All by tag: DeFi

A financial system is already up and running on public blockchains, with loans, analogues of U.S. Treasuries, and automated capital markets. More than $551 billion has flowed through DeFi protocols — but most of that activity has nothing to do with the real economy and everything to do with the speculative build-up of risk.

The attacker gained administrative access and altered contracts to drain user funds

Attack on the restaking protocol triggered a domino effect across DeFi and triggered massive liquidity outflows

Two major attacks that occurred in January 2026 share common characteristics. There is strong reason to believe they were carried out by the same threat actor.

The integration simplifies entry into DeFi and speeds up the process of funding wallets.

The new rules affect both centralized platforms and DeFi services.

DeFi protocol Elixir has discontinued the issuance of the synthetic dollar deUSD after the collapse of its main borrower, Stream Finance, which owed the project tens of millions

Users faced a drop in the XUSD stablecoin and problems with withdrawals.

The company has raised $11,1 million to develop an investment platform combining AI and digital assets

Experts cited centralized management as one of the reasons for the hack

Hacker exploited a vulnerability in the Yala protocol to issue unsecured stablecoins

The platform has presented a compensation plan: users will receive NEOM, and part of the investment will go to a redemption pool to support liquidity