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2025 was a wild year for crypto.
✔️Bitcoin hit all-time highs
✔️Stablecoins went mainstream (≈$4.5T in on-chain volume)
✔️Regulation finally started to clear up, which brought real institutional momentum
✔️DeFi kept growing fast, RWAs, vaults and prediction markets especially
At Sentora, we had a year we’ll remember: launching after the IntoTheBlock–Trident merger, closing our $25M Series A, teaming up with Aave Horizon to help bridge RWAs into DeFi, countless new risk analytics, New DeFi vaults and shipping research on everything from Bitcoin treasuries boom to the stablecoin surge.
Now… let’
✔️Bitcoin hit all-time highs
✔️Stablecoins went mainstream (≈$4.5T in on-chain volume)
✔️Regulation finally started to clear up, which brought real institutional momentum
✔️DeFi kept growing fast, RWAs, vaults and prediction markets especially
At Sentora, we had a year we’ll remember: launching after the IntoTheBlock–Trident merger, closing our $25M Series A, teaming up with Aave Horizon to help bridge RWAs into DeFi, countless new risk analytics, New DeFi vaults and shipping research on everything from Bitcoin treasuries boom to the stablecoin surge.
Now… let’
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Across 368 entities, crypto treasury holdings now exceed $185 billion. Companies hold the clear majority at 73%, while governments still account for more than a quarter of total crypto treasury reserves.
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DeFi TVL was highly volatile this year, climbing to multi year highs in October. Although it has since pulled back meaningfully, the baseline remains well above last year’s levels, suggesting a more mature DeFi market with several major protocols consolidating and strengthening their positions.
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Stablecoin transaction activity in European time zones rose sharply this year, suggesting that even amid stringent regulation, stablecoins are gaining meaningful traction and adoption across Europe.
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Sustainable DeFi yield can only exist where there's real economic value.
In this report, we dive into the topic of real yield and analyzes the current gaps👇
In this report, we dive into the topic of real yield and analyzes the current gaps👇
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Real-world assets (RWAs) have been one of DeFi’s fastest-growing segments this year, with total value up ~3× since January.
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Borrow in fiat, buy scarce assets: a timeless playbook.
But does it work for Bitcoin?
But does it work for Bitcoin?
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Over $2.5 billion in TVL was affected by exploits this year, suggesting that despite market maturation, risk remains a key consideration when deploying capital
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PTs and YTs can offer significant benefits for DeFi strategies, but keep the following risk in mind👇
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Here's an overview of the current holdings of Bitcoin treasury companies. Perfect data for holiday-dinner crypto debates👇
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We can't look back on 2025 without mentioning the Stream Finance & Elixir losses.
Stream Finance suffered a $93 million loss due to external fund manager failure, triggering a catastrophic default for their xUSD token. As the markets scrambled to identify what curators and protocols were exposed, Elixir announced that they had significant allocation in Stream Finance and would not be able to cover the gap to repeg their stablecoin.
The entire event highlighted the need for further transparency in DeFi vaults and asset curation as many curators and strategists were exposed to losses as they so
Stream Finance suffered a $93 million loss due to external fund manager failure, triggering a catastrophic default for their xUSD token. As the markets scrambled to identify what curators and protocols were exposed, Elixir announced that they had significant allocation in Stream Finance and would not be able to cover the gap to repeg their stablecoin.
The entire event highlighted the need for further transparency in DeFi vaults and asset curation as many curators and strategists were exposed to losses as they so
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DeFi in 2025: institutional adoption accelerated, stablecoins expanded, RWAs surged, and TVL stayed resilient.
Our annual review breaks down the key trends and risk events that shaped the year👇
Our annual review breaks down the key trends and risk events that shaped the year👇
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~$24 billion in options is set to expire on Dec 26th, but this is far from the only bullish trigger that could change BTC's trajectory toward next year.
Sentora CEO @admff492 breaks it down in this article
Sentora CEO @admff492 breaks it down in this article
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We’ve added risk analytics for StableKitty, a stable swap AMM from @KittyPunchXYZ.
This latest addition expands our total coverage to 38 DeFi protocols 👇
This latest addition expands our total coverage to 38 DeFi protocols 👇
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The total amount of USDC borrowed on @inkonchain reached a new all-time high of $8.9 million on Saturday
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