List of Flash News about DeFi
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Agent Arthur Launches Production-Ready PyPI SDK: 3-Line AI Agent Perp Trading on Arthur DEX via Orderly
According to @ranyi1115, Agent Arthur released a production-ready arthur-sdk on PyPI that enables AI agents to trade perpetuals on Arthur DEX through Orderly with minimal code (source: @ranyi1115, PyPI arthur-sdk). The SDK provides human-readable APIs, removes complex signature handling, and advertises a 3-line setup for perp execution, designed for agents rather than manual click trading (source: @ranyi1115, GitHub arthur-orderly/agent-trading-sdk). For trading teams and developers, this toolkit streamlines agentic execution for perpetual futures on a DEX stack aligned with Orderly, reducing integration friction for automated strategies (source: @ranyi1115). |
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2026-02-01 20:15 |
Cardano (ADA) Governance: DRep With 60.59M ADA Votes NO on DeFi Liquidity Budget Withdrawal Over Peg Risk
According to @ItsDave_ADA, a Cardano DRep with 60.59 million ADA voting power representing delegates voted NO on the governance action Cardano DeFi Liquidity Budget - Withdrawal 1, citing duty of care and strict fiscal responsibility to ADA holders. Source: @ItsDave_ADA on X. He said he previously voted YES on the governance action and supports the strategic intent but cannot justify this treasury spend at present. Source: @ItsDave_ADA on X. He stated the proposal relies on a 0.40 USD ADA peg and, with the current price significantly lower around 0.286 USD, the withdrawal would be underfunded at execution. Source: @ItsDave_ADA on X. He invited a re-submission when ADA price improves and shared the on-chain transaction reference. Source: @ItsDave_ADA on X. |
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2026-02-01 11:39 |
PeckShield: Crypto Hacks Reach 16 Incidents and $86M Losses in Jan 2026; MoM Surge Flags Elevated DeFi Risk and Phishing Threats
According to @PeckShieldAlert, January 2026 recorded 16 crypto hacks with total losses of $86.01M, a 1.42% year over year decrease versus January 2025 but a 13.25% month over month rise from December 2025. Source: @PeckShieldAlert. According to @PeckShieldAlert, phishing losses remain staggering, highlighting persistent social engineering risk alongside smart contract exploits. Source: @PeckShieldAlert. Based on @PeckShieldAlert data, traders may tighten exposure to unaudited DeFi protocols, scrutinize token approval permissions, prioritize cold storage, and monitor on chain security alerts to manage the higher month over month exploit pressure. Source: @PeckShieldAlert. |
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2026-02-01 03:59 |
Openclaw Agent Trading SDK on Orderly Network: 3-Line DeFi Perps Trading for AI Agents
According to @ranyi1115, the openclaw-powered agent Arthur released an Agent Trading SDK on Orderly Network that enables AI agents to trade perpetuals with as few as three lines of code, targeting automated execution. source: @ranyi1115 on X. The SDK features human readable APIs and removes complex signature handling to prioritize agent-first integrations over manual UI workflows. source: @ranyi1115 on X. A public repository is available for developers to integrate the agent-native perps trading stack. source: github.com/arthur-orderly/agent-trading-sdk. The author adds that openclaw enables practical agent creation and that an agent-native trading protocol on Orderly was built in minutes using it. source: @ranyi1115 on X. The announcement also notes the agent Arthur promoting the release on moltbook and calls for DeFi infrastructure to adopt an agent-first mindset. source: @ranyi1115 on X. |
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2026-02-01 03:06 |
ETH Whale '7 Siblings' Buys 12,781 ETH After 10% Drop, Borrowing $40M on Spark and Aave
According to @EmberCN, the whale or institution known as 7 Siblings, which has deposited 597,000 ETH on Spark (valued at roughly $1.46 billion), tends to buy Ethereum after single-day drops of 10 percent or more (source: @EmberCN). According to @EmberCN, after ETH fell more than 10 percent, 7 Siblings borrowed about $40 million from Spark and Aave and purchased 12,781 ETH for around $31 million, indicating continued on chain dip-buying behavior via DeFi lending (source: @EmberCN). |
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2026-01-31 10:35 |
Whale pfm.eth Deposits 5M USDC to Hyperliquid, Opens 1x Long on $SILVER; $1.66M in Limit Buys Pending
According to @lookonchain, whale address pfm.eth deposited 5M USDC into Hyperliquid over the past 12 hours to build long exposure to silver via the on-chain $SILVER market. According to @lookonchain, the address opened a 1x long on 17,305 SILVER worth about $1.49M, with roughly $1.66M in additional limit buy orders still waiting to be filled. |
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2026-01-31 03:32 |
Address Poisoning Phishing Hits Crypto Whale Again: 4556 Tokens Lost After Copying On-Chain History Address
According to @EmberCN, a crypto whale or institution copied a recipient address from on-chain transaction history, fell for a similar-address phishing scheme, and lost 4556 tokens. According to @EmberCN, this mirrors a prior incident roughly 40 days earlier in which a similar tactic led to about 50 million dollars in losses. According to @EmberCN, repeated large losses underscore active address poisoning risks tied to copy-paste transfers by whales. |
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2026-01-30 22:23 |
USDC and Yield Sharing at Coinbase: @iampaulgrewal Echoes Patrick Collison on Brian Armstrong’s Pro-Competition Push
According to @iampaulgrewal, Patrick Collison noted that Brian Armstrong’s advocacy for allowing yield sharing is not obviously in Coinbase’s self-interest, since prohibiting yield sharing would make USDC more directly profitable for Coinbase, citing a Wall Street Journal article. According to @iampaulgrewal, Collison’s view highlights that Armstrong’s position is driven by support for a vibrant, competitive market that protects consumer liberty rather than short-term economics. According to @iampaulgrewal, the trading takeaway is that policy direction on yield sharing could shape stablecoin yield products and competitive dynamics between centralized offerings and DeFi, with Collison’s framing pointing to different value capture paths depending on whether yield sharing is permitted or barred. |
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2026-01-30 22:16 |
Stablecoin Yield Showdown: ICBA White House Talks and CASE Six Figure Ad Blitz Target 'Loophole'
According to @EleanorTerrett, three days before ICBA meets crypto leaders at the White House to hash out differences over stablecoin yield, consumer watchdog CASE for America launched a six figure digital ad urging senators to back community banks and close the stablecoin loophole (source: @EleanorTerrett; source: @CASE_forAmerica). The campaign spotlights active lobbying over stablecoin yield as ICBA and industry negotiate, highlighting regulatory uncertainty that traders should factor into stablecoin yield products and related DeFi lending venues (source: @EleanorTerrett; source: @CASE_forAmerica). Traders can monitor flows and spreads in major stablecoins and borrowing rates on yield platforms for headline sensitivity during this negotiation window (source: @EleanorTerrett; source: @CASE_forAmerica). |
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2026-01-30 21:30 |
Hyperliquid HIP-3 DeFi Derivatives Surge: 55% Daily Volume Growth, 30% Non-Crypto Share, 50/50 Fee Split
According to @ThinkingUSD, Hyperliquid is showing rapid product market fit with volumes growing 55% daily and over 30% of total exchange volume now coming from non-crypto sources, underscoring idiosyncratic returns with long volatility and long convexity exposures. The post adds that HIP-3 volumes and open interest are expanding over 100% weekly to billions in average daily volume, with fees split 50/50 between Hyperliquid and HIP-3 providers, pointing to uncorrelated returns and exposure for traders seeking diversification and liquidity depth in DeFi derivatives markets. Source: X.com/@ThinkingUSD |
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2026-01-30 14:16 |
BTC Yield Gap: Only 7 Billion in On-Chain DeFi vs 2 Trillion Bitcoin Market; Julian Kwan Highlights Aave WBTC and IXS RWA Yield
According to Julian Kwan, only a small fraction of Bitcoin is earning yield, with about 7 billion deployed across on-chain BTC DeFi and roughly 3.8 billion in the Aave WBTC pool compared with a Bitcoin market of over 2 trillion, indicating the bottleneck is structural rather than demand (source: Julian Kwan on X). According to Kwan, IXS brings RWA backed yield to Bitcoin and Aave’s WBTC pool represents a major existing route for BTC yield, underscoring a large, underutilized base that could shift as structural access improves (source: Julian Kwan on X). |
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2026-01-30 13:20 |
Falcon Finance $50M Ecosystem Fund: 50% Cash + 50% Vested FF to Boost USDf, DeFi and RWA on Ethereum (ETH) and BNB Chain (BNB)
According to @ag_dwf, Falcon Finance launched a $50M ecosystem fund to back yield infrastructure, RWA integrations, structured products, and DEX builders that drive demand and composability for USDf on Ethereum (ETH) and BNB Chain (BNB), source: @ag_dwf. According to @ag_dwf, financing terms allocate 50 percent in immediate cash and 50 percent in vested FF tokens to align long term upside, source: @ag_dwf. According to @ag_dwf and Falcon Finance, the ecosystem reports $2.5B in TVL and $2.1B USDf supply as the base for new deployments, source: @ag_dwf. |
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2026-01-30 07:39 |
USDCx Stablecoin Integration Signed on Cardano ADA: Privacy USDC Joins Cardano Circle for DeFi
According to @ItsDave_ADA, USDCx, described as a privacy focused version of USDC, is coming to Cardano and is framed as an important leap for Cardano’s adoption (source: @ItsDave_ADA on X). According to Charles Hoskinson, he has signed the integration agreement for USDCx on Cardano and welcomed the project to Cardano Circle, signaling formal progress toward deployment (source: @IOHK_Charles on X, cited by @ItsDave_ADA). According to @ItsDave_ADA, the announcement highlights adoption momentum for Cardano’s DeFi stack by bringing a dollar stablecoin variant into the ecosystem (source: @ItsDave_ADA on X). According to the cited posts, no launch timeline or technical details were disclosed, so traders should monitor official updates for rollout milestones and potential liquidity effects across ADA pairs and Cardano DEXs (sources: @ItsDave_ADA and @IOHK_Charles on X). |
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2026-01-30 05:13 |
Tokenized Gold Yield: Falcon Finance Claims 4% Delta Neutral Return With Gold Exposure Intact
According to @ag_dwf, Falcon Finance says it offers a 4% delta neutral yield on tokenized gold while keeping gold exposure intact and has been featured by Fortune Magazine for tackling a 4.6 billion tokenized gold gap (source: @ag_dwf citing Falcon Finance). According to @ag_dwf, the announcement frames tokenized gold as a yield-bearing RWA opportunity within DeFi (source: @ag_dwf). According to @ag_dwf, the post does not include mechanism specifics, risk terms, or token details and refers readers to Falcon Finance's announcement (source: @ag_dwf). |
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2026-01-30 01:43 |
CFTC Crypto Plan: 5 Pillars for Onchain Markets, Tokenized Collateral, Retail Margin, SEC Coordination, and Prediction Markets
According to @iampaulgrewal, a CFTC-referenced plan highlights five priorities: a forward-looking framework for onchain markets, tokenized collateral as a permanent feature in derivatives, new pathways for retail margin in spot digital assets, coordination with the SEC for regulatory clarity, and new rules affirming the CFTC’s exclusive jurisdiction over prediction markets (source: @iampaulgrewal citing CFTC Press Room statement). For traders, this roadmap signals potential expansion of liquidity via tokenized collateral, broader retail access that could lift spot volumes, and reduced regulatory uncertainty that may benefit onchain trading venues and derivatives structure, if implemented as indicated (source: @iampaulgrewal and the CFTC statement referenced in the post). |
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2026-01-29 23:54 |
Ethereum (ETH) Staking Surge: Bitmine Adds 314,496 ETH, Total 2.83M ETH Staked Worth $7.98B
According to @OnchainLens, Bitmine has staked an additional 314,496 ETH valued at about 887M USD, bringing its cumulative stake to 2,831,392 ETH valued near 7.98B USD, based on Arkham Intelligence entity data at intel.arkm.com/explorer/entity/bitmine (source: Onchain Lens on X; Arkham Intelligence). For traders, the key onchain datapoints are the incremental stake size and the updated total attributed to Bitmine’s staking addresses as recorded by Arkham Intelligence and relayed by Onchain Lens (source: Onchain Lens on X; Arkham Intelligence). |
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2026-01-29 15:37 |
ETH Whale Trend Research Adds 36.39M USDT Collateral on Aave, Borrows 80M USDC After $2,805 Dip; 661K ETH Position Update (ETH, USDT, USDC)
According to @ai_9684xtpa, after ETH briefly fell to $2,805, Trend Research withdrew 36.39M USDT from Binance and deposited it into Aave as collateral, while holding 661,272.65 ETH at an average cost near $3,104.36 with an unrealized loss around $179M at that time, source: @ai_9684xtpa. According to @ai_9684xtpa, the address later borrowed 80M USDC from Aave after ETH moved back above $3,000, with the reported unrealized loss narrowing to about $55.78M, source: @ai_9684xtpa. According to @ai_9684xtpa, these on-chain actions indicate active leverage and collateral management on Aave by a large ETH holder, a dynamic traders often monitor for potential liquidity and volatility impacts, source: @ai_9684xtpa. |
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2026-01-29 09:44 |
XVS 40% Flash Crash: Venus Protocol Whale Liquidated After USDT Looping, Reported Loss Tops 1.09 Million
According to @EmberCN, XVS fell about 40% in a single day from 5.3 dollars to 3.1 dollars during a sharp intraday drop. According to @EmberCN, a whale who used looping on Venus Protocol two days earlier to buy 532,000 XVS (about 2.81 million dollars) by borrowing 1.4 million USDT was hit by a liquidation during the flash move. According to @EmberCN, roughly 287,000 XVS (about 930,000 dollars) was liquidated, with total losses reported at approximately 1.09 million dollars. |
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2026-01-28 15:57 |
PolynomialFi Announces First DeFi Lending Integration with Fluid: $5B+ TVL, Multiple Audits, Capital Safety Focus
According to @PolynomialFi, the team selected @0xfluid for its first integration, citing $5B+ in TVL, more than eight years building DeFi infrastructure with zero user fund losses, multiple third-party security audits, and billions in lending volume. According to @PolynomialFi, the integration reflects a strict focus on capital safety. |
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2026-01-28 14:31 |
PolynomialFi Partners With 0xfluid in First DeFi Integration: 5B TVL, Multiple Audits, Capital Safety Focus
According to @PolynomialFi, the protocol’s first integration is with Fluid 0xfluid, chosen for more than 5B in TVL, eight years of DeFi infrastructure with zero user fund losses, multiple third party security audits, and billions in lending volume, as stated in its announcement. According to @PolynomialFi, the integration prioritizes capital safety and leverages Fluid’s audited lending infrastructure, underpinning liquidity routing and yield strategies. According to @PolynomialFi, these cited attributes reflect a risk managed approach built on audited systems and high on chain liquidity depth. |