SQUID REPORT · Leviathan News crypto, DeFi, and AI news roundup

Samsung, Dunamu and Shinhan deny formally joining Open Standard's OUSD consortium, saying they were listed as members without official consultation
Visa joins Canton as super validator with $4.6B stablecoin settlement run rate for regulated finance
Starknet launches low-fee STRK20s privacy pool on mainnet for all ERC-20s via Ready and Xverse
Starknet launches low-fee STRK20s privacy pool on mainnet for all ERC-20s via Ready and Xverse
Morpho Association raises $175M from Paradigm, a16z, and Ribbit to build open credit network
Enso launches RWA app for tokenized stocks and treasuries, with Ondo, xStocks, and Porto distribution
THORChain traces $10M May 15 vault drain to GG20 zero-day after 864 failed signing rounds
THORChain traces $10M May 15 vault drain to GG20 zero-day after 864 failed signing rounds
DefiLlama launches risk scenario planning for Morpho vaults, mapping dependencies and modeling potential losses across oracles, bridges, sequencers and collateral
Shielded Labs weighs Zcash Ironwood delay as unfinished Z3 stack pressures late-July migration
Trump defends his family's $1.4B crypto windfall, saying there is “nothing wrong” with the earnings as critics question industry ties and regulatory influence
Trump defends his family's $1.4B crypto windfall, saying there is “nothing wrong” with the earnings as critics question industry ties and regulatory influence
Robinhood app chain sees agents drive volume as first launch, Raxol, climbs to top 4 within 24 hours
PancakeSwap launches v2 and v3 AMMs on RobinhoodCrypto Chain as 9 new bStocks hit BNB Chain
American wallets drive $571M in Polymarket political bets despite geoblock, nearly 4x next country
American wallets drive $571M in Polymarket political bets despite geoblock, nearly 4x next country
Hyperliquid posts $283M in buybacks as 8 crypto projects outpace supply growth since January
Russia's central bank says digital ruble is ready for September 1 rollout at major banks and retailers
Pendle staked supply hits 100M PENDLE as emissions fall 71% and buybacks reach 1.96M
Pendle staked supply hits 100M PENDLE as emissions fall 71% and buybacks reach 1.96M
Missing ownership section in Blockworks TTF raises governance concerns and uncertainty
Solana's global community called the internet's closest equivalent to Silicon Valley for founders
Anthropic raises Claude API rate limits and simplifies access tiers, with Sonnet and Haiku models now offering up to 5x higher throughput at the top level
Anthropic raises Claude API rate limits and simplifies access tiers, with Sonnet and Haiku models now offering up to 5x higher throughput at the top level
Rialto exits stealth mode with a new onchain spot exchange for capital markets