USDC (USDC)

$250M $USDC minted

🚨JUST IN: @DeFiTuna says its lending pools were exploited for $580,000, leaving the $USDC pool with an equal deficit. https://t.co/Ce7PIWcMeX

Breaking News: Visa launches stablecoin platform - Visa announces a new stablecoin platform for banks and fintechs called “Visa Stablecoin Platform” - With about 15,000 financial institutions and over 200 million merchants connected to Visa’s payment network, it makes it easier to adopt stablecoin for payments and cash management https://t.co/TjwttRd8Ei

11% fixed APY tends to grab the attention. But what I usually notice is what happens after a product launches. The @Theo_Network × @buidlpad Boost Vault reached its original $5M capacity, so they’ve increased it to $7.5M instead of closing deposits immediately. I’m generally more interested in products where demand speaks before marketing does. Having the yield backed by RWAs like Treasury bills and institutional gold strategies makes it easier to understand where that return is actually coming from. I’ve linked the details below for anyone who wants to read through the structure 👇🏻 ⛓️ https://t.co/YOmSUVqRLz

🚨 HACK: Ostium was exploited, with 23.75M $USDC stolen. The exploiter swapped all 23.75M $USDC for 12,084 $ETH, at an average price of $1,966. The exploiter then deposited most of the $ETH into TornadoCash to launder the funds. https://t.co/5M6B73T699

Canteen x Arc builder session recap canteen walked through their core resource hub (https://t.co/amVKEYJcSO), the "bento box" of tools for builders on Arc: RPC access, a testnet faucet, wallet, and a broader project showcase. ➔ CLI and wallet setup · installing canteen's CLI gives you your own testnet wallet automatically, no manual key handling needed · new users get $5 in test USDC on login so agents can start interacting with contracts immediately · wallet exposes address, private key, and testnet info, plus RPC commands like chain ID and block number ➔ minting your first contract · goal of the session: get every builder to mint their first contract on Arc using a coding agent (Codex, Claude, or similar) · process: agent pulls context from canteen's CLI, deploys via forge, verifies the contract on the explorer · some friction around forge verification flags, otherwise a near one-line deploy flow ➔ the showcase (https://t.co/FpV0aL41VQ) · around 180 projects submitted from the Agora hackathon · three requirements to submit: stay open source, expose reusable primitives, document clearly · "standalone repos" (like Bagworks' Arc agent plugins, used with Eliza, OpenClaw, Hermes) are highlighted as the most valuable, since other builders fork them directly · other standout: Selbo's PerpDex reference implementation (Rust, on-chain and off-chain components) · popular use cases: agents and payments, privacy (a private-wager chess demo), and prediction markets (custody, settlement, wallet flows using DCW/circle wallets) ➔ dev trends · roughly 40% of participants come from non-Web3 backgrounds (fintech, compliance, even a biochemistry PhD), drawn in by payments and stablecoins specifically · push toward exposing more standalone/forkable primitives instead of one-off apps ➔ advice for builders · solo builders: leverage from AI coding agents is "basically infinite" now, lean into your unique domain expertise · what separates a real project from a hackathon toy: clear onboarding for real customers, recurring use cases (not one-time try), a distribution plan beyond hype-driven Twitter posting · security note: be cautious with unaudited open source code, isolate testing environments, watch for supply chain risks ➔ what's next · Lepton event wrapping up, third Canteen event coming soon · agent-based version of the showcase filtering is on the roadmap · deeper @arc x @circle partnership teased, more announcements coming