DeFi
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.
Bitcoin faces an 'identity crisis' and DeFi devs need to stop acting like tech bros
Solstice Labs CEO Ben Nadareski says developers must act like financial managers to win back institutional trust amid ongoing security exploits.
Symbiotic aims to make tokenized assets easier to cash out with new liquidity network
Liquid Lane aims to solve a key bottleneck that is holding back growth of tokenized funds and credit: long redemption times, Symbiotic cofounder Misha Putiatin said.
Wall Street’s trillion-dollar dilemma: Why AI-powered hackers are keeping big banks off the blockchain
CertiK CEO and co-founder Ronghui Gu says April was the worst month for DeFi in four years with exploits on 27 out of 30 days.
Toddlers learn by falling: Why DeFi's $20 billion TVL drop is just a market stress-test
DeFi Technologies president Andrew Forson says the stablecoin layer is thriving, with more than $150 billion in U.S. Treasuries backing coins like USDT and USDC.
VanEck's tokenized fund lands on Euler as DeFi courts Wall Street institutions
DeFi protocols are increasingly adapting to host regulated, tokenized assets as tokenization is projected to bring trillions of dollars onchain.
Kraken unveils Bitcoin Vault, expanding yield push for BTC holders
The new earn product lets users generate BTC-denominated rewards through DeFi strategies while keeping exposure to bitcoin’s price.
DeFi isn't safe anymore because AI is becoming 'superhuman' at hacking, onetime OpenZeppelin founder says
As hacks pile up and DeFi TVL falls fast, OpenZeppelin co-founder and former CTO Manuel Aráoz says AI coding agents have made smart contracts fatally vulnerable.
Near Protocol to automate its own growth and its token is skyrocketing
Near Protocol will introduce dynamic resharding in June, allowing the blockchain to automatically add shards as demand grows without human intervention.
