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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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DeFiAdoption
2 Sources

Uniswap Labs Acquires PONS Token Amid Robinhood Chain Launchpad Competition

Uniswap Labs purchased PONS, the token backing a Robinhood Chain launchpad, citing long-term alignment. The move comes f...

Sep 4, 2026, 07:16 AM
Uniswap LabsPONS
DeFiMarkets
2 Sources

Polymarket Launches 20x Perpetual Futures for Crypto, Equities, and Commodities

Polymarket launched perpetual futures across 10 markets including cryptocurrencies, equities, commodities, and oil, offe...

Sep 3, 2026, 10:03 PM
PolymarketKalshi
DeFi
2 Sources

CT3 Launches Dedicated Storage Contracts Model for Infrastructure Growth

CT3 announced Tuesday a transition to a dedicated Storage Contracts model aimed at improving scalability and expanding c...

Sep 2, 2026, 01:02 AM
CT3
DeFiAdoption
2 Sources

Aster and World Liberty Financial Launch USD1 RWA Boost Rewards Program

Aster and World Liberty Financial announced USD1 RWA Boost: Phase 1, a rewards program offering 125 million WLFI tokens ...

Sep 1, 2026, 10:02 PM
AsterWorld Liberty Financial
DeFiSecurity
2 Sources

Firelight Raises $8M to Expand DeFi Insurance Beyond XRP

Firelight, a cover protocol backed by staked XRP on Flare, closed an $8 million funding round and plans to expand beyond...

Sep 1, 2026, 04:01 PM
FirelightXRP
Layer 2DeFi
3 Sources

Robinhood Chain Surpasses Ethereum in Daily DEX Volume and Launchpad Revenue

Robinhood Chain ranked second among all blockchains by decentralized exchange volume in a 24-hour period, with its memec...

Sep 1, 2026, 08:02 AM
Robinhood ChainEthereum
MarketsDeFi
3 Sources

Polymarket Raises $1B at $21B Valuation Led by 1789 Capital

Polymarket closed a $1 billion funding round at a $21 billion valuation, with 1789 Capital leading a $300 million commit...

Sep 1, 2026, 05:11 AM
Polymarket1789 Capital
DeFiSecurity
2 Sources

Switchboard Oracle Halts Operations on Aptos, SUI, IOTA, Movement

Switchboard, a decentralized oracle network, halted operations across Aptos, SUI, IOTA, and Movement after detecting a p...

Sep 1, 2026, 05:01 AM
SwitchboardAptos
DeFiSecurity
2 Sources

Balancer Warns V1 LP Users of Pool-Draining Bug in Legacy Contracts

Balancer advised users to exit liquidity positions from its deprecated v1 contracts after identifying a pool-draining vu...

Aug 31, 2026, 10:02 PM
BalancerSlowMist
DeFiLayer 1
2 Sources

XRP Ledger Validators Near Decision on Lending Protocol Amendments

XRP Ledger validators are approaching a deadline to vote on two amendments—XLS-65 and XLS-66—that would introduce native...

Aug 31, 2026, 10:06 AM
XRP LedgerXLS-65
DeFiSecurity
5 Sources

Cronos Network Halts After $75M Exploit in Tectonic Lending Protocol

Cronos validators paused the blockchain after an attacker exploited Tectonic's lending protocol, inflating the TONIC tok...

Aug 31, 2026, 05:07 AM
CronosTectonic
DeFiSecurity
4 Sources

Ostium Halts Trading After $18M Oracle Key Exploit

Ostium suspended trading after an attacker exploited a compromised oracle signer key to drain approximately $18 million ...

Aug 31, 2026, 02:02 AM
OstiumArbitrum
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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.