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Oliver Benjamin

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Oliver Benjamin is a DeFi research writer at DefiLiban, specializing in decentralized finance systems, token economics, liquidity design, and blockchain market structure. His work focuses on analyzing how DeFi protocols function beneath surface-level narratives, with particular attention to incentives, on-chain behavior, yield systems, and emerging crypto infrastructure. He is known for producing research-driven content that explains complex decentralized systems in a structured and accessible way. Before joining DefiLiban, Oliver worked across quantitative finance, blockchain research, and digital asset analysis roles involving DeFi strategy evaluation, smart contract ecosystems, and market data interpretation. He holds an M.Sc. in Quantitative Finance from Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and has completed additional certifications in blockchain architecture, machine learning, and DeFi research. Oliver’s writing combines analytical depth with practical market insight, focusing on system design, protocol mechanics, and long-term developments within decentralized finance.

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Bitcoin Hits $82,000 on Fed Dovish Signals as Ethereum, XRP, Dogecoin Jump

Bitcoin hit $82,000 on September 3, 2026, after dovish signals from the Federal Reserve loosened risk-asset conditions across crypto, lifting Ethereum, XRP, and Dogecoin alongside it as spot BTC changed hands near record intraday levels.

Sep 4·3 min read·By Oliver Benjamin

Protocols

Uniswap Labs Buys Pons Token for Long-Term Alignment

Pons operates as a consumer-facing product in the Uniswap orbit, with its documentation and product details published at the Pons Family docs . Public communications from the project run through the @ponsdotfamily account on X , which serves as the primary channel for updates on the token and its roadmap.

Sep 3·3 min read·By Oliver Benjamin

Protocols

Polymarket Launches Perpetuals Trading With 20x Leverage

Polymarket has launched perpetuals trading with up to 20x leverage, extending the prediction-market platform into leveraged derivatives and giving traders a new way to take directional positions with amplified exposure.

Sep 3·2 min read·By Oliver Benjamin

Infrastructure

Ethereum Achieves New Blob Usage Record as Rollup Demand Climbs

Ethereum has reached a new blob usage record, a milestone that measures demand for the network's post-EIP-4844 data-availability lane rather than any move in the ETH spot price.

Sep 3·3 min read·By Oliver Benjamin

Protocols

Curve Assigns Risk Mandate to Two Resupply Developers

Curve has assigned its risk mandate to two developers associated with Resupply, handing the responsibility for protocol risk oversight to an external team rather than an in-house committee. The move formalizes who is accountable for monitoring risk parameters across Curve's lending and stablecoin stack.

Sep 3·2 min read·By Oliver Benjamin

News

BTC Back Above $80K as Treasury Long-End Bid Fuels Macro Rally

Bitcoin is trading back above $80,000, up roughly 4% on the day and about 25% over the past 30 days, with the move framed less as a crypto-native breakout and more as a macro bid tied to demand at the long end of the U. S.

Sep 3·2 min read·By Oliver Benjamin

Liquidity

Solana, XRP, Ethereum ETFs in Red as Bitcoin ETF Adds $100M

Spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in roughly $100 million in fresh capital in the latest session while spot Solana, XRP, and Ethereum products all posted negative net flows, a divergence that concentrates institutional demand at the top of the crypto stack and leaves altcoin ETF liquidity draining.

Sep 3·3 min read·By Oliver Benjamin

News

Bitcoin Back Above $77,500 as XRP Leads Majors on Lower Fed Hike Odds

Bitcoin back above $77,500 pulled the broader crypto complex higher on September 3, 2026, with XRP outpacing other large-cap tokens as a softening in Federal Reserve hike expectations reset risk appetite ahead of the September 15-16 FOMC meeting.

Sep 3·3 min read·By Oliver Benjamin

Infrastructure

Wyoming Expands Chainlink Partnership for FRNT Reserve Verification

The update builds on Wyoming's earlier integration work with Chainlink through the state's Stable Token Commission, which previously migrated to Chainlink CCIP for enhanced operational security .

Sep 2·2 min read·By Oliver Benjamin

Protocols

Ethena Launches Pay App on Avalanche With Tiered Rates Up to 6%

Ethena has launched Ethena Pay, a consumer payments and savings app built exclusively on Avalanche, that advertises tiered yields of up to 6% on dollar balances paid daily alongside a Visa spend card.

Sep 1·4 min read·By Oliver Benjamin

Protocols

Ethena Launches Ethena Pay on Avalanche

Ethena is positioning a payments product, Ethena Pay, on Avalanche, extending the protocol's stack beyond synthetic-dollar issuance and into consumer-facing settlement.

Sep 1·3 min read·By Oliver Benjamin

News

Hyperliquid Eyes U.S. Entry Via Payward Perpetuals Deal: Bloomberg

The reported arrangement would route Hyperliquid's perpetuals ambitions through Payward's U. S.

Sep 1·2 min read·By Oliver Benjamin