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Lending protocols form the backbone of the decentralized money market, allowing users to lend or borrow digital assets without intermediaries. Using smart contracts, platforms like Aave and Morpho automate interest rates based on supply and demand while requiring over-collateralization for security. The 2026 lending landscape features advanced permissionless vaults and institutional-grade credit lines. This tag covers the evolution of capital efficiency, liquidations, and the integration of diverse collateral types, including LSTs and tokenized RWAs.

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Updated: 2026/02/02 18:52
Ethereum NFT Activity Plummets to Lowest Level Ever Recorded

Ethereum NFT Activity Plummets to Lowest Level Ever Recorded

Despite July's sector-wide $530 million rebound, Ethereum NFTs crashed in August to 1,127 tokens.

Author: CryptoPotato

2025/09/03

WLFI: The token is the product

WLFI: The token is the product

The post WLFI: The token is the product appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. This is a segment from The Breakdown newsletter. To read more editions, subscribe “People who are smart love my licensing deals because you don’t have any risk [and] you make tremendous amounts of cash.”  — Donald Trump World Liberty Financial’s WLFI token became transferable for the first time on Monday, making the Trump family roughly $5 billion wealthier.  On paper, at least.  The 22.5 billion tokens that World Liberty granted to the Trump family’s DT Marks DEFI LLC are restricted, so they can’t be sold for the time being.  But the Trumps don’t need to: When World Liberty sells the WLFI tokens it created, 75% of the proceeds go to DT Marks DEFI LLC. This is…unusual.  WLFI is the governance token for World Liberty Financial, which makes it a kind of pseudo-equity in the DeFi project.  If so, the arrangement between World Liberty and the Trump family is not just unusual, but a historic first — as if Steve Jobs personally pocketed 75% of the proceeds when Apple sold shares to investors. In another sense, however, it’s only the scale of the profit-sharing that’s historic — because the arrangement between World Liberty and the Trump family is perhaps best understood as a licensing deal. WLFI tokens have no claim on revenue or assets, which makes them look less like equity in World Liberty and more like a product World Liberty sells. From that perspective, it looks like World Liberty is paying a 75% licensing fee to sell Trump-branded crypto tokens.  This has been the Trump family’s primary business strategy for some time now. Long gone are the days when private citizen Donald Trump was in the business of developing real estate projects himself, like the Grand Hyatt in 1978 and Trump Tower in 1983. After his Atlantic City casinos had failed…

Author: BitcoinEthereumNews

2025/09/03

Ethena’s ENA holders set for cut of revenue as USDe locks in top-three spot

Ethena’s ENA holders set for cut of revenue as USDe locks in top-three spot

The post Ethena’s ENA holders set for cut of revenue as USDe locks in top-three spot  appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Ethena’s synthetic stablecoin USDe has vaulted into the top tier of the digital dollar market, overtaking DAI and USDS to claim the third spot by market capitalization in the stablecoin ladder.  The rise in adoption, coupled with progress on governance milestones, has brought Ethena’s long-anticipated “fee switch” closer to reality, as this will allow ENA token holders to share in protocol revenues for the first time. USDe’s circulating supply rose by about 42% in roughly one month, taking its market capitalization to over $12.4 billion. This surge allowed it to climb to third position in the stablecoin market, coming in behind only Tether’s USDT and Circle’s USDC in terms of size. USDe circulating supply. Source: Defillama Ethena’s fee switch milestone is within reach Ethena Labs’ ENA “fee switch” proposal was approved in November 2024, which will allow it to redistribute a portion of the protocol’s revenue stream to ENA token holders. However, it listed three milestones that it had to achieve before the process of redistributing revenue with holders could begin. Those milestones were: Surpassing $6 billion in USDe supply. The second is having a cumulative protocol revenue of at least $250 million The third milestone was to secure listings for USDe on four of the top five centralized exchanges ranked by derivatives trading volume. Ethena has already achieved the first two out of the three milestones. The only piece that’s still pending is the centralized exchange integrations. Guy Young, Ethena’s founder, reportedly stated that achieving the third milestone is a top priority for them. For ENA holders, the move could transform the token’s role from a governance asset into one with tangible yield streams. USDe is a different type of stablecoin Unlike USDT and USDC that rely on bank reserves, USDe uses a delta-neutral strategy to stay pegged. Instead…

Author: BitcoinEthereumNews

2025/09/03

Aggressive $19M USDC Inflow in HYPE Signals Investor Confidence: Will Whales Push HYPE Price to New ATHs?

Aggressive $19M USDC Inflow in HYPE Signals Investor Confidence: Will Whales Push HYPE Price to New ATHs?

Analysis of whale activity, USDC integration, technical levels, and how Outset PR helps crypto projects engineer visibility with data-driven campaigns.

Author: Cryptodaily

2025/09/03

$27M Gone in Seconds: Venus Protocol User Hit by Phishing Attack

$27M Gone in Seconds: Venus Protocol User Hit by Phishing Attack

The post $27M Gone in Seconds: Venus Protocol User Hit by Phishing Attack appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Rumors spread fast in crypto. Yesterday, whispers of an exploit on Venus Protocol sent shockwaves across X. At first, some thought the lending protocol itself had been breached. But hours of joint analysis cleared the air, Venus wasn’t hacked. Instead, a phishing attack snared a whale, draining $27 million in assets with one bad transaction. This wasn’t a protocol failure. It was human error. And it’s a stark reminder of DeFi’s biggest weakness: one careless click can wipe out a fortune. The victim approved a malicious transaction from a fake site. That single signature gave the attacker’s burner wallet, 0x7fd8…202a, unlimited access to his tokens. Once approval was granted, the attacker struck instantly. Assets vanished in seconds. According to Cyvers Alerts 🚨ALERT🚨27M suspicious transaction has been detected involving a user of @VenusProtocol on the #BNBChain The user unknowingly approved a malicious transaction, granting token permissions that resulted in the loss of $27M in digital assets. The stolen funds are currently held… pic.twitter.com/WekHEicyec — 🚨 Cyvers Alerts 🚨 (@CyversAlerts) September 2, 2025 And, here’s what got drained: $19.8M vUSDT $7.15M vUSDC $146K vXRP $22K vETH Even 285 BTCB on BNB Chain Generational wealth gone. Just like that. The Wild Part: Venus Was Never Hacked Venus Protocol confirmed on X Update: we are in direct contact with the victim of the phishing attack, and the protocol will remain paused while we try to recover his funds. Venus was not exploited, but we are committed to protecting our users. If the protocol resumes now, the hacker gets the user’s funds. https://t.co/441ncPEbla — Venus Protocol (@VenusProtocol) September 2, 2025 that their contracts were safe. The frontend? Fine. No smart contract vulnerabilities. No code exploits. This was pure social engineering. A fake link, a trusted click, and boom, open approvals did the rest. That’s the…

Author: BitcoinEthereumNews

2025/09/03

Venus Protocol User Loses $13.5M in Phishing Attack

Venus Protocol User Loses $13.5M in Phishing Attack

The post Venus Protocol User Loses $13.5M in Phishing Attack appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Update Sept. 2, 11:57  am UTC. This article has been updated to include a correction from PeckShield. A decentralized finance (DeFi) trader lost $13.5 million in crypto after falling victim to a phishing scam, according to blockchain security firm PeckShield.  PeckShield initially reported on Tuesday that a user of the DeFi lending platform Venus Protocol saw crypto assets worth $27 million disappear in a phishing attack.  However, the investigation firm later corrected the amount to $13.5 million, saying they did not consider the user’s debt position in their initial estimate. A phishing attack is a type of scam where attackers trick victims into granting malicious permissions or revealing sensitive information by pretending to be a legitimate source. In this incident, the user approved a malicious transaction, allowing the attacker to drain stablecoins and wrapped assets from its balance.  Source: PeckShield Venus Protocol pauses protocol to investigate Venus Protocol’s official social media account responded to community concerns in an X thread, confirming there was no flaw in its smart contracts.  When a user asked if this was due to the user’s mistake, Venus said it was likely the case. However, Venus said that as a precautionary measure, it would pause the protocol to conduct security reviews.  “Right now, yes, that appears to be the case. We will keep everyone updated as we investigate,” Venus Protocol wrote. “Protocol is paused while security reviews are underway.” Related: Criminals are ‘vibe hacking’ with AI at unprecedented levels: Anthropic Hackers ramp up attacks as September starts The recent phishing attack adds to a list of criminal efforts to steal crypto at the start of September. On Tuesday, World Liberty Financial’s (WLFI) governance tokenholders were hit by a known phishing wallet exploit, according to SlowMist founder Yu Xian. On the same day, decentralized exchange (DEX) Bunni…

Author: BitcoinEthereumNews

2025/09/03

Thiel-Backed Whale ETHZilla Dives Into Liquid Restaking, Injecting $100M ETH Into EtherFi

Thiel-Backed Whale ETHZilla Dives Into Liquid Restaking, Injecting $100M ETH Into EtherFi

On September 2, 2025, ETHZilla Corporation, a Nasdaq-listed company backed by prominent investors including Peter Thiel, announced a $100 million deployment of its Ethereum reserves into EtherFi, a liquid restaking protocol. The decision marks ETHZilla’s first direct integration with DeFi infrastructure. The firm seeks to generate higher yields on its holdings while strengthening Ethereum’s network security. ETHZilla Leverages EtherFi to Unlock Yield on ETH Holdings Executive Chairman McAndrew Rudisill described the shift as a “strategic evolution” in treasury management. “By deploying $100 million into liquid restaking, we’re reinforcing Ethereum’s security while unlocking incremental yield opportunities to enhance returns on our treasury holdings. Partnering with EtherFi marks a pivotal step in our engagement with DeFi,” Rudisill said in the release. The allocation represents a portion of ETHZilla’s 102,246 ETH reserves, valued at approximately $456 million as of August 31. In addition to its crypto holdings, the company maintains $221 million in cash equivalents and has more than 166 million shares outstanding. According to data from the company’s capital summaries, ETHZilla aggressively expanded its Ethereum position through August, acquiring over 20,000 ETH at an average purchase price of $3,949. EtherFi, the protocol selected for the investment, offers enhanced yield through restaking, a process that allows staked ETH to be rehypothecated into additional security layers and services beyond Ethereum’s core validation. Mike Silagadze, founder and CEO of EtherFi, called ETHZilla’s entry a watershed moment. “Their commitment highlights the growing institutional confidence in decentralized protocols and showcases a unique method of bridging traditional finance with the Ethereum ecosystem,” Silagadze said. The move follows ETHZilla’s rebranding from 180 Life Sciences Corp. in late July, when the company pivoted to digital assets and adopted Ethereum as its central treasury reserve. Backed by more than 60 institutional and crypto-native investors, the firm announced plans to raise $425 million through a private investment in public equity (PIPE) deal, supplemented by $150 million in potential debt securities. Proceeds from the financing have been earmarked for ETH acquisitions, treasury operations, and transaction costs. ETHZilla’s treasury strategy is managed in partnership with Electric Capital, which is overseeing an on-chain yield program intended to outperform standard ETH staking. The company has stated that its broader plan involves a mix of lending, liquidity provisioning, and structured agreements, designed to balance yield optimization with risk controls. ETHZilla Evolves Into Educator and Investor as Ethereum Restaking Gains Traction ETHZilla recently canceled 1.3 million outstanding shares held by Elray Resources in a $1 million settlement, streamlining its capital structure as it deepens its focus on crypto. The move follows its broader push to position itself not only as an investor but also as an educator. Its “Ethereum School” publishes weekly lessons on monetary policy and staking economics, with recent material emphasizing how Ethereum’s fee burn and issuance model have reduced net annual issuance since the 2022 Merge to just 0.139%, showing its deflationary potential. Meanwhile, liquid restaking continues to grow across the ecosystem. Total value locked in Ethereum protocols has climbed to $30 billion, driven by validators shifting away from native staking. EtherFi leads the sector in TVL, ahead of Eigenpie by offering users restaking yields via EigenLayer. Corporate demand for Ether remains strong. According to SER data, Tom Lee’s BitMine holds about 1.8 million ETH, while Joe Lubin’s SharpLink ranks second with 837,000 ETH. SharpLink added 39,008 ETH between August 25 and 31 at an average price of $4,531, raising its treasury value to $3.6 billion

Author: CryptoNews

2025/09/03

Bunni DEX Loses $8.4 Million in Sophisticated Smart Contract Attack

Bunni DEX Loses $8.4 Million in Sophisticated Smart Contract Attack

Bunni DEX, a cutting-edge decentralized exchange built on Uniswap v4, fell victim to a major security breach on September 2, 2025. Hackers drained an estimated $8.4 million from the platform by exploiting a vulnerability in its custom liquidity management system.

Author: Brave Newcoin

2025/09/03

Ethena’s USDe has become the third-largest stablecoin, surpassing DAI and USDS

Ethena’s USDe has become the third-largest stablecoin, surpassing DAI and USDS

Ethena’s synthetic stablecoin USDe has vaulted into the top tier of the digital dollar market, overtaking DAI and USDS to claim the third spot by market capitalization in the stablecoin ladder.  The rise in adoption, coupled with progress on governance milestones, has brought Ethena’s long-anticipated “fee switch” closer to reality, as this will allow ENA […]

Author: Cryptopolitan

2025/09/03

Ethereum Price Prediction: ETH Retains Top Crypto Status, But Analysts Champion this New Viral Token

Ethereum Price Prediction: ETH Retains Top Crypto Status, But Analysts Champion this New Viral Token

As Ethereum (ETH) establishes itself in the overall crypto ecosystem, financial analysts have increasingly started paying attention to Mutuum Finance (MUTM). While popular ETH price predictions suggest an entrenched momentum even into the current market sentiment development, Mutuum Finance has gained wide recognition owing to its pioneering DeFi ecosystem and the increasing interest generated among […]

Author: Cryptopolitan

2025/09/03

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