DeFiance Daily- SoFi has flipped the switch on SoFi Crypto, becoming the first and only nationally chartered, FDIC-insured U.S. bank where consumers can bank, borrow, invest — and now buy, sell, and hold Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in the same app. After shutting down its earlier crypto offering in 2023 to secure a national bank charter, SoFi is back with a fully regulated, integrated crypto stack that lets retail users trade BTC, ETH, and SOL, with a broader rollout and more tokens coming later this year.

DeFiance Daily – DJI Agriculture has unveiled its latest lineup of precision farming drones — the Agras T100, T70P, and T25P — at Agritechnica 2025 in Hannover, Germany. Now available across Europe, Central Asia, and Africa, these next-generation drones promise higher payloads, smarter automation, and greater efficiency for farmers embracing sustainable agriculture.

DeFiance Daily – Ripple’s flagship Swell 2025 conference in New York City brought more than 600 leaders from Wall Street, crypto, and global policy into the same room—and the message was clear: tokenization, stablecoins, and real-time payments are no longer experiments, they’re infrastructure. Across two days of keynotes from Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, executives from BlackRock, Nasdaq, and JPMorgan, and a spotlight on Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin and potential XRP ETF momentum, Swell doubled down on the idea that TradFi and crypto aren’t converging someday—they’re converging now.

DeFiance Daily – The 3rd Annual Women in Robotics Medal Gala lit up Boston last week as MassRobotics honored two trailblazing women advancing the frontiers of robotics: Professor Tania Morimoto of UC San Diego and Professor Maja Matarić of the University of Southern California. The event, supported by Amazon Robotics and the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, celebrated innovation, mentorship, and the growing impact of women in a field where they make up just 19% of the workforce.

DeFiance Daily – At GTC Washington, D.C., NVIDIA announced a major collaboration with Oracle to build the U.S. Department of Energy’s largest AI supercomputer, designed to power the next decade of American scientific innovation. The new Solstice system will feature a record-breaking 100,000 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs, delivering unprecedented AI performance to accelerate research across energy, defense, and science.

The Colossal Foundation has announced the Species Reintroduction Fund, a $250,000 annual initiative supporting projects that reintroduce endangered and missing species to native habitats. In partnership with Re:Wild and conservation organizations worldwide, the fund aims to reverse ecological decline through rewilding.

TNL Mediagene reports strong first-half 2025 growth across video, social media, and content commerce. With 10.5 million total followers and a successful integration with Taiwan’s PChome, the company is leaning into media-ecommerce convergence as a strategic growth driver.

Rise is emerging as the infrastructure backbone of the stablecoin payroll revolution, now used by thousands of companies to deliver crypto wages with speed, cost savings, and new employee benefits. In 2025, its Daily Payroll feature is redefining how—and how often—people get paid.

Slingshot Aerospace has launched TALOS, an AI-powered agent that simulates realistic satellite behavior in military training and orbital simulations. Built for speed and strategic decision-making, TALOS enhances U.S. Space Force readiness by replicating space warfare scenarios in real time.

Propy and Morpho have launched a USDC lending vault that brings decentralized finance directly into real estate transactions. The integration promises faster closings, connected compliance, and yield-generating escrow—all onchain.