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![TheDeFinvestor Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::1395365515779055616.png) The DeFi Investor 🔎 [@TheDeFinvestor](/creator/twitter/TheDeFinvestor) on x 149.2K followers
Created: 2025-07-17 13:38:42 UTC

The latest developments in DeFi👇

Sonic introduced Spark - a no-code AI platform for building Web3 apps

Pendle announced a product for institutions to access crypto-native fixed yields

Mantle opened beta access for UR - a user-friendly on-chain neobank

Silo Finance hit $100M in deposits on Avalanche in just XX days after its deployment. Silo v2 is a novel risk-isolated lending protocol

Base introduced Base Pay, enabling users to shop for anything using USDC

Avail released the Nexus upgrade - transforming Avail into a superchain where all dApps feel like they are on a single chain

Lombard announced it’s upgrading LBTC into a yield-bearing BTC asset

TopCutFinance launched Precision Markets, a new DeFi primitive, on Arbitrum. The platform rewards users for highly accurate price predictions

Injective teased the filling for an INJ Staked ETF

Hyperliquid reached a new all-time high in open interest

Portal to Bitcoin introduced its token PTB. Portal is a custodyless cross-chain swap solution for native BTC

Nasdaq-listed Sonnet announced it raised $888M to buy HYPE

Kaito introduced its capital launchpad and teased Espresso’s upcoming ICO

Ethereum announced plans to launch an L1 zkEVM in less than a year, which will enable on-chain privacy and increase its scalability

Trench Exchange, a new advanced trading platform, was introduced

Berachain introduced Proof of Liquidity v2, aiming to increase the demand and utility for BERA

Fantasy Top, Blast’s flagship app, is migrating to Base

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