Regulation
Goliath Ventures Collapse Draws $400M SEC and CFTC Civil Actions
Federal regulators file civil suits against Goliath Ventures and founder Christopher Delgado over alleged crypto Ponzi …
DeFi News & Analysis
DeFi News & Analysis
Decentralised finance news: protocol updates, TVL moves, yield market shifts, DEX volumes, and the exploits that define DeFi's risk envelope.
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Every story we’ve tagged DeFi. Lending markets (Aave, Morpho, Compound), decentralised exchanges (Uniswap, Curve, Balancer), liquid staking and restaking (Lido, Rocket Pool, EigenLayer, Kelp), stablecoin protocols (Maker/Sky, Ethena, Frax), and the oracle / infrastructure layer underneath it all.
About this tag
The editorial focus is on what actually moves TVL and yield rather than what’s trending on crypto Twitter. That means:
- Protocol mechanics — new version releases (Aave V4, Uniswap V4), fee-switch activations, tokenomics updates, collateral parameter changes
- Yield markets — lending-borrowing spreads, LP token APYs, liquid-staking reward curves, and when sustainable yield pulls TVL away from unsustainable programs
- Exploits and incidents — bridge drains, oracle manipulations, governance attacks, frozen markets. We cover the mechanism in enough detail to tell readers whether their positions in neighbouring protocols are at risk
- Regulatory pressure — SEC actions against DeFi protocols, EU MiCA boundaries, stablecoin rules that route-through into DeFi collateral markets
For the broader coverage hub: /categories/defi/. Live sector data: /sectors/defi/. If you’re new to yield farming mechanics, the DeFi yield farming guide is the starting point. For liquid staking specifically, how to stake Ethereum walks through the options.
DeFi
Hyperliquid RWA Volume Hits $213B in Q2, Nearly Matching Bitcoin Perps
Real-world asset perpetuals now generate a third of Hyperliquid's trading volume, with RWA contracts briefly outsizing …
Crime
FBI Agent Stole $1M in Crypto From Agency Wallets, Court Filings Reveal
Patrick Yarmoch, a supervisory FBI counterintelligence agent with top-secret clearance, allegedly confessed to stealing …
Markets
BNB Chain Posts $19B Weekly DEX Volume, Nearly Double Solana's Total
BNB Chain's DEX trading hit $19 billion last week, outpacing Solana and Ethereum combined. Here's what drives the surge …
Bitcoin
Bitcoin's Governance Speed May Be Its Biggest Quantum Risk
Experts say crypto will be the first target for quantum attacks, but Bitcoin's slow consensus process, not its …
Real World Assets
Tokenized Stocks on Robinhood Chain Hit $70M as GameStop Leads Volume
Real-world assets on Robinhood Chain grew fivefold in two weeks, with GameStop tokenized shares alone clearing $26.6 …
DeFi
Odos Protocol Shutters After DEX Volume Drops 98% From Peak
DEX aggregator Odos Protocol will close July 30 after monthly volume plunged from $7.8B to $169M. The ODOS token remains …
Technology
Zcash Launches Zakura Node Targeting 50,000 TPS for Privacy Payments
New Zakura full node aims to scale Zcash to Visa-level throughput with recursive proofs and private information …
DeFi
Crypto Execs: Gen Alpha May Skip Bank Accounts Entirely
Steakhouse Financial and Binance executives predict digital-native generations will use wallets with stablecoins and …
Security
OkoBot Malware Targets Crypto Wallets via Fake GitHub Projects
Kaspersky uncovers OkoBot, a malware framework stealing crypto assets through trojanized GitHub apps and fake LinkedIn …
Regulation
UK Tax Authority to Defer Crypto Capital Gains on DeFi Loans Starting 2027
HMRC announces 'no gain, no loss' treatment for crypto lending and liquidity pool disposals, affecting 700,000 UK …
Regulation
EU Parliament Sets Post-MiCA Agenda, Eyes DeFi and Staking Rules
European Parliament adopts a formal policy stance on digital assets, urging the Commission to assess DeFi, staking, and …