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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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Firelight Launches DeFi Insurance Backed by Staked XRP on Flare

Firelight has begun underwriting DeFi cover backed by staked XRP on the Flare network, with initial positions covering t...

Oct 6, 2026, 06:15 PM
FirelightXRP
DeFiAdoption
2 Sources

Polymarket Launches Protocol V2 With Modular Oracles, Nov. 2 Switchover

Polymarket will shift new markets to Protocol V2 on November 2 following canary testing, introducing pUSD stablecoin sup...

Oct 6, 2026, 06:01 AM
PolymarketProtocol V2
DeFiSecurity
2 Sources

Base Vault Loses $6 Million in Aave Tokens After Whitelist Change

A Base vault holding Aave deposit tokens was drained of approximately $6 million following a change to its borrower whit...

Oct 6, 2026, 03:05 AM
AaveBase
DeFi
2 Sources

Compound Governance Votes to Extend Treasury Delay from 2 to 10 Days

Compound token holders are voting on Proposal 612, which would extend the timelock for treasury operations from two days...

Oct 6, 2026, 02:03 AM
CompoundCOMP
Layer 2DeFi
2 Sources

Aave Activates LlamaRisk Agents for Pendle Collateral on Plasma

Aave deployed automated LlamaRisk agents to manage pricing and borrowing parameters for Pendle principal tokens on Plasm...

Oct 6, 2026, 12:33 AM
AaveLlamaRisk
StablecoinsDeFi
3 Sources

Aave Raises GHO Borrow Rate to 4.5% as Redemption Reserves Decline

Aave's GHO Risk Council increased the core GHO borrow rate to 4.5% to address depleted redemption reserves and stabilize...

Oct 5, 2026, 11:05 PM
AaveGHO
DeFiAdoption
3 Sources

Plume Launches nBND Vault Backed by Fidelity's $28B Bond ETF

Plume has launched nBND, an on-chain vault backed by Fidelity's Total Bond ETF, extending tokenized fixed-income access ...

Oct 5, 2026, 12:01 PM
PlumenBND
DeFiExchanges
3 Sources

Aster Launches Shield Mode for High-Leverage On-Chain Trading

Aster, a YZi Labs-backed on-chain trading platform, launched Shield Mode, a protected trading environment integrated int...

Oct 5, 2026, 10:14 AM
AsterAster Perpetual
DeFiAdoption
4 Sources

Hyperliquid Perpetual Prices Now Streaming on Bloomberg Terminal

Bloomberg Terminal has integrated real-time 24-hour streaming prices for select Hyperliquid perpetual contracts, making ...

Oct 5, 2026, 10:01 AM
HyperliquidBloomberg
DeFiRegulation
2 Sources

S&P Global Ratings Launches Risk Framework for On-Chain Lending Vaults

S&P Global Ratings introduced a new vault risk assessment (VRA) framework to evaluate on-chain lending vaults across cre...

Oct 5, 2026, 07:01 AM
S&P Global RatingsDeFi
DeFiSecurity
2 Sources

Aztec Connect Loses $2.1M in Deprecated Contract Exploit

A deprecated smart contract belonging to Aztec Connect was exploited for approximately $2.1 million, according to securi...

Oct 4, 2026, 07:13 AM
Aztec ConnectAztec Labs
DeFiSecurity
2 Sources

Aztec Connect Exploit Highlights Risks in Deprecated DeFi Contracts

An exploit against Aztec Connect, a deprecated privacy protocol, exposed lingering security risks in immutable smart con...

Oct 4, 2026, 04:02 AM
AztecAztec Connect
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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.