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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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Humanity Protocol $36M Exploit Traced to Compromised Admin Keys

Humanity Protocol disclosed that attackers compromised administrative keys on a developer's laptop and seized control of...

Oct 18, 2026, 09:17 AM
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DeFiStablecoins
2 Sources

Janus Henderson Backs Ethena With ENA Investment and USDe Treasury Deployment

Asset manager Janus Henderson, which oversees $480 billion, announced a four-part partnership with Ethena including a st...

Oct 18, 2026, 06:07 AM
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DeFiAdoption
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Fission Raises $10M Led by Pantera to Solve Tokenized Fund Liquidity

Tokenization infrastructure firm Fission closed a $10 million funding round led by Pantera Capital on October 15, with p...

Oct 17, 2026, 11:02 PM
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DeFiAdoption
2 Sources

Binance Launches bStocks: Tokenized Equities on BNB Chain

Binance activated its tokenized-equity layer, allowing users to convert eligible stock positions into tradable BNB Chain...

Oct 17, 2026, 10:10 PM
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StablecoinsDeFi
2 Sources

Circle Retains 7 Cents per Dollar as USDC Processes $36 Trillion

Circle generated $1.4 billion in USDC revenue during the first half of 2026 while processing more than $36 trillion in t...

Oct 17, 2026, 09:04 PM
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DeFi
4 Sources

DeFi Lender Morpho Raises $175M From a16z, Paradigm, and Ribbit

Morpho, an Ethereum-based lending protocol, closed a $175 million Series A round led by Paradigm, a16z crypto, and Ribbi...

Oct 17, 2026, 08:07 PM
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DeFiAdoption
2 Sources

Grayscale Partners with Republic to Lower Entry for Three Crypto Funds to $2,500

Grayscale announced a partnership with investment platform Republic on October 15 to distribute three sector-specific cr...

Oct 17, 2026, 04:02 PM
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DeFiAdoption
3 Sources

Ripple Launches XRPL AI Starter Kit as Mastercard Names It Agentic-Commerce Partner

Ripple released the XRPL AI Starter Kit on Wednesday, enabling developers to build AI-agent payment applications using x...

Oct 17, 2026, 12:10 PM
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DeFiSecurity
2 Sources

Raydium DEX Loses $1.34 Million in Exploit; Treasury to Cover Loss

Raydium, a Solana-based decentralized exchange, was exploited for $1.34 million in what security researchers identified ...

Oct 17, 2026, 09:07 AM
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SecurityDeFi
2 Sources

UNCX Vesting Pool Exploited; Loss Estimates Vary Between Sources

A vulnerability in UNCX's Vesting V2 contract allowed attackers to exploit a share-accounting flaw and drain pooled toke...

Oct 16, 2026, 08:02 PM
UNCXBlockaid
DeFiAdoption
2 Sources

Tokenized Equities Reach $3.8B as Weekly DEX Trading Surges 55-Fold

Tokenized equities have grown to $3.8 billion in total market value, with weekly decentralized exchange trading climbing...

Oct 16, 2026, 08:01 PM
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DeFiAdoption
2 Sources

Ripple Prime Adds Traditional-Asset Perps Tied to Hyperliquid's Trade.xyz

Ripple Prime launched swap products referencing over 100 traditional financial markets on October 15, with Ripple acting...

Oct 16, 2026, 02:19 PM
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