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DeFi Analytics Firm Parsec Shuts Down After Five Years

After five years in the industry, onchain analytics firm Parsec announced its closure on Feb. 19, 2026. CEO Will Sheehan noted that the 2022...

Wall Street Adds BMNR Stock; DeFi Lenders Are Pressured by Illiquidity

Large institutional investors continued to add exposure to crypto treasury companies over the past week, even as bear-market illiquidity forced another round of shakeouts...

Specialized AI detects 92% of real-world DeFi exploits

A purpose-built AI security agent detected vulnerabilities in 92% of exploited DeFi smart contracts in a new open-source benchmark.The study, released Thursday by AI...

Hyper Foundation Backs New DC Lobby with 1M HYPE for Clearer DeFi Rules

With Jake Chervinsky at the helm, the Hyperliquid Policy Center gives the perp DEX a formal policy foothold in Washington.Hyperliquid, the largest on-chain perpetual...

Hyperliquid starts DeFi lobbying group in U.S. with $29 million HYPE token backing

Hyperliquid (HYPE), a blockchain-based exchange that processed more than $250 billion in perpetual futures trading last month, has launched a U.S. lobbying and research...

DeFi protocol ZeroLend shuts down after 3 years, citing inactive chains and hacks

Decentralized lending protocol ZeroLEnd is winding down operations after three years, citing unsustainable economics amid inactive blockchains and rising security threats.The protocol, which ran...

Aave Founder Wants DeFi to Tokenize $50T Abundance Assets

Stani Kulechov, the founder of decentralized lending platform Aave, said DeFi could benefit from $50 trillion worth of “abundance assets” such as solar through...

Wall Street giant Apollo follows BlackRock in DeFi push with Morpho token deal

Apollo Global Management (APO) is moving deeper into crypto, striking a deal that could make the $938 billion asset manager a major token holder...

BlackRock Enters DeFi Via UniSwap, Bitcoin Stages Modest Recovery

BlackRock made its first formal move into decentralized finance this week, listing its tokenized Treasury fund on Uniswap, with Bitcoin and Ether staging only...

DeFi Education Fund calls on UK FCA to narrow definition of control in crypto regulation

The DeFi Education Fund (DEF) has urged the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority to adopt a narrow, functional definition of “control” as it finalizes new...

Spark Launches Institutional Lending Suite to Channel DeFi Stablecoins

Spark announced the launch of Spark Prime and Spark Institutional Lending on Wednesday to channel more of its decentralized finance (DeFi) stablecoin reserves into...

Lombard Launches Bitcoin Smart Accounts Linking Custody to DeFi

Lombard unveils Bitcoin Smart Accounts to recognize custodied BTC as onchain collateral, enabling decentralized finance ( DeFi) access without moving custody. Lombard announces Bitcoin...