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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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2 Sources

Term Finance Loses $8.5M to Attacker Who Bought Governance Control for 2 ETH

An attacker purchased voting power in Term Finance for approximately 2 ETH, then used that control to drain $8.5 million...

Aug 24, 2026, 07:22 AM
Term FinanceEthereum
DeFiMarkets
2 Sources

Real-World Assets Surpass Crypto on Hyperliquid for First Time

Stocks, commodities, and market indices outpaced cryptocurrency trading volume on Hyperliquid, the largest decentralized...

Aug 23, 2026, 06:05 PM
HyperliquidARK Invest
DeFiSecurity
2 Sources

Term Labs Loses $8.5M in Governance Exploit on Strategy Vaults

An attacker exploited governance controls in Term Labs' strategy vaults and drained approximately $8.5 million in user f...

Aug 23, 2026, 01:02 PM
Term Labs
Layer 1DeFi
2 Sources

Lido Consolidates $16B Staked ETH Into Larger Validators After Curated Module v2 Approval

Lido has begun moving approximately $16 billion in staked Ethereum into larger validators following approval of its Cura...

Aug 23, 2026, 04:02 AM
LidoEthereum
DeFiLayer 1
2 Sources

BitSafe Launches Canton App Layer With $1M Foundation Grant

BitSafe opened the public beta of Decentralization Manager, an open-source framework for building decentralized financia...

Aug 23, 2026, 01:07 AM
BitSafeCanton Network
SecurityDeFi
2 Sources

Sandbox Disables Base and BNB Bridging After Exploit Mints Unbacked SAND

The Sandbox halted bridging on Base and BNB Chain after an exploit minted unbacked SAND tokens, affecting less than 0.01...

Aug 22, 2026, 06:08 PM
The SandboxBase
DeFi
2 Sources

Aave's Concentrated Debt Exposes Liquidation Risk Amid Ethereum Volatility

Ethereum's 18% single-day move on August 20 did not trigger liquidations on Aave, but exposed a structural vulnerability...

Aug 22, 2026, 08:06 AM
AaveEthereum
RegulationDeFi
2 Sources

Trump Says CFTC Working to Bring Hyperliquid Onshore in Compliant Fashion

President Trump said Aug. 19 that CFTC Chair Michael Selig is working to bring the geoblocked perpetual futures venue Hy...

Aug 21, 2026, 11:02 PM
HyperliquidCFTC
StablecoinsDeFi
3 Sources

Ripple Backs RLUSD Credit Fund as XRP Posts Weekly Gain

Ripple is backing an institutional credit fund with Clearpool and Cicada Partners that will issue RLUSD-denominated work...

Aug 21, 2026, 07:02 AM
RippleRLUSD
AdoptionDeFi
2 Sources

Securitize and Neuberger Berman Launch Tokenized High-Yield Bond Fund

Securitize and Neuberger Berman launched a tokenized fixed-income fund on August 18 that invests primarily in high-yield...

Aug 21, 2026, 12:08 AM
SecuritizeNeuberger Berman
AdoptionDeFi
2 Sources

HSBC and Standard Chartered Execute First Live Tokenized Deposit Transfer on SWIFT

HSBC and Standard Chartered completed the first live transfer of tokenized deposits across SWIFT's blockchain ledger on ...

Aug 20, 2026, 11:09 PM
HSBCStandard Chartered
DeFiMarkets
2 Sources

Hyperliquid Trader Loses Millions as 50,000 ETH Short Liquidates in Seconds

A prominent Hyperliquid trader holding a 50,000 ETH short position was forcibly liquidated in seconds as ether rallied, ...

Aug 20, 2026, 04:07 PM
HyperliquidEthereum
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