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DeFi Hacks Shake Institutional Confidence as Risks Outpace Yields

Security exploits are weighing on institutional appetite for decentralized finance (DeFi), even as broader crypto adoption continues through stablecoins and tokenized assets.In an April...

Variational predicts RWA perpetuals will soon be the biggest contract class in DeFi

Variational, a peer-to-peer onchain derivatives trading protocol, said it raised $50 million in a round led by global investment fund Dragonfy with participation from...

MoonPay expands into tokenized assets and DeFi markets with new platform for banks

MoonPay is betting institutions want broader access to onchain financial products beyond simple crypto purchases.The crypto payments firm said Thursday it started MoonPay Trade,...

VerifiedX Brings Native Bitcoin Redemption And FROST Privacy To Base DeFi With Fireblocks Integration

The VerifiedX foundation has announced the launch of vBTC.b on Base with support for Fireblocks, aimed at bringing Bitcoin’s digital gold qualities...

A DeFi exchange becomes the first to offer equity perpetuals powered by Nasdaq data

The partnership underscores both the rapid growth of equity perpetuals in onchain markets and Nasdaq’s broader strategy to support tokenized equity trading infrastructure.

Amid the Clarity Act fanfare is some worry over how a last-minute deal may punch DeFi

The crypto market structure bill saw a high-stakes, 11th-hour gambit to get Democrats on board for a bipartisan committee vote, but it might carry...

Stripe-backed Tempo taps $7.5 billion DeFi lender Morpho to expand beyond payments

The move brings onchain yield and lending to the payments-focused chain in a bid to offer full-stack onchain finance platform to companies building on...

DeFi Yields Are Too Damn Low! Here's Why

DeFi is approaching a breaking point. After a wave of hacks and growing concerns around smart contract risk, liquidity risk, and hidden dependencies, the biggest...

Thorchain Exploit Triggers Security Fears Across DeFi

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The $293 million KelpDAO hack shows why DeFi is finally being forced to grow up

For protocol founders and security researchers, the incident reinforced a broader shift underway across crypto: DeFi is no longer primarily battling coding bugs. It’s...

Ethena’s ENA Token Launches on Solana via Sunrise DeFi: Solana

Ethena's ENA stablecoin is now live on the Solana blockchain through integration with Sunrise DeFi.Ethena's ENA token is now live on Solana, according to...

Coinbase (COIN) backs Hyperliquid (HYPE) stablecoin push as DeFi trading volumes climb

Coinbase (COIN) is expanding its presence on Hyperliquid (HYPE), one of crypto’s fastest-growing trading networks, by becoming the official treasury deployer of USDC on...