DeFi

BNB Chain said it will charge zero fees on transactions using USDC, USD1 and U through July 31, 2026. The waiver applies to stablecoin-related activity on BNB Chain and is designed to lower user costs and encourage on-chain activity. The program is a limited-time incentive that runs until July 31, 2026.

Memecoin-focused lending platform Purintaxyz has launched and added $SHIB as an eligible collateral asset. Users can now deposit $SHIB to borrow $USDC through the platform. The product is built on Morpho’s infrastructure and initially supports only a limited set of memecoin collateral pools. The move marks $SHIB’s first integration into a major DeFi lending stack, expanding its use case and improving capital efficiency for holders.

Aster DEX launched its USD1-denominated perpetuals Vault Beta on July 24, 2026, allowing users to deposit USD1 or USDT for whitelisted traders to run leveraged perpetual strategies, with profit and loss allocated by shares. The rollout expands USD1’s on-chain role from a settlement asset to a custodial, yield-seeking format. The product is in an early beta phase with about $30,000 in TVL and only whitelisted managers can create vaults. Aster is the first perpetuals DEX to use USD1 across quoting, margin and P&L settlement.

Woofswap v3 has launched on Ethereum mainnet as a SHIB-centric DeFi launchpad. Tokens created on the platform are required to pair exclusively with $SHIB, with trading routed through Uniswap v3. It charges a 1% trading fee, and 70% of that fee is automatically used to burn both SHIB and the newly created token. Token creators receive 1% of the token supply at no cost as the platform’s stated incentive.

In the first half of 2026, WLFI’s core stablecoin USD1 expanded sharply, reaching a $5.3B peak supply across 8+ chains. Liquidity on Solana rose from $115M to over $1B, while WLFI Markets launched with $310M+ supplied. The ecosystem also advanced institutional efforts with an OCC national trust bank charter filing and broadened real-world usage, including UFC bonuses paid in USD1. These developments reinforce WLFI’s role in protocol governance, yield distribution, and cross-chain financial infrastructure.

Dex Screener generated nearly $1.7 million in protocol revenue over 24 hours, moving into the top three on DefiLlama’s revenue rankings and overtaking pump and Hyperliquid. The figure was cross-checked using Arkhma data by verifying three publicly viewable receiving addresses tied to @dexscreener. The revenue was attributed to Solana meme project teams frequently paying for Dex Screener’s analytics services as they compete for attention. With near-zero marginal costs, Dex Screener was described as operating a highly profitable model.

Ethereum’s share of total DeFi total value locked (TVL) increased by 1.39 percentage points over 30 days to 54.39%. The figures indicate capital is moving into the Ethereum ecosystem at a faster pace. Compared with other public chains such as BNB Chain and Solana, Ethereum is showing stronger DeFi pull and better capital retention. TVL share is widely tracked as an on-chain gauge of application-layer health.

Flint Trade has introduced a market-making quoting tool for Solana, enabling market makers to provide spot liquidity across the ecosystem without building Solana-specific infrastructure and staffing. The product focuses on improving the market-making workflow for on-chain spot trading on Solana and lowering the barrier for institutional participation. SOL, the network’s native token, could see spot-market depth and order-book quality supported by broader access for professional market makers, particularly during periods of high volatility when slippage and execution efficiency matter.

A business said it will inject a batch of $ansem tokens into KOL @blknoiz06’s vault to tap his community reach and ability to mobilize capital. The move is intended to lift the vault’s total value locked (TVL) and annual percentage rate (APR). It aims to encourage users to buy and stake $ansem, supporting a repricing and increased scarcity. The plan also calls for a 24-month “atomised” distribution mechanism to create long-term financial alignment between the two communities.

Perena said it has upgraded its Solana-based lending product to let users open a larger credit line and withdraw only what they need. It said any unused portion is automatically routed into the USD* stablecoin and deployed via on-chain yield-curve arbitrage, pushing effective borrowing costs toward zero. The project also reiterated its claims of offering Solana’s “best diversified yield” and being the “best place to borrow.” The update is framed as an infrastructure feature upgrade and does not involve a token launch, liquidity mining, or governance changes.