DeFi News, Protocol Updates, and Yield Strategies

Uniswap Proposes Major Overhaul with Fee Switch Activation and $800M Token Burn
Uniswap’s latest proposal aims to activate the fee switch, burn UNI from revenue, and phase out its Foundation, reshaping UNI’s value and governance. Supporters call it necessary alignment, while critics fear it could lead to centralization.

AI Trading Agents Are About to Reshape DeFi Forever
AI trading agents are now entering DeFi and they move faster than any human trader, opening a new era where automated capital could dominate the market before most even notice.

Hyperliquid Targets $1 Billion Raise as HYPE Token Lands on Robinhood
Hyperliquid is entering a breakthrough moment as it seeks a $1 billion equity raise while its HYPE token goes live on Robinhood, merging Wall Street capital with on-chain liquidity in real time.

Native DeFi Is Crossing the Chasm: BitVM2, sBTC and Babylon’s BTC Yield
Native BTC is moving from cold storage to productive collateral. With BitVM2 designs, Stacks’ sBTC progress and Babylon’s BTC staking, a Bitcoin-first DeFi stack is forming that avoids bridges and wrapped assets.

VanEck Files First Ethereum Staking ETF, Targeting On-Chain Yield for Institutions
VanEck is preparing the first Ethereum staking ETF that pays real on-chain yield — a move that could transform ETH from a speculative asset into Wall Street’s next income engine.

BNB Chain Strengthens Its Position in Real-World Tokenization
BNB Chain’s ecosystem is gaining strength as institutional players turn to tokenized assets and yield-bearing DeFi products. Fresh data shows the network’s momentum building despite short-term volatility.

Hyperliquid’s Transparency Gambit: How Jeff’s CEX Accusations Sparked a DeFi Uprising
As Hyperliquid’s founder accuses centralized exchanges of hiding liquidation data, the project’s transparency push and DeFi integrations are turning criticism into momentum — and raising questions across the crypto industry.

Sui Breaks Through: Explosive DEX Volume, Ledger Support & the Rise of MMT
Sui’s decentralized ecosystem is entering a new growth phase — with record-high DEX volume, a Ledger integration for self-custody, and Momentum Finance preparing its MMT token to expand DeFi liquidity across chains.

The Rise of Reputation Tokens: When Trust Becomes the New Collateral
Crypto’s next evolution may not be about money—but about reputation. A growing movement in Web3 is turning user behavior into on-chain trust scores, creating a new class of tokens where credibility, not capital, drives value.

AI-Fueled MEV Spam Bots Now Devour Half of DeFi Blockspace — Is the System Under Siege?
AI bots have taken over DeFi’s battlefield — devouring blockspace, spiking fees, and outsmarting traders. Behind the scenes, an invisible algorithmic war is reshaping the future of decentralized finance.
