Author: Redazione

The world of decentralised finance continues to mature, and this time the protagonist is Aave Labs with a project that aims straight at the heart of the institutional sector: Horizon. Officially launched as a licensed extension of Aave V3, Horizon aims to be a compliant, capital-efficient, 24/7 operational lending infrastructure capable of unlocking billions of dollars in liquidity through tokenized real-world assets (RWAs). In other words, DeFi comes of age, speaks the language of regulation and embraces the needs of financial institutions. The platform allows institutional users to deposit tokenised US Treasury securities and other RWAs to borrow stablecoins such…

Google Cloud ‘s entry into the blockchain sector is no longer a convention hypothesis, but a concrete reality with a first and last name: it is called GCUL, an acronym for Google Cloud Universal Ledger. It is not just a declaration of intent, it is a real Layer 1 designed for financial operators, built with the ambition of becoming the neutral standard on which institutions, banks and fintechs can develop interoperable, compliant and scalable solutions. According to Rich Widmann, head of Web3 strategy at Google, the new protocol was created in response to the blockchain fragmentation of the financial sector.…

The artificial intelligence landscape continues to evolve with dizzying speed, and Google has just taken another leap forward. If we have seen in recent weeks with the launch of the new version of Chat Gpt 5 a real step backwards, with slowdowns and glitches in the results, with the recent update of its Gemini AI model, more commonly called’Nano Banana’, image editing enters a new era, where precision and creativity come together thanks to deep learning. The new system is already available to an initial group of Google Photos users on Pixel devices, and will soon be accessible to millions…

The USDe stablecoin, issued by Ethena Labs, closed the month of July 2025 with an all-time record: $8.53 billion in circulating supply. A milestone that projects it as the third most capitalised stablecoin on the market, surpassing Sky’s USDS. Just a few weeks earlier, USDe’s offering hovered around $5.3 billion, stable for months. But the passage of the GENIUS Act in mid-July changed everything, triggering a 60% acceleration in just fifteen days. The GENIUS Act breathed new life into digital financial infrastructures and so-called DATs – digital asset treasuries – i.e. companies operating as crypto treasuries with active exposure to…

Robinhood has just released its financial results for the second quarter of 2025, and compared to the giant Coinbase, the overall picture is decidedly more nuanced. Total revenues fell by 7.5% on a quarterly basis, but in a year-on-year perspective growth is 65%, a figure that tells of a much more solid strategic evolution than it might seem at first reading. Looking deeper, an interesting detail emerges: while the crypto business suffered a sharp setback, with a 36% drop in revenues and 39% drop in volumes compared to the previous quarter, the other business lines – options, equities and other…

The second quarter of 2025 proved to be a cold shower for Coinbase and its investors. Following the publication of the financial report, COIN’s share price plunged 16 per cent, wiping out more than $11.7 billion in capitalisation in just 24 hours. The figure that triggered the panic? A 26% drop in revenues compared to the previous quarter, with total revenue standing at $1.5 billion. Even more worrying was the collapse in gross margin from transactions, down 46% quarter-on-quarter. Non-transaction revenue also failed to keep pace, dropping -5%. But the real alarm signal came from the overall trading volume, down…

The month of July 2025 saw Hyperliquid shatter every previous trading volume record, recording almost $320 billion in trades. That’s a 47 per cent increase from June’s 216 billion and a 28 per cent rise from the previous high of 248 billion in May. Impressive numbers that position the platform as the undisputed leader among decentralised exchanges (DEX) specialising in perpetual futures. Despite the fact that the decentralised ecosystem is still maturing in comparison to the centralised giants, Hyperliquid maintained a market share of over 75% in DEX perps throughout July. Even more interesting is the figure for the Hyperliquid/Binance…

August is shaping up to be a hot month, not just because of the temperatures, but because of the expected release of GPT-5, the new iteration of the artificial intelligence model developed by OpenAI. According to reports by The Verge, the Sam Altman-led company is finalising internal testing and preparing for the official launch this month. But what does this evolution really mean for the AI world and the crypto and financial ecosystem? GPT-5 promises to push the current limits of generative artificial intelligence. Expectations go far beyond language processing: this new version is expected to natively process images, videos…

The cryptocurrency market seems to have reignited its engines. Three key indicators bear witness to this: the explosive return of blue-chip NFTs, the soaring value of options on Bitcoin and the increasing adoption of cryptos as balance sheet assets by listed companies. An explosive cocktail pushing the sector towards a new maturity of structured finance, corporate transactions and true institutional asset class dynamics. Let’s start on the NFT front, where CryptoPunks are back to laying down the law. With weekly trading volume of over $24.6 million, the highest since March 2024, the collection saw a 416% increase over the previous…

While Bitcoin is breaking new all-time highs, the cryptocurrency market is becoming loaded with speculative excitement, with a definite return to high-volatility assets. Among these, NFTs are experiencing a sudden and unexpected resurgence, especially within alternative ecosystems to Ethereum. In recent weeks, the trading volume of NFTs on non-Ethereum blockchains has exceeded $4 million, a significant jump after months of hibernation, marking a doubling from the previous week. In strong bullish environments, NFTs historically act as amplified leverage over the performance of native tokens. They are high beta assets: when the market goes up, they go up more. And if…