Polygon Labs CEO Marc Boiron called for a fundamental shift in how decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols manage liquidity, labeling the sector’s ongoing liquidity crisis as “self-inflicted.” In an exclusive interview, Boiron outlined Polygon’s vision for sustainable DeFi, emphasizing chain-owned liquidity and transparent economic models as the path forward. Boiron criticized DeFi protocols for fueling a…

BNB Chain strengthened its DeFi ecosystem in Q1 2025 with disciplined token burns, builder incentives and stablecoin adoption. When price charts flatten, prominent networks are the ones still shipping code, funding hackathons and burning their native supply on schedule. The first quarter of 2025 underscored a simple truth: ecosystems that treat bear-market months as a…

Central banks worldwide are accelerating their diversification strategies amid rising geopolitical uncertainty, increasingly turning to assets like gold and Bitcoin, according to Jay Jacobs, BlackRock’s head of thematics and active ETFs. In a recent interview with CNBC, Jacobs pointed to a long-term trend where countries have been reducing their reliance on dollar-based reserves in favor of assets like…