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Bybit CEO Says DeFi Is Living in a Regulatory Honeymoon
Speaking at Paris Blockchain Week 2026, Bybit co-founder and CEO Ben Zhou did not mince words about where decentralised finance stands with global regulators. DeFi, he said, is enjoying a...
JPMorgan Says DeFi Exploits Still Block Institutional Adoption
JPMorgan said repeated DeFi exploits and stagnant growth continue to curb institutional interest in the sector, with the latest KelpDAO breach reinforcing concerns about security, contagion, and capital efficiency. According...
DeFi Security: Flying Tulip Adds Withdrawal Circuit Breakers
Decentralized finance platform Flying Tulip has introduced a withdrawal circuit breaker mechanism in response to a surge in exploits that has pushed DeFi losses above $600 million in April alone....
Haseeb Qureshi Says DeFi ‘Learns Through Failure,’ Not Collapse
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) has faced numerous challenges over the years. However, each setback has made the space become stronger. Dragonfly Capital’s managing partner, Haseeb Qureshi, in a post on X,...
DeFi Exploits Top $775M in 2026 as KelpDAO, Drift Lead Losses
DeFi exploits have caused more than $775 million in losses in 2026, based on the provided figures. KelpDAO, Drift, and Step Finance posted the biggest incidents. Private key compromise also...
Nine DeFi Protocols Frozen After $293 Million KelpDAO rsETH Exploit
A single exploit on KelpDAO’s rsETH cross-chain bridge has frozen nine major DeFi protocols, created bad debt on Aave, and sent shockwaves through the liquid restaking sector. The attacker drained...
AllUnity Expands EURAU Liquidity Across DeFi With New Cross-Chain Pools
AllUnity has moved to strengthen euro liquidity in decentralized finance by introducing EURAU/USDT pools across major exchanges. The initiative signals a shift toward multi-currency liquidity beyond dollar dominance. It also...
Resolv Labs Burns Stolen Tokens After $34M DeFi Breach
Resolv Labs moved quickly to contain a major security breach that threatened its USR stablecoin ecosystem. The incident began when a hacker exploited a minting vulnerability, generating roughly 80 million...
ECB Paper Questions Whether DeFi DAOs Are Truly Decentralized
A new European Central Bank working paper is challenging one of DeFi’s core claims. The study says governance in four major protocols remains heavily concentrated, even when tokens are spread...
DeFi Hacks Top $137M in Early 2026 as Security Failures Mount
The decentralized finance industry is barely three months into 2026, and it has already suffered one of its worst security starts on record. Across 15 protocols, hackers have drained over...
Polymarket Updates Integrity Rules for DeFi and US Trading Platforms
Well-known prediction market Polymarket updated its market integrity rules for both its DeFi platform and U.S. trading platform. The changes focus on insider trading, market manipulation, and suspicious activity reporting. ...
Why Euro Stablecoins’ DeFi Market Share Remains Low
EUR-pegged stablecoins occupy an insignificant portion of the DeFi market even as Europe draws closer to a unified crypto rulebook. According to Barter Swap, a DeFi protocol, euro stablecoins account...
Aave Becomes First Lending Protocol to Cross $1 Billion in RWAs
Aave has made history in decentralized finance. The protocol has officially surpassed $1 billion in tokenized real-world asset (RWA) deposits, becoming the first decentralized lending platform to reach this milestone. ...
Ray Dalio Says the World Order Established After World War II Is Breaking Down
Billionaire investor Ray Dalio has renewed his warning that the global order established after World War II is deteriorating, describing the current period as a late-stage phase in a long...
Anchorage Digital Targets $200M–$400M Fundraising Ahead of IPO
Anchorage Digital is planning to raise between $200 million and $400 million as it prepares for a possible Initial Public Offering (IPO) next year, according to Bloomberg. The fundraising would...
Figure Launches OPEN Platform to Enable On-chain Equity Issuance and Stock Lending
Figure Technology Solutions Inc. has introduced a new blockchain-based platform that targets a core function of public markets. The company aims to move equity issuance and stock lending directly onto...
Aave Cleared: SEC Drops 4-Year Probe, Greenlights DeFi Giant
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has concluded its investigation into DeFi protocol Aave, bringing an end to a regulatory process that lasted nearly four years, according to Aave founder...
RWA Protocol Ondo Finance Cleared by SEC Ahead of New York Summit
Ondo Finance (ONDO) has confirmed that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) formally closed a confidential investigation that began two years ago and ended the probe without charges. For Ondo,...
Uniswap’s Adams: Citadel ‘Weaponizing’ SEC to Classify DeFi Devs as Broker-Dealers
The cold war between decentralized finance (DeFi) and Wall Street incumbents turned hot Tuesday, with Uniswap Labs founder Hayden Adams accusing Citadel Securities of engineering a regulatory kill-switch for the...
Inside the Chaos at Trump Family-Linked ALT5: Hidden Suspensions and Sudden Firings
ALT5 Sigma, the treasury partner to the Trump family’s World Liberty Financial DeFi project, is facing another wave of controversy after reports emerged about violations in its SEC filing. This...
Crypto Hacks Surge 10x in November as ‘Code Fragility’ Costs DeFi $127 Million
The cryptocurrency sector suffered a catastrophic security regression in November, with total losses from exploits and hacks surging nearly 1,000% month-over-month. According to a forensic report by blockchain security firm...
Yearn Finance yETH Glitch Triggers $3 Million Drain to Tornado Cash
An infinite-mint vulnerability in Yearn Finance’s yETH contract triggered a multi-million dollar liquidity drain Sunday, forcing the protocol to isolate the affected legacy pool. An attacker exploited the flaw to...
Why 2030 Is The Target Date For A Unified Global Financial System
Decentralized finance is no longer a niche idea sitting on the edge of the crypto world. According to Chainlink Co-Founder Sergey Nazarov, DeFi has already covered about 30% of its...
Hyperliquid Launches a New “Growth Mode” That Cuts Trading Fees by 90%
Hyperliquid has launched an aggressive new strategy to expand its derivatives market share. The protocol brought out “HIP-3 Growth Mode” on Wednesday. This structural upgrade enables permissionless market deployment and...
Ondo Finance Wins EU Approval for Tokenized Stocks as ONDO Price Stalls
Ondo Global Markets has received a regulatory move this week after securing approval to offer tokenized stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) across Europe. The authorization, granted by the Liechtenstein Financial...
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