Base
Unichain
RobinhoodDeFi
65 published items in DeFi.
DeFi materials
65 published
Shared Sequencers: How Layer-2 Networks Connect Their Liquidity
Every major Layer 2 rollup currently operates its own isolated sequencer, creating fragmented mempools and breaking atomic composability. If a user wants to execute a trade on...
Bitcoin on Base: How cbBTC Connects the Largest Crypto Asset to DeFi
Over one trillion dollars of Bitcoin capital has historically sat idle, unable to participate natively in Ethereum and Layer 2 DeFi. Coinbase Wrapped BTC cbBTC brings Bitcoin onto...
LayerZero ATLAS: Why a Headless Exchange Could Change the Role of DEX Infrastructure
LayerZero introduced ATLAS as a headless exchange infrastructure for open and institutional markets. The August 25 announcement is slightly outside the immediate 48 hour window...
Base Goes Live on Astrolescent: Another Route Into the L2 From Non-EVM Chains
Base went live on the Astrolescent bridge on August 29, adding a route into the Coinbase L2 from Radix, Solana, Sui, Sonic, Aptos and Arbitrum. For Base, the important part is not...
Robinhood Chain Launchpad Pons Processes 11,496 Token Launches in One Day
Pons, a token launchpad built for Robinhood Chain, recorded 11,496 launches on August 28, according to its public activity dashboard. The same day generated about $78,100 in fees...
Robinhood Chain Crosses a New Activity Test: $443M DEX Volume in One Day
Robinhood Chain recorded roughly $443 million in DEX volume, more than 3 million transactions and over 115,000 active wallets in one day, according to Decrypt’s August 27 report...
cbBTC Comes to Robinhood Chain: The Missing Bitcoin Asset for New DeFi Markets
Coinbase’s cbBTC is expanding to Robinhood Chain through Chainlink CCIP. The move gives a new L2 focused on tokenized equities and DeFi access to a Bitcoin backed asset with more...
Chainlink Turns Base Tokenized Stocks Into DeFi-Ready Assets
Coinbase’s tokenized stocks on Base received another important piece of infrastructure this week: Chainlink Data Feeds provide pricing data for the assets. That sounds like a...
Base Tokenized Stocks Hit $94.6M: Why Volume Matters More Than the Headline
Base’s tokenized stock market has already moved from a launch story to a liquidity test. Data reported on August 28 put cumulative trading volume for the first four Coinbase...
Base Explains B20: Why Tokenized Stocks Need Rules Beyond ERC-20
Base published a technical explanation of B20, the token standard used for Coinbase Tokenized Stocks. The interesting part is not the name of another token format. It is the...
Moonwell MAMO on Base: The Supply Cap Was Not the Real Security Boundary
Moonwell’s post mortem on the August 27 MAMO incident on Base adds an important detail to the initial $8.7 million exploit story. The attacker did not simply bypass a supply cap...
Custom Liquidity: 5 Uniswap v4 Hooks That Will Kill Traditional AMM Arbitrage
The release of Uniswap v4 marks a structural transition from passive automated market maker curves to dynamically programmable liquidity pools. The key technological breakthrough...