DeFi

What’s next for DeFi in 2025?

December 24, 2024 Coin Telegraph

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Industry executives say Bitcoin staking, tokenized RWAs and AI agents will reshape the cryptocurrency ecosystem.

Decentralized finance (DeFi) will hit an inflection point in 2025, as Bitcoin staking, real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, and agentic artificial intelligence (AI) catalyze adoption, several industry executives told Cointelegraph.

In 2024, Bitcoin surpassed $100,000 per coin for the first time as investors poured more than $100 billion into spot BTC exchange-traded funds (ETFs). 

“Bitcoin’s (BTC) all-time high will spark renewed interest in crypto from institutions and regulators alike and should reinvigorate the entire crypto sector in 2025,” Dean Tribble, CEO of layer-1 network Agoric Systems, told Cointelegraph. 

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PancakeSwap closes record $310B year, up 179% driven by L2, DeFi growth

December 24, 2024 Coin Telegraph

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PancakeSwap's 2024 trading volume surged to $310 billion, driven by DeFi growth, layer-2 adoption and user-focused upgrades.

PancakeSwap closed a record year in terms of cryptocurrency trading volume, owing to growing interest in decentralized exchanges and the expansion of layer-2 blockchain networks.

Decentralized exchange (DEX) PancakeSwap recorded $310 billion in total trading volume during 2024, marking a nearly 179% year-over-year (YoY) increase from $111 billion in 2023.

The record year was mainly attributed to L2 networks Arbitrum and Base, as the former saw a 3,656% YoY increase to $13.2 billion, while crypto trading volume on Base rose by 3,539% YoY to $11.6 billion in 2024, according to a PancakeSwap report shared with Cointelegraph.

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Aave mulls Chainlink integration to return MEV fees to users

December 23, 2024 Coin Telegraph

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The DeFi protocol aims to capture around 40% of MEV profits from adding Chainlink's new oracle service.

Aave is mulling integrating a new Chainlink oracle designed to redirect profits from transaction frontrunning to the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol’s users, according to a proposal in Aave’s governance forum. 

On Dec. 23, decentralized oracle provider Chainlink released Smart Value Recapture (SVR), an oracle service specializing in capturing profits from maximum extractable value (MEV) to benefit DeFi protocols. 

The same day, Aave proposed integrating SVR “to recapture MEV from Aave liquidations and return it to the Aave ecosystem.” 

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Unichain Roadmap to Mainnet Unveiled: Permissionless Fault Proofs on Day One

December 23, 2024 Bitcoin.com

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Uniswap’s Unichain developers revealed the official roadmap for Unichain’s transition to a public mainnet, emphasizing decentralization and strong fault tolerance. Developers Announce Unichain Public Mainnet Launch Strategy According to blog post published by the team of programmers, since the launch of Unichain Sepolia testnet in October, the network has facilitated 50 million test transactions and […]

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Coinbase Says There Are Five Key Areas of the Crypto Market To Watch in 2025

December 23, 2024 The Daily Hodl

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US-based crypto exchange Coinbase says there will be five main trends to watch in the digital asset markets next year. In a new “Crypto Market Outlook” report, Coinbase starts its list with stablecoins, saying that they’re “just getting started” after the sector’s explosive growth in 2024. Coinbase says stablecoins are crypto’s “killer app” and their […]

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This Crypto Sector Could Rally by up to 5x in 2025 and Outperform Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana, Says Analyst

December 21, 2024 The Daily Hodl

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Real Vision’s crypto analyst Jamie Coutts is outlining the major trends that the cryptocurrency industry is likely to witness in 2025. Coutts says on the social media platform X that the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector could go up by between 4x and 5x as a result of the traditional finance (TradFi) sector entering the space. […]

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Hybrid L2 BOB Leverages Babylon for Bitcoin Finality

December 20, 2024 Bitcoin.com

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Build on Bitcoin (BOB), a hybrid Layer two (L2) blockchain combining Bitcoin and Ethereum’s features, has integrated with Babylon, a bitcoin (BTC) staking protocol, to achieve Bitcoin-Secured Network (BSN) status. Babylon Collaboration Expands BOB’s Bitcoin Defi Ecosystem According to BOB’s announcement shared with Bitcoin.com News, the partnership marks a significant development in BOB’s roadmap, enhancing […]

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Trump-backed World Liberty Financial adopts sUSDe stablecoin in DeFi expansion

December 18, 2024 The Crypto Briefing

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WLFI teams up with Ethena to onboard sUSDe stablecoin, boosting DeFi ecosystem with dual rewards and strategic investments.

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HashKey Group launches Ethereum layer-2 HashKey Chain mainnet

December 18, 2024 Coin Telegraph

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The launch follows a successful testnet period where 50 projects were deployed and more than 24.72 million transactions were completed.

HashKey Chain, a public blockchain developed by Hong Kong-based HashKey Group, officially launched its Ethereum layer-2 mainnet on Dec. 18.

The mainnet launch follows a month-long successful testnet period during which more than 860,000 wallet addresses were registered, a reported 24.72 million transactions were recorded, and over 300,000 community members participated. 

Hashkey Group announced the mainnet launch. Source: Hashkey HSK

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Tether invests in StablR to boost stablecoin adoption in Europe

December 17, 2024 The Crypto Briefing

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Tether's investment in StablR could accelerate stablecoin integration in Europe, potentially reshaping the region's digital finance landscape.

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