# Сопутствующие статьи по теме DeFi

12 Potential Startup Directions in the AI and Blockchain Space

The convergence of AI and blockchain is enabling a new economic paradigm dominated by "Money Machines"—autonomous software systems that operate 24/7, create value, and grow with minimal human intervention. These systems, powered by programmable value (blockchain) and programmable decisions (AI), represent the next industrial revolution, scaling human potential through autonomous capital. Key infrastructure enabling this shift includes stablecoins, tokenized assets, decentralized identity, and on-chain financial protocols. The article outlines 12 promising startup directions at this intersection: 1. **Agent Equity & Investment Banking**: Capitalizing AI systems via partial ownership, revenue-sharing tokens, and on-chain DAOs. 2. **Compute Exchanges & Markets**: Financial infrastructure for GPU capacity trading (e.g., futures, options). 3. **Liquidity Operating Systems**: Programmable short-term liquidity for cross-border payments and stablecoin conversions. 4. **Agent Service Marketplaces**: Platforms for monetizing expertise (e.g., legal, research) via deployable AI agents. 5. **Agent Identity & Reputation**: Decentralized identity and verifiable credentials for AI agents. 6. **Yield-as-an-API**: Programmable, real-time yield generation for software-managed capital. 7. **Credit Infrastructure**: Non-human lending primitives using stablecoins and smart contracts. 8. **Compliance for Tokenized Securities**: KYC/AML layers for seamless, regulation-compliant tokenized asset flows. 9. **Agent Payment Controls**: Programmable spending limits and approvals for autonomous transactions. 10. **Stablecoin Treasury Management**: Automated tools for corporate crypto/fiat treasury optimization. 11. **Cross-Chain Settlement & Interoperability**: Chain-agnostic execution and liquidity routing for agents. 12. **Data Monetization & Provenance Networks**: Decentralized data markets with micro-payments and usage tracking. These areas highlight the infrastructure needed for an internet-native financial system where autonomous agents dominate economic activity.

marsbit03/12 01:38

Hoskinson Outlines Cardano Funding Overhaul For 2026

Charles Hoskinson, founder of Cardano, has outlined a significant shift in the ecosystem's funding strategy for 2026. He argues that the treasury has historically over-invested in infrastructure (nodes, scaling) while underfunding utility (DApps, DeFi) and user experience (wallets, onboarding, marketing). This imbalance has resulted in many applications struggling with low user activity, TVL, and revenue. Hoskinson's proposed solution is a treasury-backed investment model, replacing grants. The treasury would take ownership stakes in selected projects, requiring strategic alignment, oversight, and partial revenue-sharing in return. This model aims to foster consolidation, as he states the ecosystem cannot sustain numerous similar projects, like 25 DEXs, at current adoption levels. He also emphasized rectifying Cardano's "uncool" public narrative by properly funding content creators and ambassadors. The core message is that Cardano must transition from an "infrastructure game" to a "utility and experience game" with coordinated, strategic intent to drive adoption.

bitcoinist03/12 01:02

Solana Overtakes Ethereum In Trillion-Dollar Sector, Is There A New King In Town?

Solana has surpassed Ethereum in the number of real-world asset (RWA) holders, with 157,112 compared to Ethereum's 153,592. However, Ethereum maintains a significant lead in total RWA value at $15.4 billion, excluding stablecoins, while Solana's RWA value is $1.8 billion. Additionally, Solana recorded higher stablecoin transaction volume in February at $660.64 billion, exceeding Ethereum's $548.82 billion. Despite this, Ethereum has a larger stablecoin market cap and more stablecoin holders. Both networks are growing in RWA holders, but Solana shows faster growth in stablecoin transfer volume and holders.

bitcoinist03/11 19:11

Crypto Court Fight Not Over As Prosecutors Seek Retrial For Roman Storm

US prosecutors are seeking a retrial for Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm on charges of money laundering and sanctions violations, following a hung jury on those counts in a previous trial. Although Storm was convicted of operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business, his defense is seeking to overturn that verdict. Prosecutors have proposed an October 2026 retrial date, while Storm’s legal team has indicated unavailability until late 2026. Storm faces up to 40 years in prison if convicted on all counts. The case has drawn criticism from crypto advocates who point to prosecutorial missteps and a recent Treasury Department report acknowledging legitimate privacy applications for crypto mixers. A ruling on Storm’s acquittal motion is expected in April.

bitcoinist03/11 10:10

Ondo, xStocks, Hyperliquid 'Three Kingdoms': Who is Building the 'Foundation' of Future Finance?

This article analyzes three distinct approaches to on-chain tokenization of traditional assets like stocks and ETFs: Ondo Finance, xStocks (by Backed Finance, now Kraken-owned), and Hyperliquid's HIP-3. Ondo Finance employs an institutional-grade, indirect tokenization model. An offshore SPV holds the underlying stocks, issuing on-chain structured notes that represent economic exposure but not legal ownership. It features atomic settlement, instant minting/redemption, and requires KYC for accredited non-US investors. xStocks targets the retail market with a multi-chain, composable model. Similar to Ondo, it uses a 1:1 backed debt instrument structure (tracking certificates) issued by a Jersey-based SPV. It emphasizes self-custody, ease of access with no specific KYC for trading, and integrates a novel "xChange" engine to bridge TradFi liquidity into DeFi. Hyperliquid's HIP-3 offers a fundamentally different, permissionless model for creating perpetual futures markets on any asset. It requires no underlying custody of assets. Instead, it provides synthetic price exposure through oracle-fed perpetual contracts, allowing high leverage and 24/7 trading. It functions as a decentralized infrastructure layer for market creators. The piece concludes that these protocols are not in direct competition but serve different purposes: Ondo and xStocks offer economic ownership and redemption, while Hyperliquid provides leveraged synthetic trading. The common thread is expanding access and composability for on-chain users.

marsbit03/11 10:03

The Boundaries and Channels of Finance: The New Pricing Logic of Global Markets

The article "Financial Boundaries and Channels: The New Pricing Logic of Global Markets" explores the evolving relationship between traditional finance and decentralized finance (DeFi), focusing on the growing interest of asset management giants like BlackRock and Apollo in on-chain vaults and RWA (Real World Assets). It argues that while DeFi has adopted USDT/USDC as de facto standards due to their scale, this reliance on U.S. Treasury-backed stablecoins means DeFi is subject to external monetary policies without reciprocal influence. The piece highlights the absence of a native DeFi risk-free rate and examines past attempts, like algorithmic stablecoins, which failed to challenge this dominance. The author suggests that vaults and curators may become central to a new financial architecture, facilitating global capital flow and efficiency. However, these structures currently lack mechanisms for asset price inflation and face risks from code vulnerabilities and governance issues. The future may lie in broker-like channels that enhance capital fluidity beyond centralized exchanges, potentially leading to a more integrated and efficient global market system. Ultimately, the article concludes that while DeFi infrastructure matures, the real innovation opportunity resides in creating channels that enable seamless, scalable capital interaction, moving beyond traditional token economics.

比推03/11 06:44

Crypto Barbarians: The Jupiter System Still Owes the Market an Answer

The article "Encryption Barbarians: The Jupiter System Still Owes the Market an Answer" investigates the controversies surrounding the Jupiter ecosystem, particularly its affiliated projects Meteora and the founders Meow and Ben Chow, originally from the Mercurial Finance project backed by Alameda Research and FTX. After FTX's collapse, the team split into Jupiter (focused on liquidity aggregation) and Meteora (focused on dynamic market making), creating a vertically integrated ecosystem that controls everything from fiat on-ramps (via Moonshot acquisition) to trading and liquidity. This closed-loop system, while efficient, has been repeatedly accused of exploiting information asymmetry. Key controversies include: - Suspicious MET token airdrop distribution in October 2025, where a few wallets received disproportionately large allocations and showed patterns of coordinated dumping. - Suspected insider trading ahead of MET's listing on Upbit in November 2025. - The LIBRA token scandal in February 2025, where Meteora was accused of supporting a token that crashed after reaching a $4.6B market cap, causing $280M in losses. Ben Chow resigned and appointed law firm Fenwick & West (already under scrutiny for its work with FTX) for an independent investigation, which further damaged trust. While on-chain detective ZachXBT's recent report cleared Meteora in the Axiom Exchange insider trading case, the ecosystem remains under a cloud of suspicion over its centralized control, lack of transparency, and repeated patterns of operating in regulatory gray areas. The article concludes that the market is still waiting for real accountability from the Jupiter system.

marsbit03/11 05:49

Video | Dialogue with Sei Founder Jay: Belief and Survival Rules Through the Crypto Super Cycle

Video | Conversation with Jay Jog, Founder of Sei: Belief and Survival Strategies Through Crypto’s Super Cycle Jay Jog, co-founder of Sei, shares his journey from Robinhood to building the world’s fastest blockchain. The 2021 GameStop short squeeze and Robinhood’s trading halt revealed structural flaws in traditional finance, inspiring the creation of Sei—a high-performance, decentralized alternative to Nasdaq. Sei began development in 2021, launching its Cosmos-based V1 mainnet in August 2023. To attract more developers, the team integrated EVM support, addressing Ethereum’s scalability limitations. With the launch of parallel EVM in July 2024, Sei achieved up to 50x performance improvements, processing over 5 billion transactions and attracting 100 million unique wallets. Major institutions like BlackRock, Brevan Howard, and Ondo have launched products on Sei, drawn by its growing user base and distribution channels rather than underlying tech alone. Jay emphasizes that real adoption comes from killer apps and user growth, not just high TPS. Reflecting on his journey, Jay highlights the challenges of fundraising after Terra’s collapse and the importance of building through bear markets. He remains optimistic about crypto’s future, citing real-world adoption and regulatory progress. Sei’s vision is a “Wall Street on-chain.” Upcoming upgrades like Sei Giga aim for another 50x performance boost, enabling Nasdaq-level order book systems. The team is also focusing on permissionless asset trading and internal app incubation to drive ecosystem growth. Jay advises investors to build strong conviction in crypto’s value rather than following hype. For developers, he recommends focusing on financial applications and emerging opportunities like AI agent payments, which align with internet-native currencies.

marsbit03/11 04:44

How Tron’s entry into AAIF could position TRX to lead AI agent boom

ambcrypto03/11 00:02

Babylon Integrates with Ledger to Enable Easier Access to Trustless Bitcoin Vaults

Babylon Labs and Ledger have partnered to integrate native Ledger signing support for Babylon's Trustless Bitcoin Vaults (BTCVaults). This integration enables users to securely authorize vault transactions directly from their Ledger devices using Clear Signing technology, enhancing both security and accessibility. With over 8 million devices sold globally, Ledger's extensive user base makes it an ideal platform to bring BTCVaults to a wider market. BTCVaults allow users to use native Bitcoin as collateral in DeFi without relying on custodians, bridges, or wrapped assets. The Clear Signing feature ensures users can clearly review and understand transaction details on their device screen before approving, increasing transparency and trust. The collaboration also includes plans to expand support within the Ledger ecosystem, such as asset management via the Ledger Wallet app, future support for Babylon’s staking protocol, and integration of Babylon’s native token, BABY. This partnership marks a significant step toward making Bitcoin more productive while maintaining self-custody and security.

marsbit03/10 15:46