DeFi

A newly launched USDC vault on the Morpho lending protocol, co-curated with Armitage, has attracted $50 million in deposits from 230 users in roughly a week and a half.

Ethereum-based DeFi protocol Term Finance was targeted in a DAO governance attack on August 23, resulting in the drainage of approximately $8.5 million in user assets.

Term Finance vaults suffered a governance exploit resulting in estimated losses of roughly $8.5 million, drawing intense scrutiny to the protocol's control structures.

Oracle network Chainlink announced 12 new protocol integrations spanning 10 blockchains and six services on August 17. The expansion brings fresh Chainlink support to Arbitrum, Avalanche, Base, BOB, Botanix, HyperCore, H...

Lending protocol Term Labs was targeted in a governance exploit, resulting in the drainage of $8.5 million in ETH and DAI from its vaults.

Solana's dominance in tokenized-stock DeFi could enhance its market influence, potentially affecting its valuation and regulatory landscape. The post Solana dominates tokenized-stock DeFi market with $75M in deposits app...

Decentralized finance lending protocol Term Labs suffered an $8.5 million exploit on Sunday following a governance attack on its Term vaults.

Decentralized derivatives platform Hyperliquid generated $6.5 million in fees over a 24-hour period, outpacing Solana-based launchpad Pump.fun and pushing its native HYPE token to a new all-time high.

Aave has expanded accessibility to AI agents via MetaMask's Agent Wallet, while technical analysis shows bullish momentum alongside overbought market conditions.

NoOnes has shut down, telling users to withdraw funds immediately. The team warned that balances tied to the platform may be flagged after August 23. The peer-to-peer marketplace served more than 2.5 million users in thr...

Aave's Total Value Locked recently climbed to $18.05 billion as the token gained nearly 25% over a 24-hour period, though mixed signals emerged across derivatives and spot markets.

Jeff Amico of GensynAI cautions that investors in tokenized real-world asset credit vaults may face weaker legal protections and lack direct claims against borrowers in a default.

Everything Protocol has released a new whitepaper outlining a unified liquidity architecture designed to combine swaps, lending, leverage, and limit orders into a single reserve.

A recent risk assessment reveals that fewer than 9% of Aave loan positions account for about half of the protocol's total outstanding debt, largely driven by leveraged Ethereum and liquid-staking positions.

Ripple is backing a new institutional credit initiative on the XRP Ledger that utilizes RLUSD as a credit asset, developed in collaboration with Clearpool and Cicada Partners.

BTCS Inc. reduced its DeFi leverage in the second quarter, repaying $8.2 million in debt to the Aave protocol as the company shifted its balance sheet away from more aggressive borrowing. In its Q2 2026 Form 10-Q filing,...

Nasdaq-listed infrastructure firm BTCS used approximately $8.65 million worth of Ethereum to repay Aave principal and interest during the second quarter, closing out June with $317,113 in cash and stablecoins.

NAVI Protocol has introduced NAVI Prime, a modular lending framework on Sui that utilizes independently curated, isolated markets instead of shared liquidity pools.

ARK Invest’s Lorenzo Valente sees specialized RWA markets redistributing power across DeFi, which could give customer-facing applications greater control over liquidity and revenue. That evolution could reshape fee alloc...

The XRP Ledger is reviewing a new lending standard, XLS-66, which would enable pooled assets to fund fixed-term loans using XLS-65 Single Asset Vaults.