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DeFiLlama data shows that Uniswap's trading fees in the past 24 hours were approximately $5.027 million.Uniswap founder Hayden Adams stated that Uniswap's daily trading fees are second only to Tether and Circle, and significantly higher than projects like Hyperliquid and Pump.

According to a post by CoinMarketCap on X, Geoff Kendrick, the Global Head of Digital Assets Research at Standard Chartered Bank, expects that the number of announcements related to traditional financial institutions accessing DeFi may increase by 10 to 20 times in the next 3 to 12 months.

The decentralized stablecoin USDD announced that within 48 hours of the launch of the TRON DeFi Summer event, it has attracted over $100 million in net inflows, driving the TVL of USDD on JustLend DAO to surpass $400 million, with strong growth momentum continuing.According to previous reports, the TRON DeFi Summer officially started on July 6, and USDD, in collaboration with JustLend DAO and Binance Wallet, launched the Summer Earning Program, which offers a total of $900,000 in rewards to participating users. The event runs from now until August 5 at 07:59 (Singapore time). Users who purchase USDD through JustLend DAO can enjoy a base APY and also participate in a prize pool of 600,000 USDD.

According to The Block, a report from Immunefi shows that in the first half of 2026, cryptocurrency projects suffered cumulative losses of approximately $972 million due to 207 hacking incidents. Although the number of attacks reached a historic high, the total losses remained below $1 billion and were less than half of the losses in the first half of 2025.The report pointed out that losses from attacks in the DeFi sector have decreased by 74% from the peak of $2.62 billion in 2022, dropping to about $680.3 million, with the median single loss decreasing by 75% during the same period. Immunefi believes that this decline is related to ongoing security coverage, bug bounty programs, audit competitions, and more researchers discovering vulnerabilities early.In addition, the sources of risk are shifting from purely smart contract vulnerabilities to infrastructure failures, private key leaks, cross-chain configuration errors, and weak points in privileged access.

According to Fortune, DeFi asset management and risk analysis company Gauntlet has completed a $125 million financing round, exclusively invested by Japanese financial group SBI Holdings. The financing was completed in June of this year, and the specific valuation has not been disclosed.This is Gauntlet's largest financing round since its establishment in 2018, far exceeding its $24 million Series B financing round led by Ribbit Capital in 2022, which had a valuation of $1 billion.Gauntlet was founded by former Wall Street quantitative trader Tarun Chitra, initially focusing on providing stress testing and vulnerability analysis services for DeFi protocols. As the DAO governance model declined, it gradually transformed into a "vault curation" business—evaluating yield strategy risks through quantitative analysis to help institutional investors manage digital asset allocation. Its current clients include asset management giant Apollo, Coinbase, and stablecoin issuer Circle.

DeFi portfolio tracker Zapper's CEO Seb Audet announced that after nearly 7 years of operation, the company has decided to shut down completely. All functionalities, including the official website, mobile application, and API services, will officially go offline on August 3. Zapper was established in 2019 and was a mainstream portfolio tracking tool in the DeFi space, with features including liquidity pool monitoring, yield farming tracking, DEX aggregation, and NFT support. At its peak, the project had 2 million monthly active users and processed over $13 billion in transaction volume.Zapper previously raised $15 million in Series A funding led by Framework Ventures, with investors including Mark Cuban. Seb Audet stated that after evaluating various options, the company believes that an orderly shutdown is the best choice at this time.

Bitcoin Treasuries.NET posted on platform X that Michael Saylor of Strategy stated that if Bitcoin's long-term increase exceeds 3.3%, BTC capital gains can indefinitely fund STRC dividends. Even if BTC's annual increase is 0%, Strategy still has 31 years of dividend funding.

According to a report by Cointelegraph, the latest data from Dune Analytics shows that in the first half of 2026, USDT completed approximately $95 billion in commodity payment settlements, far exceeding USDC's $14 billion; in the business-to-business (B2B) payment sector, USDT accounted for as much as 92%. On Tron, the largest network for USDT, about 93% of the token supply is held in regular wallets.In contrast, USDC has a significant advantage in the DeFi sector, with USDC processing approximately $2.6 trillion in transfers on the Base network in June, while the Ethereum network processed about $1.6 trillion. Currently, USDT and USDC together account for 83% of the total stablecoin market, which has a market value of approximately $315 billion.

The decentralized stablecoin USDD announces that the TRON DeFi Summer officially begins. It has launched the Summer Earning Program in collaboration with Binance Wallet and JustLend DAO. This event will run from now until August 5 at 07:59 (Singapore time), and participating users can share a total reward of $900,000.Among them, users who complete designated deposits or subscribe to specified activity treasury assets through Binance Wallet can share a total value of $300,000 TRX exclusive airdrop; by subscribing to USDD through JustLend DAO, in addition to enjoying the basic APY, they can also participate in sharing a $600,000 USDD prize pool.It is reported that the official has released a beginner's participation tutorial and provided a full gas fee subsidy for the event to encourage user participation, with the current total yield rate at approximately 14.27%.

JUST DAO will hold a deep roundtable discussion themed "Binance's Ninth Anniversary × TRON DeFi Summer: From Trading Heat to On-Chain Earnings, the Summer Gateway to TRON Ecological Earnings is Here" on July 7 at 8 PM in X Space.The event will focus on the extension path of the TRON ecosystem from trading heat to on-chain DeFi earning scenarios, exploring the participation methods of assets such as TRX, JST, SUN, and USDD, as well as the on-chain earning gateway jointly created by JustLend DAO and Binance Wallet.At that time, industry KOLs and the USDD team will analyze the liquidity logic and earning mechanisms of TRON DeFi assets, sharing the application of USDD in the stablecoin earning scenario.

The TRON DeFi Summer S1 event jointly launched by JustLend DAO and Binance Wallet has officially started and will last until August 5 at 7:59:59 Singapore time. It is reported that users can participate in the JustLend DAO ecological pool through the DeFi feature of Binance Wallet to subscribe for assets such as TRX, USDD, JST, and SUN. During the event, participating users can receive Boost APR incentives and share a total exclusive prize pool of 2.15 million USD.

According to Cointelegraph, data from payment giant Visa shows that in June, the adjusted trading volume of stablecoins reached $1.79 trillion, a 63% increase from May's $1.1 trillion, setting a new historical record surpassing February's $1.78 trillion, and a year-on-year increase of 125%.Among them, USDC dominates with a trading volume of $1.21 trillion, accounting for about 67%; USDT's trading volume is $576 billion, accounting for about 32%. At the network level, Base ranks first with $565 billion (31.5%), followed closely by Ethereum ($562 billion), and Tron ranks third ($320 billion).Analysts believe that despite the bear market in the crypto space, the trading volume of stablecoins continues to grow, highlighting their increasing importance in practical applications such as payments, DeFi, and cross-border transfers.

Hyperliquid founder Jeff posted on platform X that VALR, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in Africa, will directly utilize Hyperliquid's on-chain liquidity to support its core perpetual contract products. This is a significant milestone that will redefine the way the next generation of financial applications are built.The breakthrough in cloud computing lies in the ability for any startup to quickly test its ideas and rest assured that the infrastructure will scale as the business grows. As the most liquid global venue for assets like BTC, Hyperliquid will play the same role in the global economy. By leveraging the deepest on-chain liquidity, builders can shift their focus back to their products and users. Heartfelt congratulations to the VALR team. We are honored that they chose to build on Hyperliquid. Looking forward to expanding together.