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Why Aave is offering $1M insurance on DeFi – better than FDIC protected banks

Aave's fusion of transparency, regulation, and fintech-like simplicity sets the stage for a billion-strong DeFi user base.

2 months ago

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Former SEC aide and Uniswap founder clash over decentralization’s true role

Uniswap founder and Gensler's chief of staff go back-and-forth on X about centralization.

2 months ago

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LINK ETF confirmed for 2025? XRP and SOL launches move up Chainlink timeline

Altcoin ETFs are the next frontier, but clearing the SEC’s twin hurdles will take more than a database entry.

2 months ago

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Only 10% of crypto earns yield now — why most investors are sitting on dead money

RedStone sizes a 5x to 6x gap with TradFi and flags risk transparency as the missing piece.

2 months ago

Stablecoins

Bank rails vs DeFi: Now $3.6T of “digital cash” bypasses Bitcoin and Ethereum

What has to go right in banking, compliance, and UX. We check what that would mean for BTC/ETH liquidity.

2 months ago

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DeFi

DeFi risking turning into CeFi: The facts behind the token buyback trend

As DeFi platforms embrace token buybacks, protocols face questions of control and sustainability amid rising centralization concerns.

2 months ago

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Mining

Who decides what’s in the next Bitcoin block without MEV?

Bitcoin MEV, the quiet kind: how miners pick winners in your mempool.

2 months ago

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From experiment to blueprint: Why 43% of hedge funds plan integration with DeFi

New AIMA/PwC survey shows allocations rising, with US rule shifts and ETF access paving the way while infrastructure gaps still gate bigger flows.

2 months ago

DeFi

What’s happening to DeFi? $231M was just drained but $19M clawed back

Balancer's exploit met a rare win via StakeWise, while Stream's $93M loss and xUSD depeg expose the breaking points.

2 months ago

DeFi

How 11 audits couldn’t stop Balancer’s $128 million hack redefining DeFi risks

As Balancer’s TVL plummets, the DeFi community grapples with restoring trust amidst recurring breaches.

2 months ago

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DeFi

How the Ethereum vs Solana war ended quietly not with a bang but a whimper

Battle lines redrawn with Ethereum as a modular settlement layer and Solana as a unified execution layer.

3 months ago

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Crypto

70M daily transactions, $143B volume: How Solana won DeFi’s throughput race

With ~70M daily tx and $143B Oct. DEX volume, Solana’s single-layer design keeps fees stable under load as Ethereum routes DeFi to rollups.

3 months ago

#	Name	Price	24H %	Mcap
1	Wrapped Bitcoin WBTC	$66,036.62	+0.98%	$10.12B
2	Chainlink LINK	$13.62	-0.25%	$9.64B
3	Avalanche AVAX	$13.45	-1.74%	$5.8B
4	Wrapped eETH weETH	$3,743.58	+1.5%	$5.7B
5	Dai DAI	$1.00	-0.01%	$5.36B

DeFi News

Why Aave is offering $1M insurance on DeFi – better than FDIC protected banks

Former SEC aide and Uniswap founder clash over decentralization’s true role

LINK ETF confirmed for 2025? XRP and SOL launches move up Chainlink timeline

Only 10% of crypto earns yield now — why most investors are sitting on dead money

Bank rails vs DeFi: Now $3.6T of “digital cash” bypasses Bitcoin and Ethereum

DeFi risking turning into CeFi: The facts behind the token buyback trend

Who decides what’s in the next Bitcoin block without MEV?

From experiment to blueprint: Why 43% of hedge funds plan integration with DeFi

What’s happening to DeFi? $231M was just drained but $19M clawed back

How 11 audits couldn’t stop Balancer’s $128 million hack redefining DeFi risks

How the Ethereum vs Solana war ended quietly not with a bang but a whimper

70M daily transactions, $143B volume: How Solana won DeFi’s throughput race

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Why Aave is offering $1M insurance on DeFi – better than FDIC protected banks

Former SEC aide and Uniswap founder clash over decentralization’s true role

LINK ETF confirmed for 2025? XRP and SOL launches move up Chainlink timeline

Only 10% of crypto earns yield now — why most investors are sitting on dead money

Bank rails vs DeFi: Now $3.6T of “digital cash” bypasses Bitcoin and Ethereum

DeFi risking turning into CeFi: The facts behind the token buyback trend

Who decides what’s in the next Bitcoin block without MEV?

From experiment to blueprint: Why 43% of hedge funds plan integration with DeFi

What’s happening to DeFi? $231M was just drained but $19M clawed back

How 11 audits couldn’t stop Balancer’s $128 million hack redefining DeFi risks

How the Ethereum vs Solana war ended quietly not with a bang but a whimper

70M daily transactions, $143B volume: How Solana won DeFi’s throughput race

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