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DeFi security and compliance must be improved to attract institutions

9.4.2025
Opinion by: Sergej Kunz, co-founder of 1inchInstitutional players have been closely watching decentralized finance’s growth. Creating secure and compliant DeFi platforms is the only solution to build trust and attract more institutions.Clear waters attract big shipsOver the past four years...

Bitcoin DeFi booms as Core blockchain hits $260M in dual-staked assets

9.4.2025
Core, a proof-of-stake blockchain built on Bitcoin, has surpassed $260 million in dual-staked assets as institutional interest in Bitcoin-based decentralized finance (DeFi) continues to grow.Core’s initial contributor, Rich Rines, told Cointelegraph that as of April 7, over 44 million Core...

How DeFi 'Defied' Market Carnage as Traders Poured Millions Amid Panic

9.4.2025
The DeFi sector showed resilience this week as inflows and volumes increased

Bitcoin DeFi Aggregator Sats Terminal Secures $1.7M Backing From Coinbase Ventures, Draper

8.4.2025
Sats Terminal, a Bitcoin-native decentralized finance (DeFi) aggregation protocol, has raised $1.7 million in pre-seed funding to streamline fragmented services across the Bitcoin ecosystem. Sats Terminal Secures $1.7M The funding round, announced April 8, was co-led by Coinbase Ventures and Draper...

DeFi Borrowing Demand Plunges as Crypto Traders Deleverage Amid Market Turmoil

8.4.2025
The total value of borrowings on large DeFi platforms like Aave and Morpho has sharply dropped from the mid-December peak, as investors scrambled to reduce outstanding debt or got liquidated

DeFi Game Aavegotchi to Abandon Polygon, Migrate to Coinbase’s Base

8.4.2025
The move follows sharp drops in user activity and total value locked on Polygon as Base’s usage climbs

Mantra unveils $108M fund to back real-world asset tokenization, DeFi

7.4.2025
The Mantra blockchain network has launched a $108,888,888 ecosystem fund aimed at accelerating the growth of startups focused on real-world asset (RWA) tokenization and decentralized finance (DeFi), amid rising demand for stable, asset-backed digital products.Mantra, a layer-1 (L1) blockchain built...

Mantra unveils $108M fund to back real-world asset tokenization, DeFi

The future of DeFi isn’t on Ethereum — it’s on Bitcoin

4.4.2025
Opinion by: Matt Mudano, CEO of Arch Labs Ethereum is struggling, and decentralized finance (DeFi) is suffering as a result. Layer-2 (L2) solutions have fractured liquidity, making capital inefficient. In search of greener pastures, the community has turned to Solana — only to find...

Creators of DeFi Firm Aave Launch Social Media Developer Network Lens Chain

4.4.2025
Lens Chain mainnet goes live using an inexpensive Ethereum overlay blockchain designed for building decentralized social media applications

Bitcoin DeFi surge may boost BTC demand and adoption — Binance

4.4.2025
The value locked in Bitcoin-based decentralized finance (BTCFi) has surged by more than 2,700% over the past year, potentially transforming Bitcoin from a passive store of value into a productive, yield-bearing asset, according to new research from Binance.BTCFi is a new technological paradigm that...

Bitcoin Staking Protocol Babylon Aims to Reward Early Users With 10B BABY Token Airdrop

4.4.2025
The Babylon Foundation has unveiled an airdrop for its BABY token, rewarding early backers of its Bitcoin-native staking protocol. Babylon Foundation Reveals 10B BABY Token Airdrop The Babylon Foundation, a decentralized finance (defi) protocol focused on the Bitcoin network, has announced plans...

DeFi TVL falls 27% while AI, social apps surge in Q1: DappRadar

4.4.2025
Economic uncertainty and a major crypto exchange hack pushed down the total value locked in decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols to $156 billion in the first quarter of 2025, but AI and social apps gained ground with a rise in network users, according to a crypto analytics firm.“Broader...

Pump.fun launches lending platform to finance memecoin buys

2.4.2025
Pump.fun is launching a lending platform to enable users to buy memecoins and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) with borrowed cryptocurrency, the Solana-based memecoin launchpad said. Dubbed Pump.Fi, the onchain lending protocol provides “immediate… financing for [any] digital...

Solana's Jupiter Buys DRiP Haus, DeFi Exchange's First NFT Play

2.4.2025
The self-proclaimed Solana super app doesn't think NFTs are dead yet

Creators of DeFi Firm Aave Simplify Its Family Self Custody Wallet

2.4.2025
Avara, the parent company of Aave, is allowing users of its Family Wallet to onboard with email or SMS, rather than messing around with seed phrases

Avalanche stablecoins up 70% to $2.5B, AVAX demand lacks DeFi deployment

2.4.2025
Avalanche saw a significant surge in stablecoin supply over the past year, but the onchain deployment of this capital points to passive investor behavior, which may be limiting demand for the network’s utility token.The stablecoin supply on the Avalanche network rose by over 70% over the past...

Innovation Amid Yield Compression: DeFi Lending Markets in Q1 2025

31.3.2025
While yields across major lending platforms have compressed significantly, innovation at the market's edges demonstrates DeFi's continued maturation and growth, says Ryan Rodenbaugh, CEO of Wallfacer Labs, the team behind vaults.fyi

March 2025 in charts: Trump trade war hits Bitcoin, $22M in DeFi hacks

31.3.2025
March was a rough month for markets — US President Donald Trump’s uncertain tariff policies created volatility in Bitcoin and crypto markets; meanwhile, decentralized finance (DeFi) struggled with security concerns.Retaliatory tariffs on US goods in China and the European Union...

Metamask Launches Crypto Card in Argentina

31.3.2025
Metamask, one of the largest wallet companies in the cryptocurrency industry, recently launched a crypto debit card in Argentina. The wallet is already available digitally, with its physical version arriving in the country in the next weeks. Metamask director Daniel Lynch specified the idea behind...