 计划通过HIP-3协议升级实现HyperCore原生铸造和USDH保证金永续合约 [4] 储备金管理与收益分配 - 储备金采用现金和短期美国国债 由BlackRock进行链下管理 [5] - 链上代币化资产通过Superstate和Stripe的Bridge基础设施运作 [5] - 承诺将50%储备收益分配给Hyperliquid援助基金 剩余部分用于USDH生态系统开发 [5] 市场背景与行业趋势 - Hyperliquid目前持有55亿美元USDC 约占该代币总供应量的8% [6] - USDC每年为Circle产生约2.2亿美元国库收益 [6] - 行业出现去中心化交易平台减少对外部稳定币依赖的趋势 [7] - Tether的USDT以1730.5亿美元流通量主导市场 单日处理交易量超过246亿美元 [7]

Decentralised exchanges offering perpetual trading for cryptocurrencies, such as Hyperliquid and Aster, are taking the industry by storm. The sector has become the centrepiece of crypto’s latest mania, accumulating $1.8 trillion in trading volume this quarter alone, according to DefiLlama data. That’s more than the niche’s entire trading volume recorded in 2024. Perp DEXs are decentralised exchanges for trading perpetual futures. These platforms allow traders to speculate on crypto price moves without ...

Australian fitness company Fitell Corporation has secured a $100 million credit line for its new Solana treasury strategy, with plans to rebrand as ‘Solana Australia Corporation’. According to a September 24 press release, Fitell is pioneering a new approach by becoming Australia’s first Nasdaq-listed institutional holder of Solana. The company will generate returns not only through staking but also through DeFi opportunities, risk management frameworks, and yield innovations. Australia’s First $100M So ...

BOCA RATON, FL, Sept. 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DeFi Development Corp. (Nasdaq: DFDV) (the “Company”) the first public company with a treasury strategy built to accumulate and compound Solana (“SOL”), today announced that its Board of Directors has approved an increase to the Company’s existing stock repurchase program. The authorization has been expanded from $1 million to up to $100 million of the Company’s common stock. The repurchase program authorizes the Company to buy back shares of its common sto ...