Why DeFi Projects Could Be Ready to Outperform: Kaiko Research Regulatory clarity may provide a boost for DeFi projects.

DeFi Platform MANTRA Secures Dubai License, Expanding Global Reach The platform recently added Google as a primary validator and infrastructure to its blockchain.

Brevan Howard Digital Deploys $20M on Ethereum-Based Kinto in Institutional DeFi Push The investment enables participation in Kinto’s mining program, which rewards asset deposits on the chain with token emission.

Why DeFi Will Benefit From Trade Wars In the short-term, the crypto market will be negatively impacted by increased volatility in global trade, says ML Tech’s Leo Mindyuk. But over time, crypto will be less impacted than traditional finance.

Anvil Launches DeFi Protocol for Letters of Credit Founder Tyler Spalding sees the Ethereum-based smart contract project as a step towards creating a new form of money for payments, loans and counterparty credit in DeFi.

Ethereum Foundation Moves $165M in ETH to Participate in DeFi The ether allocation comes amidst leadership changes aimed at improving technical expertise, communication, and support for app builders.

Why 2025 Will Be a Year of M&A in DeFi Recent M&A activity suggests we’re entering an era where finance is finally a unified ecosystem combining traditional and decentralized finance, says Mona El Isa, co-founder of Enzyme Finance.

Red-Hot DeFi Platform Usual Faces Backlash as Protocol Update Triggers Sell-Off An unexpected change in the redemption mechanism of the protocol’s yield-generating token caught investors off-guard, throwing the DeFi community into disarray.

DeFi to Have ‘Walled Garden’ Moment as Internet of Money Matures: dYdX’s D’Haussy The CEO of the dYdX Foundation sees parallels between the internet of the 1990s and where Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is today.

DeFi Giant dYdX Says Its v3 Platform Is Compromised – Just as It’s Reportedly Up for Sale

Defi Protocol LI.FI Struck by $8M Exploit Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform LI.FI protocol has been hit by an exploit worth around $8 million following a series of suspicious withdrawals, on-chain data shows.

Exponential.fi Wants to Make It Easier to Invest in DeFi The platform aims to make it easy to identify opportunities, bridge fiat, assess risk, and invest in crypto all-in-one.

Insurance Is the Silent DeFi Guardian There is a long history of insurers helping to reduce industrial risks, from cars to buildings. They can play a similar role now in DeFi, where a lack of regulation stifles growth, says Q Rasi, co-founder of Lindy Labs.

IOTA Kickstarts EVM Targeting DeFi, Real World Assets The EVM will let developers build applications with smart contracts that run on the IOTA network.

Uniswap Vote Delay Shows DeFi Stakeholders Aren’t All in It Together The Uniswap Foundation keeps punting on a “fee switch” proposal that would give UNI governance token holders a cut of liquidity providers’ revenue.

Bitcoin Will Power the Next DeFi Summer

DeFi Firm Usual Labs Raises $7M Round Led by Kraken Ventures and IOSG Ventures The firm has received a commitment of $75 million in total value locked for the launch of its stablecoin USD0.

The SEC’s Suit Against Unswap Is an Opening Attack Against DeFi The DEX received a Wells Notice from the regulator, suggesting an enforcement action is imminent. While we don’t know the nature of the potential charges, the news raises the threat of legal jeopardy for decentralized finance.

DeFi Exchange Uniswap Receives Enforcement Notice from the SEC Decentralized crypto exchange Uniswap received a notice from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it intends to pursue an enforcement action, the company disclosed on Wednesday.

DeFi Trader Eisenberg ‘Wasn’t Borrowing, He Was Stealing,’ Prosecutor Says in Opening Argument The defense countered that Eisenberg “risked 13 million of his own dollars” to net $110 million from Mango Markets.