Squid on The DeFi Drop: Raising $6M in a Bear Market and the Future of Cross-Chain Paid Members Public
Guest: Fig, Co-founder, Squid Host: Edward Ward, Portals.fi Building Cross-Chain Infrastructure Through the Bear Market In this episode of The DeFi Drop, Edward Ward speaks with Fig, co-founder of Squid. The conversation covers their recent $6 million funding round, the strategy behind their 12x oversubscribed public
How Bizantine Labs Built Varangian Guard, a Transaction Safety Layer on Portals Foresight Paid Members Public
Bizantine is a crypto asset manager operating two arms, Bizantine Capital, a hedge fund, and Bizantine Labs, its DeFi vault-curation team. Bizantine Labs curates large on-chain vaults, including Flare-based vaults launching on Superform. In vault curation, every privileged transaction carries real operational risk. Proposing strategy hooks, moving
DeFi TVL July 2026 This Week: DeFi Lending Rebounds & $38M Coldcard Hack Paid Members Public
The DeFi market closed July on a cautious note, with total TVL settling at $73.9B as broader markets pulled back sharply. Bitcoin fell below $63,100 and Ethereum retreated to $1,868, pushing the Fear & Greed Index deep into Extreme Fear territory at 25. Despite the risk-off
$32B in Real World Assets Are Now Onchain Paid Members Public
From $11.8 Billion to $32 Billion in Twelve Months Total distributed value of tokenized real world assets on public blockchains reached $32.2 billion by the end of June 2026, up from approximately $11.8 billion a year earlier. That is a 173% increase in 12 months, and it
Stablecoins Doubled to $320B in Two Years Paid Members Public
The Stablecoin Market Doubled in Two Years Total stablecoin supply crossed $321 billion in May 2026, up from $160 billion in May 2024. That is a 100% increase in 24 months, and it happened during a period when crypto spot trading volumes were declining. The growth here is the result
Superform on The DeFi Drop: Scaling Permissionless Vaults and Mobile Distribution Paid Members Public
Guest: Vikram Arun, Co-founder and CEO, Superform Host: Edward Ward, Portals.fi Scaling Permissionless Vault Creation with Superform OS In this episode of The DeFi Drop, Edward Ward speaks with Vikram Arun, co-founder and CEO of Superform. The discussion centers on the rollout of Superform OS, their mobile
Two Centralized Exchanges Shut Down in One Week Paid Members Public
BitMEX and BitMart Both Announced Closures in the Same Week On July 23, BitMEX confirmed it will shut down permanently on September 23, 2026, ending an 11 year run for the exchange that invented the perpetual swap. Three days later, BitMart announced its own wind down, with all trading services
DeFi Yields Now Trail Savings Accounts Paid Members Public
Aave USDC Yields 2.6%. Your Savings Account Pays 3.1%. In April 2026, Aave's USDC supply rate fell to 2.61%. Interactive Brokers was paying 3.14% on USD deposits. For the first time in DeFi's history, the flagship on chain lending protocol was offering
