DeFi
U.S. SEC Chair Says Working on 'Innovation Exemption' for DeFi Platforms
In a final SEC crypto roundtable, the securities watchdog dug into decentralized finance, with Chairman Paul Atkins promising efforts to ease developers' path.
Crypto Lender Maple Finance Expands to Solana With Chainlink
Maple’s ecosystem has allocated $500,000 in incentives and coordinated over $30 million in liquidity.
Core Foundation, Bitcoin Layer 1 With Over $500M Staked BTC, Adds BitGo and KODA as Validators
Core Foundation has announced BitGo and KODA as new validators, enhancing institutional adoption of Bitcoin-native DeFi.
DeFi Platform Cork Protocol Suffers $12M Smart Contract Exploit
Cork Protocol has paused all markets as a precaution.
Alpaca Finance, Once a DeFi Giant on BNB Chain, Will Shut Down
The leveraged yield farming pioneer cites falling revenue, failed M&A talks, and last month’s Binance delisting as reasons for shutting down after a four-year run.
Securitize’s Tokenized Credit Fund Set for Solana DeFi Debut as RWA Trend Expands
Kamino Finance and Steakhouse Financial are teaming up to bring Securitize's ACRED token to the fast-growing Solana DeFi ecosystem.
True Markets Raises $11M in Series A, Launches Mobile-First DeFi Trading App on Solana
The funding round was co-led by Accomplice and RRE Ventures, with participation from Reciprocal Ventures, Variant Fund and PayPal Ventures.
Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage
Smokey The Bera to Make Berachain More Resilient to Crypto Volatility
Market reflexivity is a big problem in DeFi.
DEX Aggregator CoW Swap Targets 33% Trading Boost With Collaboration Feature, More Rewards
The new system will let solvers work together to offer traders the best swaps.
The Protocol: Lido Avoids Major Hack
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