Tag: DeFi

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DeFi Could Reach $2.7T as Tokenization Expands: StanChart

Standard Chartered expects assets locked in decentralized finance (DeFi) to grow 37-fold to $2.7 trillion by the end of 2030.The expansion would be driven...

Trump stablecoin USD1 goes from $75 million DeFi drama to the White House lawn

The borrowing pushed the USD1 pool to 93% utilization, meaning retail depositors who had lent USD1 to the pool expecting to withdraw at will...

Q2 2026 Sets All-Time High for DeFi Hack Count With ~70 Exploits, $746M Stolen

DeFi logged approximately 70 separate exploits in Q2 2026, roughly doubling the previous quarterly record, even as the $746 million dollar total remains a...

Morpho’s $175M DeFi Round Tests Onchain Credit’s Future

Investors are increasingly backing stablecoin and credit infrastructure rather than decentralized finance (DeFi) lending alone, with Morpho Labs' latest funding round drawing attention to...

Here’s what Claude Fable 5 means for crypto and DeFi

However, the two largest incidents were not simple smart-contract exploits of the type AI could engineer.In one, a North Korea-linked group drained about $285...

Fidelity’s Dollar Stablecoin Taps Curve and Uniswap as Its DeFi Liquidity Layer

The Fidelity Digital Dollar stablecoin deployed Curve Finance Stableswap LP positions and Uniswap LP positions simultaneously in a single Ethereum block Thursday evening, with...

AI-Assisted Attackers Target Hidden DeFi Code

Unverified smart contracts were linked to at least $36.7 million in losses across four DeFi exploits over the past six months, as attackers increasingly...

Who answers the 3am call when DeFi breaks?

Welcome to our institutional newsletter, Crypto Long & Short. This week:To win over big investors, DeFi builders must act like accountable money managers, not...

White House Holds CLARITY Act Meeting Today as DeFi Rules Face Scrutiny

The White House is stepping into one of the most sensitive fights in US crypto policy.Administration officials are expected to meet law-enforcement groups today...

Botanix Shuts Down as Bitcoin Defi Demand Falls Short

Botanix, a Bitcoin scaling network that set out to bring “real utility” to BTC without token incentives, is winding down after four years in...

Botanix bet big on ‘Bitcoin DeFi.’ Its shutdown suggests users never cared

Bitcoin layer-2 network Botanix is being wound down a year after its mainnet went live. The project cited market conditions and broader indifference within...

MiCA Architect Says EU Should Prioritize Tokenization Over DeFi Rules

The European Union should focus on a broader digital asset framework covering real-world assets and tokenization instead of regulating decentralized finance through a second...