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Decentralized finance (DeFi) replaces banks, exchanges, and lenders with on-chain smart contracts. Our DeFi coverage tracks automated market makers and DEX volume (Uniswap, Curve, Balancer, PancakeSwap, Aerodrome), money markets and lending (Aave, Compound, Spark, Morpho), liquid staking and restaking (Lido, Rocket Pool, EigenLayer), stablecoin issuance and depeg events, total value locked (TVL) shifts, yield strategies, governance proposals, and the exploits, audits, and recovery efforts that define the security landscape. We follow major chains where DeFi is most active — Ethereum and its Layer 2s, Solana, Tron, BNB Chain, and the long tail of EVM-compatible networks.

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Chainlink's CCIP Transitions From Development to Mainnet Usage
DeFiLayer 2

Chainlink's CCIP Transitions From Development to Mainnet Usage

Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) has moved beyond testing phases into production deployments acr...

Jul 18, 2026, 04:02 AM
ChainlinkCCIP
Numerai Completes Third NMR Buyback, Total Repurchases Reach $3.2M
DeFi

Numerai Completes Third NMR Buyback, Total Repurchases Reach $3.2M

Numerai announced the completion of its third open-market purchase of Numeraire (NMR), acquiring $1.2 million of the tok...

Jul 17, 2026, 11:05 PM
NumeraiNumeraire
Lighter: Robinhood's Perpetuals DEX Launches with 50/50 Revenue Split
DeFiExchanges

Lighter: Robinhood's Perpetuals DEX Launches with 50/50 Revenue Split

Lighter, a perpetuals DEX integrated into Robinhood Wallet, has launched with a 50/50 revenue-sharing model between Ligh...

Jul 17, 2026, 02:09 PM
LighterRobinhood
Ondo Token Rises 20% as Protocol Launches Tokenized U.S. Equities Product
DeFiAdoption

Ondo Token Rises 20% as Protocol Launches Tokenized U.S. Equities Product

Ondo token rose 20% in 24 hours after the protocol announced a new product enabling tokenization of U.S. equities backed...

Jul 16, 2026, 10:07 PM
OndoDTC
ARK Challenges a16z on Whether TradFi Needs Permissionless DeFi
DeFiAdoption

ARK Challenges a16z on Whether TradFi Needs Permissionless DeFi

ARK Invest disputed Andreessen Horowitz's thesis that traditional finance will opt for controlled blockchains, contendin...

Jul 16, 2026, 02:09 PM
ARK InvestAndreessen Horowitz
Morpho Restores App and API After AWS CloudFront Outage
DeFi

Morpho Restores App and API After AWS CloudFront Outage

Morpho's web application and API came back online after a suspected AWS CloudFront outage caused partial service disrupt...

Jul 16, 2026, 02:03 PM
MorphoAWS
Ondo Finance Token Rises 16% on DTCC-Backed Tokenized Stock Momentum
DeFiAdoption

Ondo Finance Token Rises 16% on DTCC-Backed Tokenized Stock Momentum

Ondo Finance (ONDO) rose 16% Wednesday with trading volume near $290 million, as DTCC backing for tokenized stocks incre...

Jul 16, 2026, 01:12 PM
Ondo FinanceDTCC
Hyperion DeFi Commits 500k HYPE to Hyperliquid Perpetual Listings
DeFiExchanges

Hyperion DeFi Commits 500k HYPE to Hyperliquid Perpetual Listings

Hyperion DeFi, a Nasdaq-listed company, committed 500,000 HYPE tokens to support institutional perpetual futures listing...

Jul 16, 2026, 10:23 AM
Hyperion DeFiHyperliquid
Kraken Institutional Partners with Upshift for Custom Institutional Vaults
AdoptionDeFi

Kraken Institutional Partners with Upshift for Custom Institutional Vaults

Kraken Institutional has partnered with Upshift to offer qualified clients permissioned, custom institutional vaults wit...

Jul 16, 2026, 12:04 AM
Kraken InstitutionalUpshift
TRON Ecosystem Tokens Surge as AI Assets Lead Weekly Rally on HTX
MarketsDeFi

TRON Ecosystem Tokens Surge as AI Assets Lead Weekly Rally on HTX

TRON ecosystem tokens including JST, SUN, and HTX gained collectively during the week of July 6-12 as capital flowed int...

Jul 15, 2026, 09:03 AM
TRONHTX
Layer 2DeFi

Chainlink Rises 5% as Mantle Migrates $2.5B Portal to CCIP

Chainlink rose 5% after Mantle completed migration of its $2.5 billion Super Portal to Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoper...

Jul 14, 2026, 09:19 PM
ChainlinkLINK
Upbit Lists Derive (DRV) Token Across KRW, BTC, and USDT Pairs
ExchangesDeFi

Upbit Lists Derive (DRV) Token Across KRW, BTC, and USDT Pairs

South Korean exchange Upbit added Derive's DRV token on July 14 with trading pairs denominated in Korean won, Bitcoin, a...

Jul 14, 2026, 11:07 AM
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About DeFi coverage on CoinArticle

Are exploits and hacks covered here?
Yes. DeFi-specific exploits — flash-loan attacks, oracle manipulation, governance takeovers, infinite-mint bugs — are covered in this section as well as the dedicated Security section. We summarize the root cause, attacker addresses where known, and the protocol's recovery response.
How often is this section updated?
Our pipeline runs every hour, so newly clustered stories typically appear within an hour of being published by the source outlets. We deduplicate, merge related coverage, and tag every article with categories, sentiment, and impact scores.
Where does the reporting come from?
Each article is an AI-merged synthesis of multiple primary sources — major crypto publications such as CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, The Block, Decrypt, Bitcoin Magazine, CryptoSlate, The Defiant, and Blockworks. Original-source URLs are listed at the bottom of every article so you can verify every claim against the primary reporting.