DeFi
AI Agents Are Starting to Pay With Crypto: What x402 Means for the UK
AI agents are now paying for data, APIs and services in stablecoins — automatically, no card, no human click. The x402 protocol revived a dormant corner of the web to make it happen. Here's how agentic payments work and what they mean for UK businesses.
Aave V4 Is Live: What the Hub-and-Spoke Model Means for UK DeFi Borrowers
Aave V4 launched on Ethereum mainnet on 30 March 2026, introducing a hub-and-spoke liquidity architecture with three risk-tiered pools. Supply caps were filled within hours of launch — here's how the new system works and what it means for UK users.
The £230M KelpDAO Hack: What UK DeFi Users Must Learn About Bridge Security
The KelpDAO bridge exploit on 18 April 2026 was 2026's largest DeFi hack at $292 million — not a smart contract bug, but a compromised off-chain verifier. Here's how it happened and what UK DeFi investors should take from it.
Uniswap's Fee Switch Is Live: What the UNIfication Upgrade Means for UK DeFi
Uniswap's governance voted overwhelmingly on Christmas Day 2025 to activate its long-delayed fee switch and burn 100 million UNI tokens worth $596 million. Four months later, the mechanism is live and reshaping how the DEX generates and distributes value.
Institutional DeFi in the UK: Lloyds, the Digital Securities Sandbox, and the BoE's Tokenisation Vision
The Bank of England and FCA published a shared vision for UK wholesale market tokenisation in May 2026. Lloyds has already executed the UK's first tokenised deposit transaction on a public blockchain. DeFi's institutional moment is arriving.
Tokenized Funds in the UK: A New Era for Asset Management
The UK's asset management industry is moving onto blockchain. Tokenized funds promise T+0 settlement, fractional ownership, and 24/7 trading — we explain how it works and which firms are leading.
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Why Bitcoin Stalled in Mid-2026: A UK Investor's Market Read
Bitcoin has spent mid-2026 stuck between roughly $60,000 and $67,000 — around £45k–£50k — as ETF outflows, a strong dollar and institutional caution cancel each other out. What's driving the range, and what UK holders should watch.
Memecoins and UK Law: Tax, FCA Promotion Rules and the Risks Nobody Reads
Memecoins are a £30bn-plus corner of crypto with almost no fundamentals — but the UK tax and promotion rules around them are very real. Here's how HMRC treats memecoin gains, what the FCA's financial promotion regime means, and the traps that catch people.
Can You Buy Tokenised Stocks in the UK? Why Kraken and Robinhood Say No
Tokenised stocks let you buy on-chain versions of Apple or Tesla shares 24/7 — except you can't, if you're in the UK. Kraken's xStocks and Robinhood's tokens both exclude British users. Here's why, and what would have to change.