Aave and Pendle may have found a way to keep yield capital from ever leaving DeFi
LlamaRisk recommends a smaller December PT reserve as October 8 ends the old yield term while Aave borrowing costs continue.
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Cardano just added the kind of token controls Wall Street wants and DeFi may hate
Under proposed CIP-113, separating bundled assets requires holder authorization and the restricted token’s permission hook.
Cardano’s DeFi has shrunk by more than half and RealFi is betting credit can revive it
Eligible retail holders rely on market liquidity, while verified institutions can request issuer redemption and stakers absorb losses after protocol reserves.
EU faces September 30 clock to decide future of DeFi loans
Its MiCA review response points to crypto firms’ access routes while any new lending duties remain a future legislative choice.
Why truly decentralized DeFi needs no legal exemption according to SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce
SEC and CFTC actions focus on custody, access, routing, fees and intervention powers, each within a separate legal framework.
Malicious Uniswap v4 hooks are baiting DeFi traders with fake swap quotes
Malicious Uniswap v4 hooks can win aggregator routing with attractive quotes, then change behavior when a user's transaction settles.
DeFi governance gap allows one wallet to request 98% of Ampleforth treasury’s USDC balance
The proposing wallet submitted after receiving 87,238 FORTH of delegated power; the action ended with zero votes and no transfer.
A DeFi giant that once held $3 billion is now proposing to wind itself down
A Sept. 25–29 vote would decide the wind-down, while BAL holders’ treasury claim would wait until May 2027.
Why 90% of your DeFi trades are quietly being routed back to Wall Street market makers
Open Jupiter, tell it you want to swap SOL for USDC, check the price, and press the button. From the user's point of view, there is not much more to it. So it's only natural to assume that Jupiter is where the trade happens. In reality, Jupiter is closer to a search engine for liquidity. …
DeFi lender proposes bad-debt fix, but user USDC funds remain locked
Anthias projects lower monthly debt accrual under unchanged market conditions, while reserve transfers and supplier cash access remain unverified.
How the “buy, borrow, die” tax trade is quietly loading DeFi pools with hidden credit risk
Imagine someone who bought ETH for $1,000, watched it climb to $4,000, and now wants to cash out $1,000. Selling one-quarter of the ETH would provide the cash, but it would also realize a $750 gain under US tax treatment of digital assets held for investment. However, DeFi offers another way. The owner can deposit …
North Korea’s $30M crypto cashout just handed legacy finance its best weapon to kill DeFi’s US debut
CME and ICE told Washington in May that Hyperliquid's pseudonymous, always-on markets could let sanctioned state actors circumvent enforcement. On Aug. 31, an Arkham analysis reviewed by CoinDesk found that wallets linked to North Korea's Lazarus Group had sold more than $30 million of Bitcoin through Hyperliquid over the prior three weeks. The proceeds were …
TRON H1 2026 Strategy Report: Dual-Engine Growth via DeFi and AI Delivers Record Traction
Abstract: In H1 2026, TRON bucked broader market headwinds through a twin-track strategy: solidifying its core DeFi engine while aggressively expanding into AI. As recurring deflationary mechanics anchored value across DeFi protocols, a rapid wave of AI product launches unlocked new vectors for ecosystem growth. Throughout the first half of 2026, global crypto markets faced …
Cross-chain oracle compromise triggers liquidations and frozen vaults across multiple DeFi networks
Full Sail confirmed vault losses, Virtue reported 47 liquidations and Volo paused withdrawals while Sui and IOTA remained online.
DeFi protocols just lost $83 million to an attack financial regulators already warned about
Malicious actors exposed two decentralized finance (DeFi) lenders to over $84 million in losses over four days, using variations of a price-manipulation strategy previously targeted by US regulators. The larger incident hit Tectonic on the Cronos blockchain, where security firm GoPlus estimated roughly $75 million was affected. Three days earlier, Moonwell’s MAMO lending market on …
Pyth Network’s API overhaul threatens to freeze unpatched smart contracts across 300 DeFi protocols
Direct callers now need API keys, while Sui builders had to align their SDK, endpoint and on-chain package.
FalconX asks SEC to bring single-stock perpetuals from DeFi under swap rules
Comparable single-security or narrow-index contracts outside the joint listing regime would move under SEC oversight.
This Solana treasury company may sell SOL as a DeFi loan ties up more than half its treasury
Even after its estimated C$22 million unencumbered crypto, roughly C$12.2 million of the illustrative gap remains.
Trump-linked World Liberty Financial wins OCC bank approval as $112 million DeFi position sits near liquidation
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) gave World Liberty Financial, a DeFi venture associated with President Donald Trump, preliminary conditional approval to charter a national trust bank built around its roughly $4 billion USD1 stablecoin. World Liberty Trust Company would eventually handle USD1 issuance and reserve custody directly, moving both under federal …
Strategy sold $100M to defend STRC’s $100 stock price as DeFi packages the risk into a 7% ‘safer’ trade
Solstice announced a tranched product built on Strategy's Bitcoin-related STRC preferred stock, and said its senior tranche would not begin absorbing losses until STRC trades below $47.66. STRC currently trades near $95.315, putting that threshold roughly half of today's market price and about 52% below the security's $100 par value. Solstice COO David Plisek described …