The decentralized lending protocol Exactly Protocol has completed a financing round of 2 million USD, led by the founder of Synthetix.

Exactly Protocol launches the EXA staking plan (stEXA), rewarding long-term holders.

Important update on Scroll DAO evolution:We're not disbanding the DAO - we're evolving it to match our rapid growth phase.User funds remain secure, exactly as they were before, and there are no protocol-level risks.A summary:

Our first partner is @odetteonchain, a zero-day options protocol building on @base Zero-day options are fast, flexible, and event-driven and exactly what the RFQ model was built to power. By integrating V4, Odette can offer tailored quotes, tighter spreads, and deeper liquidity from day one. But this is just the beginning; more is in the works 👀

Recent NPM supply chain vulnerabilities remind us why rigorous security practices matter in software development. We immediately audited our repositories and confirmed: ✅ No compromised packages in our codebase ✅ L1X infrastructure unaffected ✅ All protocol components secure This is exactly why we invest heavily in security audits and maintain strict dependency management. When building L1 infrastructure, there's no room for shortcuts. 🛡️ The L1X Network remains fully operational and secure.

🧠DDC INSIGHTSWeb2 models are being re-imagined in #Web3.Advertising is the clearest case: instead of buying raw data, decentralized ad projects are testing #ZKP to verify conditions (hold NFT X, join protocol Y) before any impression is served.The benefit is simple. Users keep their privacy, brands get precision. That’s exactly the same principle we advance at @DataDanceChain.And this is where things are heading. As more industries decentralize, proofs will replace raw data as the standard for trust and exchange.

Over the last 15 days, @KvantsAI USDC Staking (Neutral JLP) Drift Vault printed a 15% APY with a max drawdown of 3%, ahead of the market average. 🚀We are always happy to share our journey and outcomes with you because performance matter to us. As a new vault, this is more than a snapshot. It reflects a process you can inspect, question, and model for yourself. Here is exactly what that process looks like in practice. 🔍The vault allocates USDC into a neutral JLP position on @DriftProtocol and offsets price moves with perpetual hedges so net exposure stays close to zero. That design seeks small, repeatable edges from funding and basis rather than big market calls. Entries and rebalances follow clear rules that weigh liquidity, borrow cost, and spread quality. Position sizes are measured, and activity is paced to reduce slippage and trading noise. The aim is durable yield that remains useful across different market regimes. ⚡️Transparency is built into the product. You can view holdings, exposure, funding captured, realized performance, and trading impact in plain sight, with state recorded on chain. We limit position size, manage capacity, and slow activity when conditions look poor. If spreads compress or borrowing costs climb, the vault reduces exposure and waits. The objective is simple. Do the sensible thing on a bad day and let compounding do the work on a good one. 📉If you are an investor or manage capital, get to see it for yourself.Your questions are welcome.Get started here ⏬#Kvants #BitcoinDeFi #CryptoMarket

Here's how @linzhiyang7 earned 31–35% APY in ~4 months from Torch Timeline ⚫️ May 5 — Deposited USDT → received tgUSD, then staked into stgUSD for base yield. ⚫️ June 10 — Joined the TeFi campaign, added more capital, and provided stgUSD into Fiva LP. ⚫️ Late June — Entered Fiva PT stgUSD when its APY was very attractive. ⚫️ August 15 — Claimed TeFi campaign rewards. Results - From principal operations alone: ~31% APY over 119 days. - Including campaign rewards: boosted to 35.2% APY. This performance was made possible by connecting protocols — @TorchTon + @FivaProtocol working together amplified the returns. And imagine if a Torch Vault could automate all of this for you — deposit once, and the Vault handles the rest. That’s exactly what we’re building for @ton_blockchain and @telegram 🚀

Agglayer releases CDK Enterprise bringing crosschain access to custom blockchains

Fungible Assets 101: Introducing Aptos FA Token Standard

Love seeing projects like Orbirium build with Mina! Mina's proof system, blazing fast transactions on @ZekoProtocol and secure finalization powered by Mina Protocol, combined with SUI for fast execution via @silvana_zk!  Can't wait to see web2-like performance powered by zk proofs! This is exactly how devs are unlocking new possibilities with Mina 🛠️

Love seeing projects like Orbirium build with Mina! Mina's proof system, blazing fast transactions on @Zeko and secure finalization powered by Mina Protocol, combined with SUI for fast execution via @SilvanaOne!  Can't wait to see web2-like performance powered by zk proofs! This is exactly how devs are unlocking new possibilities with Mina ⚒️

Blockchain native protocols get creative in crypto treasury arms race

🎉 Thank You, Metera Community! 🎉We are excited to share that the on-chain vote to increase the percentage of Metera in MTKs from 1% to 5% has officially PASSED! ✅A huge thank you to everyone who participated in both the temp-check and the final vote. Your engagement is what drives the Metera Protocol forward and ensures our growth remains truly community-driven.What’s Next?The proposal’s outcome will now be implemented on-chain.Our team is preparing the transition process to update the MTKs allocation to reflect the new 5% level.We’ll be providing updates along the way so you know exactly when and how these changes take effect.This marks another important milestone for Metera, and it wouldn’t have been possible without your participation. Together, we’re shaping the future of the protocol.Stay tuned for more details soon! Appreciate you guys!

Stablecoins have revolutionized crypto and are finally getting the attention they deserve.Their ability to generate yield while being parked on the sidelines is something that we don’t take full advantage of.What if there was a way to do this without bearing any of the typical DeFi risks?Enter CAP Money, the first type 3 stablecoin protocol that does exactly that.

Premier League Giant Arsenal Strikes Partnership With Crypto Broker Bitpanda: Details

Have you spotted this new player in town? 🧐 They recently announced the integration of @THORChain & @Maya_Protocol via @SwapKitPowered, aiming to become a central player in the aggregation space. 🔁 Who exactly are they? Where did they come from? And what makes @JunctionFi different? Let’s find out in this Protocol Spotlight ⬇️

AI agents will become Ethereum's ‘biggest power user’ — Coinbase devs

Re’s new yield products bridge insurance markets to Avalanche’s DeFi ecosystem

Infrastructure proves itself by what it makes possible. Born on the $EMP stack, @talos_is is already building smart contracts with full security audits and test coverage. It's now moving into @OasisProtocol’s trusted execution environment. Think of a TEE as a secure vault for AI code: once Talos is inside, no one can alter it. It runs exactly as designed, handling the heavy compute of AI models while keeping decentralization benefits. Talos is able to turn analysis into action - coding, testing, and deploying on its own - thanks to $EMP infra. The community guides Talos's evolution: submitting issues, proposing strategies, giving feedback. Talos reviews, learns, and adapts. The first sovereign AI is running on $EMP rails. And it's still in phase 1.

We’re honored to see Karak featured in the @WhiteHouse’s new Digital Asset report by the President’s Working Group on Digital Financial Technology. This recognition underscores the critical role of Karak being the first blockchain purpose-built for nation-states to power the next generation of onchain economies. Notably, Karak will not only lead digital asset innovation on U.S. soil, but is uniquely positioned to export U.S. innovation abroad, particularly in emerging markets. The report, the most comprehensive crypto policy roadmap ever produced to date, calls for technology-neutral frameworks and continuous onchain markets that mirror Karak’s vision to make global GDP programmable through native tokenization of financial services, AI, and beyond. Karak’s purpose-built Layer 1 architecture embeds tokenization, trading, and payment primitives directly into the protocol, delivering 24/7 digital infrastructure that regulators and institutions trust. Karak's institutional-grade shared security model, backed by real-world reserves, meets the White House's emphasis on transparent compliance and system resilience while offering sovereign-level security. The Karak Network Stack (KNS) empowers developers, enterprises, and nation-states to create bespoke blockchain networks with built-in compliance hooks, modular privacy, and shared security, exactly the type of infrastructure the White House advocates for. As the world moves onchain, Karak stands out as the only platform engineered from the ground up for programmable economies and nation-state scale. We are deeply grateful to the White House and the rest of the Working Group for championing responsible innovation. Under U.S. leadership, we look forward to powering sovereign-grade digital infrastructure for developers, enterprises, and nations of all shapes and sizes in robust and emerging markets. The future of programmable GDP is upon us. We are just getting started.

Enclave Markets: A Fully Encrypted Exchange (FEX) Merging CEX and DEX

Mimic’s journey started in 2021 with a simple idea on a whiteboard. 4+ years and $7B+ of processed value later, our automation has evolved into a fully decentralized protocol. Let’s explore our story: why it matters, what got us here, and the future of onchain automation 👇 1️⃣ Structured automation with Mimic v1 In the beginning, Mimic v1 was built to automate simple DeFi strategies. Blockchain is trustless, but the operations behind it are often fragile, fragmented, and painfully manual. We wanted to create a way to automate onchain operations, so we built “recipes” with pre-defined conditions. This worked, and we could see that automation was able to handle repetitive DeFi actions. However, the rigidity of our v1 was also its weakness: if you wanted to change steps or conditions, you often needed to deploy a new smart contract. Also, there were no schedules, so users still had to press the “execute” button. We learned that in order to scale, we had to allow more dynamic configurations, and let users create strategies on the go. 2️⃣ Flexible automation with Mimic v2 In 2022 we launched our v2. Instead of rigid steps, users could define many different new elements, like token addresses, thresholds or trigger conditions. We also started implementing relayers so the automations could be scheduled with custom logic. This opened new possibilities to create workflows or more complex onchain strategies. We learned a lot from this flexible system. More control is great, but it can be difficult to set up if every single detail has to be built from scratch. Also, if we wanted to create safer, and more dynamic triggers, we needed a way to validate the external data powering those triggers (like prices). Mimic v2 was a major step in the right direction, but if we wanted to scale, we had to build a modular system, and have adapters for specific DeFi protocols, because the integrations were growing in complexity. 3️⃣ Introducing Mimic Protocol While building Mimic v1 and v2, as well as experimenting with different automation components, we discovered we had all the pieces to build a fully decentralized, programmable, and trustless system. In 2024, we decided to start building Mimic Protocol, the automation layer for Web3. Mimic protocol allows users to automate any onchain tasks, with multiple conditions, across chains. But building a trustless protocol required a new architectural approach. After key iterations, we designed a system with three core layers: Planning Layer → where the users define the onchain tasks, execution logic, and trigger conditions. This layer ensures the automation is both flexible and deterministic. Execution Layer → handles task execution by transforming tasks into structured “intents”. Finds the most efficient route via a network of solvers. This layer guarantees that you get the best execution outcome. Security Layer → validates the proposed routes against the user-defined safeguards. This layer ensures only authorized actions can take place. It’s the system’s safety net. The way users access Mimic Protocol is simple: select the operations, set the conditions, let the protocol automate the execution. Mimic Protocol offers users a “plug-and-play” solution to automate any blockchain operations (like swaps, transfers, staking, investing) with different triggers or conditions, such as onchain events (even across chains), chronological schedules (times & dates), and other types of custom conditions (like balance thresholds). Users can implement automation directly in their apps or backend, offering them flexibility to build and scale exactly what they need. Mimic Protocol is a chain-agnostic platform that helps connect multiple actions across multiple chains. You get the benefits of automation without surrendering your private keys or trusting a single intermediary. Full public launch is expected for Q4 2025! Stay tuned for more information. 4⃣ The future of onchain automation We’re aiming to create a system where tasks are transparently defined, executed, and settled on-chain, all while giving users granular control over what happens and when. Our vision is to make automation a foundational layer for wallets, apps, and builders to operate onchain without limits. We believe the future of onchain automation is open, programmable, and non-custodial.

Agents need to talk - securely and in real-time. That’s exactly what our Agent Chat Protocol enables. See the breakdown of how it works in the latest article written by our community dev @devrohan11. The process. Message flows. Real-world use case. Dive in here 👇

CoW Protocol (COW) listing began trading on INDODAX on Thursday, August 7, 2025 at 14:00 WIB. What exactly is COW? Read more https://t.co/qaYeKcux2L Don't forget to do your research before investing in #FutureAssets #INDODAX #FutureAssets https://t.co/1TkP2uD6jW

This month in Sablier ✨ NOTABLE USERS - @Velvet_Capital launches >$33.00M airdrop campaign - @alt_layer launches >$1.80M vesting campaign - @dphnAI creates $1.00M vesting campaign - @ZyfAI_ creates >1K vesting streams - @toadgod1017 creates $1.50M vesting campaign - @Mamo_agent launches >300 stream campaign - @gvnrdao starts >200 airdrop campaign - @ExactlyProtocol vests >$150.00K tokens - @stabullfinance creates >135 vesting streams METRICS - July stream creation count: 3,972 streams - July stablecoin volume: $2.09M - Total number of created streams: 549,845 streams - Total unique user count: 295,103 users ANECDOTE OF THE MONTH 97.6% of stablecoin streams in Sablier Flow leverage USDC.

$SPOT just surged ~30% over the past week and is now trading at $1.84, per @coinbase data. The catalyst? The SPOT v5 launch on July 10 fundamentally reoriented protocol flows: 1. All protocol fees now flow directly to stAMPL holders (via the Rotation Vault), rather than external parties. 2. Funding-rate mechanisms decoupled from tranche rotations, enabling continuous daily yield incentives. 3. A new deviation-ratio-based fee curve ensures fees reflect protocol imbalances. The Result? Exploding yield incentives made SPOT more attractive to holders, but instead of minting more SPOT, the market aggressively redeemed SPOT for its underlying collateral, $AMPL. Reduced net supply caused funding rates to spike, rapidly driving SPOT’s FMV (and price) upward. What’s next? Watch these factors: 1. Will depositors continue to lock in yields, or rotate out? 2. Will redemptions persist, pause, or flip back to net-positive minting? Overall, the system is working exactly as designed. When the market chose to redeem rather than mint and hold SPOT, incentives skyrocketed. v5 successfully made yield stick to holders, established SPOT as a demand-deflation loop, and reintroduced deterministic yields into an elastic system, driving the market dynamics we are seeing today.

Creative leverage solves the impermanent loss problem — Curve founder

Asset managers told us exactly what they need to bring the next wave of finance onchain: “I want to build and manage cross-chain strategies, not just on one network.” “I need access to any protocol such as DeFi, CEXs, banks, you name it.” “I want to work with any asset, from crypto and NFTs to stocks and RWAs.” So, we built Enzyme.Onyx. Enzyme.Onyx is the wallet tokenization layer for unrestricted, institutional-grade asset management. Three ways we’re solving the industry’s biggest challenges: ① True cross-chain execution: Run strategies seamlessly across blockchains, with all activity and assets consolidated at the vault layer. ② Unrestricted protocol access: Use your Enzyme.Onyx vault to interact with DeFi, CEXs, banks, brokers… no limits. ③ Universal asset support: Reflect, manage, and report on any financial instrument like crypto, NFTs, RWAs, stocks, bonds, etc. directly in your vault. Enzyme.Onyx is built for the innovators designing tomorrow’s global funds and programmable finance products. Explore what’s possible: https://t.co/khpikdKbHe

Solana staking protocol Marinade achieves SOC 2 Type 2 compliance

Why does funding rate arbitrage matter right now? Because degens are paying silly money to go long in a bull market. Meet @liminalmoney: a protocol built to do exactly that. Here’s how. 🧵 https://t.co/TNKPU6JXfV

The thing about most flywheels is they tend not to be backed by things people truly appreciate. People love and appreciate artists and their art though, always have, always will. FXH protocol is backed by exactly that: artists and their art 🫶

If you've ever wanted to understand how a specific token is being used in DeFi, we've created a dashboard exactly for that. Our Token Usage dashboard breaks down which protocols a token is being used in, and how much is deposited into each protocol. https://t.co/FwfvmGHmy7

Ethereum’s Fusaka upgrade set for November, Glamsterdam planning next

Bitcoin’s next chapter: From passive asset to financial powerhouse

Capital that moves, not just sits, is the future we see for DeFi. At Jigsaw, we challenge the idea that DeFi capital should be locked, static, or defined by protocol limits. Legacy vaults give users a single path: deposit, borrow, and accept the strategy chosen for them. Jigsaw changes the script. With our Box system, users decide where and how their collateral works. You can mint jUSD for extra liquidity and adjust strategies as new opportunities appear, all without closing your debt position. It’s not just a new way to earn. It’s a new foundation for how capital flows: • Choice: Select exactly where your assets work, at Box level. • Adaptability: Move between strategies as markets change, with no disruption. • Programmability: jUSD becomes a liquidity rail, not just a stablecoin. For integrators and builders, this unlocks modular infrastructure and composable liquidity, a base layer for DeFi that grows with its users. As we close this series, one thing is clear: capital that sits is capital that falls behind. Capital that moves, routes, and adapts is where the next phase of DeFi begins. Next, we’ll explore how this unlocks new possibilities for protocols and builders across the ecosystem. 🧩

Every message goes through cryptographic verification before reaching you. Stream Nodes validate, encrypt, and route messages through our distributed network. Ensuring what you receive is exactly what was sent, with zero tampering possible. Towns Protocol is open-source. Start building.

At DOP, Selective Transparency lets you choose exactly what data to share, with whom, and when. It’s privacy on your terms, built directly into the protocol. With DOP, only what’s necessary is visible. The rest stays yours. Watch how it works 👇 https://t.co/PE65d8xund

Provable Training: Confidential. Multi-party. Verifiable. Train on sensitive datasets from multiple parties inside confidential environments — with no exposure of data or IP to participants, infrastructure providers, or even Super Protocol. Generate on-chain, verifiable reports that show exactly what ran, where, and how.

This is exactly why liquid staking your DOT with $vDOT matters more than ever. With @Polkadot's new approval slashing rules, validator selection has become high-stakes. But Bifrost’s slashing protection mechanism offers a unique safety net: 🔹 20% of commission fees go to a public insurance treasury 🔹 5% of BNC is reserved for protocol-level insurance 🔹 Losses are first covered by these funds before impacting vDOT holders Cherry on the cake, Bifrost runs a validator scoring system to prioritize reliable, high-performing nodes.