DeFi

DeFi, short for decentralized finance, represents a shift in the financial sector by leveraging blockchain technology, primarily Ethereum, to eliminate traditional financial intermediaries. It enables various financial applications, from simple transactions to complex contracts, through smart contracts that execute automatically under specific conditions. Key DeFi applications include decentralized exchanges (DEXs), stablecoins, lending platforms, and prediction markets. DeFi offers financial services like loans and interest-earning opportunities without traditional identity verification, relying instead on collateral, usually in cryptocurrency. This innovative sector promises increased accessibility and efficiency but comes with risks, such as market volatility and unregulated projects.

DeFi

Merkado

Ethena's ENA Rallies to 7-Month High on Binance Listing Fueling $500M Buyback Hopes

Listing the protocol's USDe token on major exchanges like Binance is a key requirement to enable a mechanism to share protocol revenues with token holders.

Ni Krisztian SandorSet 9, 2025

Charts signal 2024-like massive BTC bull run ahead. (NASA-Imagery/Pixabay)

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Crypto for Advisors: The Mechanics of Generating Yield On-Chain

Ethena, Pendle, and Aave form a powerful DeFi yield engine. This article explores how they work together and how Hyperliquid could expand this system.

Ni Elisabeth Phizackerley, Ilan SolotSet 4, 2025

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Crypto Oracle Firm RedStone Acquires DeFi Credit Specialist Credora

The acquisition combines RedStone’s real-time market data with Credora’s DeFi credit ratings expertise.

Ni Ian Allison, AI BoostSet 4, 2025

RedStone Oracles co-founders Jakub Wojciechowski and Marcin Kazmierczak (RedStone)

Merkado

ArbitrumDAO Incentivizes DeFi Growth With 24M ARB Token Rollout

Season one of the DAO's $40 million DeFi Renaissance Incentive Program (DRIP), is aimed to drive up DeFi in its ecosystem

Ni Margaux Nijkerk, AI BoostSet 3, 2025

Arbitrum Booth(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Pananalapi

SmartGold, Chintai Tokenize $1.6B in IRA Gold, Add DeFi Yield for U.S. Investors

The tokenized gold structure lets U.S. retirement investors earn yield on crypto protocols while keeping tax advantages.

Ni Krisztian Sandor, AI BoostSet 2, 2025

gold bars (Philip Oroni/Unsplash+)

Merkado

Trump-Linked World Liberty Team Floats Buyback-and-Burn Plan as WLFI Sinks

The Trump-linked DeFi project proposes using all liquidity fees to permanently reduce supply, as steep early losses highlight investor skepticism.

Ni Sam ReynoldsSet 2, 2025

Eric Trump speaks at Consensus 2025 in Toronto (CoinDesk)

CoinDesk Indices

Crypto for Advisors: The Growth of Solana and Ethererum

Bitcoin leads the way, but a new wave of blockchains offers compelling opportunities with applications that are growing and generating revenues.

Ni Samantha BohbotAgo 28, 2025

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Pananalapi

Aave Labs Debuts Horizon to Let Institutions Borrow Stablecoins Against Tokenized Assets

The platofrm allows borrowing Circle's USDC, Ripple's RLUSD and Aave's GHO against a selection of tokenized funds, making real-world assets useful capital.

Ni Krisztian SandorAgo 27, 2025

(Christian Dubovan/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

Hemi Labs Raises $15M to Expand Bitcoin Programmability

The Jeff Garzik–backed network adds fresh funding as it pushes to merge Bitcoin’s security with Ethereum’s flexibility for DeFi applications.

Ni Jamie Crawley, AI BoostAgo 27, 2025

Jeff Garzik, co-founder of Hemi Labs (TEDx)

Merkado

Ethereum DeFi Lags Behind, Even as Ether Price Crossed Record Highs

Institutional inflows are driving ETH's price highs, while retail DeFi activity remains subdued compared to previous cycles.

Ni Shaurya MalwaAgo 26, 2025

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