Layer 1DeFi2 SourcesVana Completes Vega Upgrade With Expanded Staking and New Token EconomicsVana Foundation announced completion of its Vega upgrade, which expands staking functionality and ties network fee distr...Sep 29, 2026, 05:03 PMVanaVANA
AdoptionDeFi3 SourcesMorgan Stanley Establishes Digital Asset Lab for Crypto ProductsMorgan Stanley has created a Digital Asset Lab to test stablecoins, tokenized assets, and DeFi applications within its i...Sep 29, 2026, 05:01 PMMorgan StanleyE*Trade
AdoptionDeFi2 SourcesOracle Integrates With Swift Blockchain Ledger for Tokenized Bank DepositsOracle has integrated its banking infrastructure with Swift's blockchain ledger to enable banks to connect tokenized dep...Sep 29, 2026, 03:08 PMOracleSwift
DeFiStablecoins2 SourcesAmaze Holdings to Acquire Gold-Backed DeFi Platform Alchemy for $155MAmaze Holdings, a NYSE American-listed company, signed a binding letter of intent to acquire BullionFX and its Alchemy p...Sep 29, 2026, 02:06 PMAmaze HoldingsBullionFX
SecurityDeFi2 SourcesNEAR Intents Blocks $50M in Suspected Bitget Hacker TransfersNEAR Intents, a swap aggregation service, identified and blocked over $50 million in transfers it linked to the Bitget e...Sep 29, 2026, 10:02 AMNEAR IntentsBitget
DeFiAdoption2 SourcesStandard Chartered's $100 UNI Target Hinges on Tokenized Asset Migration to DeFiStandard Chartered issued a $100 price target for Uniswap (UNI), attributing the forecast to institutional adoption of t...Sep 29, 2026, 05:02 AMUniswapStandard Chartered
DeFiSecurity2 SourcesDeprecated Aztec Connect Contract Exploited for $2.1M Years After ShutdownAn abandoned Aztec Connect contract was drained of approximately $2.1 million in a recent exploit, years after the proto...Sep 29, 2026, 04:07 AMAztecAztec Connect
AdoptionDeFi2 SourcesAWS Integrates Coinbase x402 Protocol for CloudFront AI Agent PaymentsAmazon Web Services activated x402 protocol support within AWS WAF on Monday, allowing publishers using CloudFront to ch...Sep 29, 2026, 04:01 AMAmazon Web ServicesCoinbase
SecurityDeFi2 SourcesTHORChain Rejects Bitget's Request to Freeze Hacker AddressesTHORChain declined Bitget's request to block addresses tied to the exchange's $387.5 million September breach, allowing ...Sep 29, 2026, 03:02 AMTHORChainBitget
