DeFi News and Decentralized Finance & Blockchain Ecosystem Updates
Standard Chartered sees AAVE at $3,500 on DeFi recovery
Standard Chartered has initiated coverage of AAVE, projecting the token could reach $3,500 by the end of 2030. According to the bank, the recovery of decentralized finance (DeFi) and the ...
SecondFi exploit on Cardano may have cost users more than $20 million
The team behind SecondFi has disclosed a security breach caused by a vulnerability in its proprietary Cardano wallet generation software. While the project estimates that approximately $2.5 ...
April hack wave wiped $13 billion from DeFi liquidity
Analysts at Binance Research said a series of hacking incidents in April triggered approximately $13 billion in outflows from the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector. As a result, total value ...
Standard Chartered expects DeFi market to hit $2.7 trillion by 2030
Analysts at Standard Chartered expect the value of assets in the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector to increase 37-fold and reach $2.7 trillion by the end of the decade. The bank sees the ...
Trust Wallet adds bStocks for tokenized U.S. securities
Trust Wallet has added support for bStocks, giving eligible users a way to access tokenized U.S. securities directly from a self-custody crypto wallet. The new integration runs on BNB Chain ...
Botanix shuts down after admitting Bitcoin DeFi model failed
The team behind Botanix has announced the closure of the project and urged users to withdraw all assets. Developers said the technology functioned as intended, but the market ultimately failed ...
Sahara AI token plunges 55% amid rumors of 600 million token sale
Sahara AI's token lost about 55% of its value over the past 24 hours following a sharp increase in selling pressure. The team denied allegations of insider selling and said the movement of 600 ...
Humanity Protocol token plunges 85% after $30M hack
Hackers attacked Humanity Protocol after compromising the private keys of a member of the Humanity Foundation. Following the incident, the project's native token H plunged 85%, while analysts ...
U.S. Senate Banking Committee advances crypto market structure bill ahead of key hearing
A Senate push to bring the U.S. crypto industry deeper into the regulated financial system enters a new phase as lawmakers release the latest text of the Clarity Act before a committee hearing ...
U.S. crypto market structure bill faces narrowing path before election timeline
With April nearing its end, the legislative window for U.S. crypto market structure reform is tightening as lawmakers approach a key May deadline. The bill known as Clarity has shown little public ...
U.S. SEC nears tokenized securities trading exemption
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is moving closer to a limited exemption that could open a compliant route for onchain trading of tokenized securities. The planned measure is intended ...
Lazarus Group linked to biggest DeFi exploit of 2026
LayerZero has attributed the largest DeFi exploit of 2026 to North Korea’s state-backed Lazarus Group, also known as TraderTraitor. The attack on April 18 resulted in the theft of 116,500 ...
Wall Street demand drives push for DeFi education programs
More than two dozen crypto companies and industry lobby groups have signed an open letter calling on U.S. colleges to include DeFi in their curricula. Signatories, including 1Inch, the ...
Capital rotates, not retreats: Tokenized assets defy market slump
Tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) are expanding even as broader crypto markets struggle, signaling a structural shift in how capital is deployed on-chain. Recent data show steady growth in ...
Crypto market trends: What awaits digital asset sector in 2026
Over the past few years, the digital asset market has clearly matured: major institutions are entering the industry, regulators are setting the rules of the game, and investors are learning to ...
Crypto lending reaches new peak driven by strong DeFi growth
Lending activity in decentralized finance has reached a new quarterly high. According to the latest report from Galaxy Digital, the total volume of active loans issued through DeFi ...
