June 26, 2026
Aave’s Stani Kulechov Refutes Reported Kraken Stake Deal, Teases New Buyback Program
Kulechov pushed back hard on CoinDesk's report of a $385 million Payward bid, saying Aave Labs holds a token allocation that partners have discussed buying — but that's very different from selling AAVE at a 70% discount.
June 16, 2026
Spot HYPE ETFs Near $900 Million in Volume as Early Demand Signals Institutional Interest
Spot HYPE ETFs from 21Shares, Bitwise, and Grayscale have neared $900 million in cumulative volume and $153 million in net inflows in about a month, an early signal of institutional appetite for Hyperliquid, as some traders eye a $100 HYPE price by July.
June 16, 2026
Standard Chartered Says Wall Street Adoption Could Push Uniswap’s UNI Up Nearly 40x by 2030
Standard Chartered's Geoff Kendrick says Uniswap's UNI token could reach $100 by 2030, nearly 40x, as Wall Street treats the DEX as neutral market infrastructure for tokenized assets and the fee-switch burn tightens supply.
June 10, 2026
Morpho Raises $175 Million Co-Led by Paradigm, a16z Crypto, and Ribbit Capital to Build ‘Open Credit Network’
Morpho raised $175 million co-led by Paradigm, a16z crypto, and Ribbit Capital, with Apollo Funds, Circle Ventures, and VanEck participating, in one of DeFi's largest rounds; Fortune reported a $2 billion valuation.