[TheDefiant] Trader Joe's, the well-known American grocery store chain, is again pursuing legal action against Trader Joe, the leading decentralized exchange on the Avalanche network. In a lawsuit filed last…

[TheDefiant] Real-world asset loan protocol Goldfinch is writing down part of a $20M loan issued to a U.S.-based credit fund and backstopping the losses. Goldfinch facilitated a $20 million loan…

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[TheDefiant] Farcaster, the Optimism-based decentralized social media protocol, opened its doors to permissionless onboarding. Dan Romero, the co-founder of Farcaster, announced the news on Oct. 11 via tweet, declaring that…

[TheDefiant] Polygon ruffled feathers in the ApeCoin community by proposing the development of a Layer 2 network dedicated to hosting Yuga products. The kicker? Polygon wants $200,000 per year for…

[TheDefiant] Did ultrasound money turn into … infra-sound money? ETH has flipped back to inflationary for the first time since the Merge. Layer 2s have taken over transaction volumes. Users…

[TheDefiant] In the wake of a major Arbitrum vote this week, Gauntlet, a reputed technical service provider, finds itself in a conundrum. Despite holding the seventh-largest delegate position on Ethereum's…

[TheDefiant] Stars Arena, a SocialFi platform operating on the Avalanche blockchain, has successfully recovered approximately 90% of the funds lost in a smart contract exploit. According to the official X…

[TheDefiant] Lido Finance, the leading liquid staking protocol, has disclosed that 20 slashings have occurred in connection with validators operated by Launchnodes, one of the protocol’s node operators. Following the…

[TheDefiant] JPMorgan Chase, the largest US bank by assets, launched its first collateral settlement for clients via a blockchain network. This milestone development was reported by Bloomberg News. JPMorgan used…

[TheDefiant] USDR, a dollar-pegged stablecoin issued by Tangible, a real-world assets protocol on the Polygon network, has lost over half its value in the past four hours amid a rush…

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[TheDefiant] Lens, the highly anticipated social networking graph from Aave, announced it will begin onboarding a wider base of users. On Oct. 10, Stani Kulechov, the founder of Aave and…

[TheDefiant] Spark Protocol, MakerDAO’s first subDAO and a DAI-focussed fork of Aave v3, is now live on Gnosis Chain. The launch marks Spark’s first deployment beyond the Ethereum mainnet. Gnosis…