DeFi
Malta's financial regulator explores bringing parts of DeFi under MiCA's orbit
The MFSA is seeking feedback on whether decentralization should be assessed as a spectrum rather than a binary concept.
Bitcoin layer-2s face a bear-market reality check
Botanix's shutdown has raised an uncomfortable question for Bitcoin builders: Does the market actually want programmable BTC, or just a better way to borrow, lend and earn yield on it?
Hyperliquid, Uniswap and Worldcoin buck crypto slump as traders chase AI, DeFi trends
A handful of tokens continued their run while bitcoin and the rest of the crypto market stalled after the early week bounce.
Crypto’s next billion-dollar hacker may move at superhuman speed
Anthropic’s new Claude Fable 5 puts powerful cyber tools behind safety filters. DeFi, already hit by more than $840 million in hacks this year, is one of the industries with the most to lose if the filters fail.
A 'Bitcoin DeFi' project just shut down with a brutal post-mortem: Users just didn't care
"It did not work," Botanix said. "At least not in this market and not in this timeline."
Ethena lands Janus Henderson backing as asset manager invests in ENA, eyes USDe distribution
The deal underscores the trend of traditional asset managers backing DeFi infrastructure, following BlackRock's Uniswap and Apollo's Morpho investments.
Aave chief defends protocol's 'resilience' after $8.45 billion bank run
The founder of the largest DeFi platform blamed "third-party” entities for decentralized finance’s vulnerabilities, while independent data highlights severe gaps in Aave’s own risk architecture.
New DeFi entrant widens field of crypto political campaign funds as elections loom
The Defend Developers PAC is aiming to contribute to lawmakers who seek to shield crypto developers from legal vulnerabilities.
DeFi won't win over big banks until it fixes its hacking problem, executives say
Lenders are particularly interested in blockchain's back-office applications, but security failures are blocking wider adoption.
Coinbase backs Ethena ahead of savings product launch for exchange's 100 million users
Coinbase Ventures, the exchange's venture arm, bought Ethena tokens on the open market as the protocol is set to roll out a Coinbase integration next week.
