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We stripped the names off four chains and asked an AI which was healthiest
BSC News fed anonymised DefiLlama metrics for BNB Chain, Solana, Base and Tron into Claude AI Opus to rank DeFi health. Solana came out on top, but each chain revealed a distinct edge.
Apple sued over a fake wallet that drained $1.8M in Bitcoin
Three plaintiffs are suing Apple after a fake Sparrow Wallet app on the App Store tricked users into entering seed phrases, draining roughly $1.8 million in Bitcoin between May and August 2025.
El Salvador's Bitcoin reserve heads into an election
El Salvador holds roughly 7,730 $BTC worth around $502 million as the country approaches a February 2027 presidential election. With opposition parties silent on crypto policy and President Nayib Bukele polling above 80%, the reserve's future hangs on political continuity and an unresolved dispute with the IMF.
Chainlink surfaces Swift's case against tearing finance down
Swift's Head of Innovation Nick Kerigan argues the next financial system should build on existing infrastructure, not replace it, integrating blockchain, new forms of money, and agentic AI into the same stack.
BNB Chain DEX volume jumps 36%
BNB Chain recorded $7.555B in weekly DEX volume, up 36%, as Native Finance surged 926% to lead the chain on reported turnover, overtaking PancakeSwap in weekly figures.
Yearn tops yield farming development
Yearn Finance leads Santiment's 30-day yield farming development ranking with 7.97 daily notable GitHub events, nearly double second-placed Katana. Aave is the only large cap in the top ten.
Storj files Chapter 11 and dangles equity at token holders
Storj Labs has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in West Virginia, citing legacy obligations, while proposing equity stakes for $STORJ token holders and pledging to keep its decentralized storage network running.
Strategy starts buying its own preferred below par
Strategy repurchased 288,930 shares of its STRC preferred stock for $25 million at an average of $86.52, marking the first move under a $1 billion buyback program. The company's USD Reserve climbed to an all-time high of $3.75 billion.
Ondo drops the chain
Ondo Finance has rebranded its Layer 1 blockchain project as the Ondo Network, replacing a traditional replicated ledger with secure hardware enclaves. The pivot draws on technology acquired from Enclave Markets and is already powering $ONDO perpetuals trading.
SHIB holds its weekend gain as whales move at the top
Shiba Inu holds a 17% weekly gain as Santiment flags 52 large whale transactions and South Korean traders on Upbit account for over a tenth of global SHIB volume with no clear catalyst behind the move.
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