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MiCA Is Coming For DeFi Vaults, But Regulation Will Be Difficult

MiCA left crypto lending outside its original rulebook — but now Brussels is considering whether to bring it in.On May 20, 2026, the European...

Fears of AI-Driven DeFi Hack Epidemic Overstated For Now — But Not For Long

A wave of high profile crypto hacks in April that many suspected had been orchestrated using sophisticated AI tools to identify smart contract exploits,...

SEC’s Pierce warns some DeFi vaults, onchain lending may fall under securities laws

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has signaled that one of decentralized finance's fast-growing sectors could face greater regulatory scrutiny.In a statement Wednesday,...

DeFi users are missing out on $150 million a year. Here’s why

Around 54% of liquidity in positions below $1,000 was out of range, compared with 26% for positions above $1 million. Yet positions worth more...

ARK pushes back against a16z’s ‘TradFi wants blockchain, not DeFi’ claim

ARK Invest’s director of research disputed a16z crypto’s thesis that traditional finance will adopt permissioned blockchain infrastructure instead of decentralized finance, saying institutions will...

Hyperion DeFi to deploy 500K HYPE for Hyperliquid HIP-3 markets

The deal gives Hyperion an equity stake in Skew and a share of listing-service revenue as it expands the utility of its HYPE treasury...

Dragonfly Pushes Back on DeFi AI ‘Hackpocalypse’ Fears

Fears that artificial intelligence would trigger a wave of catastrophic decentralized finance (DeFi) hacks in what was coined as a “hackpocalypse” have not materialized,...

DeFi Holding up Unusually Well in Down Market: Bitwise

Decentralized finance (DeFi) tokens have held up unusually well against Bitcoin over the past month, suggesting the market may be “quietly re-rating” the sector,...

Phantom and Hyperliquid Seek CFTC Clarity on DeFi Infrastructure

Crypto wallet provider Phantom and the Hyperliquid Policy Center have urged the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to exempt blockchain protocol developers and...

Hyperliquid, Phantom Ask CFTC to Exempt DeFi From Broker Rules

The joint filing asks regulators to turn Phantom's March no-action relief into a formal rule covering all non-custodial wallet providers.The Hyperliquid Policy Center and...

USDT Leads Payments, USDC Dominates DeFi

The world’s biggest stablecoins are increasingly becoming chain-specific financial products, with Tether’s USDt (USDT) and Circle’s USDC (USDC) serving distinct roles across the crypto...

DeFi protocol Summer.fi halts Lazy Summer vaults after $6 million exploit

Decentralized finance protocol Summer.fi has paused its Lazy Summer vaults after an exploit that drained about $6 million from the Ethereum-based yield platform, according...