DeFi
Lighter DEX launches LIT token with 25% airdrop
The LIT token supply is split evenly between the ecosystem and team/investors, with a portion airdropped to early participants.
Dragonfly managing partner lays out his 2026 crypto predictions
The venture capitalist argues 2026 will favor proven crypto infrastructure, while several fast-growing segments reshape how the industry expands.
‘DeFi is dead’: Maple Finance’s CEO says onchain markets will swallow Wall Street
The Maple Finance CEO says institutions will stop distinguishing between DeFi and TradFi as private credit moves onchain, and stablecoins process $50 trillion in payments.
Most Influential: Jeff Yan
Jeff Yan, founder of Hyperliquid, has quietly built a $308 billion volume DEX with over half a million users, influencing DeFi while avoiding public attention.
Strata protocol developer Frontera Labs raises $3 million in seed round
The funding will help the London-based team expand Strata, a DeFi protocol that structures onchain yields into senior and junior tranches.
Most Influential: Sergey Nazarov
Chainlink’s co-founder spent 2025 turning oracles, cross-chain messaging and CRE into building blocks for tokenized funds and on-chain finance.
Regulatory Battle Over Tokenized U.S. Stocks Escalates, HSBC Says
Citadel Securities has urged the SEC to treat decentralized finance trading venues like traditional exchanges, a stance facing opposition from the crypto industry.
A16z-Backed Daylight Brings Electricity Markets Onchain With New DeFi Protocol
The DayFi protocol aims to turn electricity cash flows into a crypto-native yield product, bridging capital to new solar power installations.
Crypto Has Reinvented and Replatformed the Middle Man
For those of us who want to use crypto to make the world better, we need to start calling out this behavior for what it is: short-sighted, selfish, unwelcome greed, says VeChain co-founder Sunny Lu.
Blockdaemon, VerifiedX Join Forces to Deliver Mass-Market, Self-Custodial DeFi
The experience, which is designed to feel like Venmo or Cash App, allows users to earn yield on bitcoin (BTC) and stablecoins and borrow against their holdings.
