Defi News
50 articlesDeFi’s shakeout is a stress test, not a death sentence
Novozhenov argues that despite lingering governance, security and regulatory hurdles that have shuttered several protocols, DeFi remains resilient Mar...
Tron’s Justin Sun slams Trump-backed WLFI for treating users as ‘personal ATM’ after $75 Million DeFi loan
Once WLFI's largest outside backer, Sun is going public days after the Trump-family venture borrowed $75 million against its own token on a DeFi proto...
Crypto Clarity bill has 30% chance of passing this year, Wintermute’s Hammond says
Wintermute’s head of policy Ron Hammond pegs chances at 30%, citing political friction, stalled negotiations and shifting timelines despite signs of p...
Trump’s World Liberty Financial borrows $75M against illiquid WLFI tokens with 16B token dump incoming
World Liberty Financial, the decentralized finance project co-founded by the Trump family , is hastily preparing to unlock a massive tranche of its WL...
North Korean cyber spies are no longer just remote threats
North Korea’s crypto playbook now spans fake developers, conference contacts and major DeFi exploits reaching deep across the industry Market particip...
DeFi yields are crashing so hard that they can't compete with a traditional savings account
DeFi yields have collapsed below TradFi rates, forcing investors to face higher smart contract risks for lower returns as regulation and exploits moun...
Polymarket bags 97% of onchain prediction market fees after pricing overhaul
Polymarket has become one of decentralized finance’s highest fee-generating protocols, pulling in about $7 Market participants are carefully weighing ...
Aave’s $25 billion lending empire faces a real test as key contributors exit
Aave commands DeFi lending, with DefiLlama showing $24 Market participants are carefully weighing the implications, with the outcome likely to depend ...
CoinDesk 20 performance update: index drops 2.4% as all constituents trade lower
6%, leading the index lower from Monday The news has rattled market participants, with bears looking to push prices lower while bulls attempt to defen...
Solana Foundation looks to beef up DeFi security as attacks continue
The Solana Foundation and Web3 security firm Asymmetric Research unveiled a new security initiative called STRIDE, along with a real-time incident-res...
Chaos Labs taps out as Aave's risk provider, decision ‘not made in haste’
DeFi risk manager Chaos Labs said Aave’s planned migration to Aave V4 introduced risks that it wasn’t willing to assume, while Aave said Chaos wanted ...
Aave loses key risk manager, Chaos Labs, amid contributor exodus and disputes
A key sticking point is Aave’s V4 upgrade, which introduces a new architecture and significantly expands the scope of risk management The news has rat...
Onchain perp DEX volumes fall for five straight months after October peak
Perp DEX daily volume fell to $8 The news has rattled market participants, with bears looking to push prices lower while bulls attempt to defend key s...
North Korean workers have been infiltrating DeFi for 7 years: Researcher
Security researcher Taylor Monahan listed at least 40 decentralized finance platforms she claims have been infiltrated by North Korean IT workers at s...
As Wall Street moves on-chain, DeFi faces a $330 billion trust test it can’t dodge
Wall Street spent the first quarter of 2026 systematically narrowing DeFi's claim to the future of finance Market sentiment is turning positive, with ...
Prediction markets are testing legal limits in strict Asian markets
Prediction markets are expanding into Asia’s largest economies, but unclear legal definitions and strict gambling laws may limit how far they can go M...
Cambodian lawmakers propose severe prison time for crypto scammers
The draft bill, yet to be signed into law by the king, marked a significant policy change for Cambodia officials in addressing scam centers The news h...
Circle under fire as $230M in stolen USDC flows unblocked days after freezing legitimate accounts
Stablecoin issuer Circle is facing mounting scrutiny from blockchain researchers after millions of USD Coin ( USDC ) were stolen and flowed unimpeded ...
Aave avoided bad debt by shifting risk to borrowers: Bank of Canada study
A Bank of Canada staff paper found Aave V3 avoided bad debt in 2024, but said the model pushed losses onto borrowers during liquidations The news has ...
Crypto hackers steal $169M from 34 DeFi protocols in Q1: DefiLlama
January saw the largest attack against a DeFi protocol of the quarter, the $40 million private key compromise of portfolio management platform Step Fi...