What’s Interesting Today: Coinbase is partnering with Lightspark to integrate Bitcoin Lightning payments, aiming to reduce transaction fees by moving activity to Bitcoin's layer-2. Led by David Marcus, former PayPal president, Lightspark will help Coinbase enable faster and cheaper transactions for its 108 million users. The move,

What’s Interesting Today: Ethena's ENA token launched with a $1.2 billion market cap despite its controversial background and investor miscommunication. The protocol, aiming for decentralization and security, rewards ENA holders with governance rights and has introduced a complex stablecoin system using crypto as collateral, employing delta

What’s Interesting Today: Telegram has introduced the option for users to purchase in-platform advertisements using Toncoin, aiming to enhance user monetization by sharing 50% of ad revenue with public channel owners. This feature allows users to promote their channels by selecting specific channels for their TON-powered ads. Channel owners

What’s Interesting Today: Litecoin's price surged by 11% over 24 hours, becoming the second-best performer among the top 100 cryptocurrencies, following a statement by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) classifying it as a commodity. This classification, amidst a sluggish market, significantly boosts Litecoin's appeal

What’s Interesting Today: Ondo Finance, overseeing $220 million in assets, plans to transfer the majority of its OUSG fund, valued at $88 million, into BlackRock's recently introduced BUIDL Fund, signaling a move towards the tokenization of securities. BUIDL, established on Ethereum, has rapidly accumulated $245 million in

What’s Interesting Today: AltLayer has introduced a staking feature for its ALT token holders, enhancing the economic security of its ecosystem. This feature is part of AltLayer's development of MACH Alpha, a fast finality layer built on EigenLayer, aimed at addressing Ethereum's slow transaction finality

What’s Interesting Today: Badger Finance has launched eBTC, a 0% interest Bitcoin lending protocol, using Lido's liquid staking token, stETH, as collateral to generate staking yield for both the protocol and borrowers. Users can borrow eBTC, a synthetic Bitcoin-pegged stablecoin, using Ethereum as collateral without paying interest,

What’s Interesting Today: TrueFi has launched the Trinity protocol, targeting the on-chain real-world assets (RWA) market with its new dollar-based TRI token. This token is designed to enhance capital efficiency by allowing users to use collateral assets, like the tokenized tfBILL (representing short-term U.S. Treasury bills) and other

What’s Interesting Today: Friend.tech, leveraging Web3 technology, has pioneered a novel approach by offering its users a stake in the company, transitioning them from mere participants to investors. This model aims to democratize digital investment, fostering a deeper community bond and advancing a user-centric business philosophy. Despite initial