DapDap Launches StableFlow: Cross-Chain Stablecoin Bridge with 0.01% Fees

Key Notes The bridge enables efficient stablecoin transfers across Ethereum, Arbitrum, Polygon, BNB Chain, Optimism, Avalanche, Solana, Near, and Tron. Competitive solver networks power the platform to secure optimal rates for users through NEAR’s chain-abstraction technology. Initial support covers USDT with plans to integrate USDC, USD1, and USDH as additional stablecoin options. DapDap, a DeFi consumer app developer firm, launched StableFlow—a low-fee stablecoin bridge, offering efficient and low-slippage swaps across nine blockchain networks—powered by NEAR NEAR $2.86 24h volatility: 4.6% Market cap: $3.57 B Vol. 24h: $294.08 M Intents. The…

AMINA Bank Launches Polygon Staking for Corporates

Key Notes AMINA Bank is the first to offer institutional staking to clients, in collaboration with Polygon. By staking POL through AMINA, investors can get up to 15% staking reward. Polygon deployed its major “Rio” upgrade to the Amoy testnet a month ago. [NC] staking services are now available on AMINA Bank AG, a Swiss FINMA-regulated crypto bank. This makes it the first financial institution globally to enable such services on its platform. It also offers institutional investors the opportunity to engage with the naive token of the Polygon network…

YZi Labs Launches $1B Builders Fund to Boost BNB

Key Notes YZi Labs commits $1 billion to support founders building on the BNB Chain. The initiative aims to drive growth across AI, DeFi, RWA, and Web3 applications. BNB Chain hit record highs in volume and fees, with the BNB token reaching a new peak. YZi Labs has announced a $1 billion builder fund aimed at empowering founders and developers within the BNB BNB $1 316 24h volatility: 1.9% Market cap: $183.52 B Vol. 24h: $10.10 B ecosystem. The fund seeks to accelerate innovation on the BNB chain, focusing on…

Bringin Launches Euro-to-Bitcoin Lightning App for Freelancers and Remote Workers in Europe

Bringin, which bills itself as “Europe’s most complete Bitcoin app,” launched on the App Store and Google Play, combining a self-custodial Lightning wallet, a personal Euro IBAN with SEPA support, a Visa card for everyday spending, and instant BTC-to-EUR swaps. The app is positioned to let users hold their own private keys while using bitcoin […] Original

CruTrade Launches Wine NFT Marketplace on Avalanche to Reward Producers

Key Notes Tokenized wine bottles enable instant peer-to-peer trading while physical inventory stays secure in Burgundy storage facilities. The platform launches with immediate access to Crurated’s existing collection worth over $60 million for strong liquidity. Revolutionary fee structure returns a quarter of all trading commissions directly back to original wine producers. A new platform named CruTrade has launched a secondary marketplace for fine wine on the Avalanche AVAX $28.42 24h volatility: 8.1% Market cap: $12.01 B Vol. 24h: $997.00 M blockchain. Announced from London on Oct. 7, 2025, the marketplace…

DeFi Kamino Launches Solana’s Largest Bug Bounty, Up to $1.5M

Key Notes The bounty covers smart contracts and web applications with rewards scaling by threat severity levels. ImmuneFi has protected over $190 billion in user funds and paid $120 million to security researchers. DeFi suffered approximately 144 successful exploits in 2025 with losses dropping 37% to $509 million in Q3. Leading decentralized finance platform on Solana SOL $236.6 24h volatility: 3.0% Market cap: $128.79 B Vol. 24h: $7.37 B , Kamino, has announced the chain’s largest bug bounty program to date in partnership with ImmuneFi, a leading incentivized cybersecurity project…

Galaxy Launches Crypto Trading Platform to Take on Robinhood

Key Notes Kraken and Robinhood may have a strong competitor in Galaxy Digital’s newly launched crypto trading platform, GalaxyOne. GalaxyOne comes with a dedicated mobile app for easier UI/UX. Accredited investors can get a “premium” yield of up to 8% APY. Galaxy Digital is set to compete with the likes of Coinbase, Kraken, and Robinhood following the launch of its crypto trading platform. The service, called GalaxyOne, was unveiled on Monday for individual investors. The newly launched platform comes with several features, including “premium” yield for accredited investors. Galaxy Digital…

World’s Largest Crypto Exchange by Trading Volume Launches Airdrop for New Blockchain Infrastructure Layer

Binance has rolled out support for a new blockchain infrastructure layer project. The top global crypto exchange by trading volume says DoubleZero (2Z) is the next project in its HODLer Airdrops program, which rewards BNB holders with tokens based on historical snapshots of their balances. DoubleZero bills itself as a “high-performance global network purpose-built for distributed systems.” “On the public internet, packets take multiple hops before arriving at their destination. With DoubleZero, they move along the most direct path from point A to point B. Powered by independent contributors supplying available bandwidth,…

DoubleZero Launches Mainnet Alternative to Public Internet for Blockchain

The DoubleZero protocol, a high-speed network of fiber-optic connections dedicated to serving high-throughput blockchain traffic, launched its mainnet-beta on Thursday, along with the public debut of the utility token that powers the network. DoubleZero’s decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) now hosts over 70 direct high-speed links between 25 geographic locations to route blockchain traffic directly between source and destination, reducing communication latency and maximizing speed. Direct routing with DoubleZero compared to indirect routing through the public internet. Source: DoubleZero The public internet is a bottleneck for crypto, DoubleZero founder Austin…

Alpaca launches Instant Tokenization Network for US stocks

US broker-dealer Alpaca has launched an Instant Tokenization Network (ITN) that allows institutions to mint and redeem tokenized US stocks directly, a move that could help boost onchain liquidity in a segment of the tokenization market still constrained by structural barriers. The ITN enables institutions to tokenize portfolios with a single API call and redeem tokens in-kind for the underlying shares without settlement delays, Alpaca disclosed Wednesday. The service operates beyond traditional market hours, offering 24/7 access.  By allowing in-kind redemptions — directly exchanging tokens for their underlying assets rather…