Defi

AllianceBernstein's research division predicted on January 7, 2026, that tokenization of real-world assets will drive a supercycle in crypto adoption.

Uniswap has unveiled Continuous Clearing Auctions, a permissionless protocol built for Uniswap v4 that aims to replace the chaotic free-for-all of early token trading with a structured, block-by-block auction mechanism.

Pump.fun raised $500 million in under 12 minutes in July 2025, achieving one of the fastest token sales in crypto history.

Coinbase's Base layer 2 network ran the 'Onchain Summer' campaign throughout summer 2024, driving total value locked to over $7 billion and daily transactions exceeding Ethereum mainnet volumes.

SOL rallied from $8 post-FTX lows to $100 by December 2023 as daily transactions topped 40 million and DeFi TVL grew tenfold.

MakerDAO has increased DAI stablecoin's debt ceiling through community voting, enabling the stablecoin supply to reach $100 million as demand for the cryptocurrency-collateralized asset grows.