DeFi and Credit Risk As a potentially disruptive sector, DeFi must set aside some of its lofty ideals, for now, and focus on financial solutions with demonstrable global demand and adoption.

DeFi Protocol Synapse Responds to Selling Pressure With 17% Bounce The native token of Synapse, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol designed to transfer data to cross-chain bridges, has bounced by more than 17% from a low of $0.30 after a liquidity provider sold its SYN tokens on Monday.

DeFi Shrinks to Multiyear Low as the Crypto-Fueled Future of Finance Falters The decentralized finance (DeFi) market slumped to its lowest point since February 2021 in terms of total value locked (TVL) on Wednesday.

Shiba Inu’s Ethereum Layer-2 Blockchain Shibarium Goes Live Amid Push for DeFi Growth The much-awaited Shibarium network saw over 21 million wallets created during its testnet phase and is expected to position Shiba Inu as a serious DeFi contender.

DeFi Definitely Isn’t Dead

DeFi Died and We Didn’t Even Notice The behavior of Curve founder Michael Egorov is warning to all, and proof that DeFi isn’t really that different from traditional finance.

How DeFi Protocols are Building More Granular and Extensible Capabilities The trend towards “micro-primitives” creates protocols that are more extensible, programmable and composable. But it also creates greater vulnerability at a time when protocols are under increasingly hack-attack.

Spooked by Curve Liquidation Threat, DeFi Protocols Shore Up Defenses They’re responding to the potential systemic risk posed by Michael Egorov’s teetering financial position.

DeFi Platform Term Finance Brings Fixed Rate Lending to Ethereum Short term, fixed rate loans can now work in harmony with Aave and Compound’s “ultimate liquidity” model.

After the Curve Attack: What’s Next for DeFi? The $70 million weekend exploit of major platforms, including Curve, come at a time when developers are discussing changes to the prevailing AMM liquidity model.

DeFi Daily Volume Dwindles to 7-Month Lows as Sector Endures Downswing The decentralized finance (DeFi) sector has endured a turbulent month, as transaction volume plummeting alongside a series of hacks and exploits.

DeFi Headed Toward a ‘Major Resurgence,’ Tribe Capital’s Boris Revsin Says The managing partner of the $1.6 billion investment firm says infrastructure is the key to turning crypto into a $10 trillion industry.

DeFi Project Parrot Puts Fate of Over $70M Treasury, PRT Token, to Vote Polly wants a bailout?

Crypto Liquidity Network Paradigm Leans Into DeFi With StarkWare The new Paradex decentralized perpetuals platform is backed by the recent appchain technology from StarkWare.

DeFi Protocol Conic Finance Hacked for 1,700 Ether

Africa-Focused DeFi Platform Mara Releases Ethereum-Compatible Testnet Developers in Nigeria and across Africa can build and test their decentralized applications on the Optimism forked Mara Chain.

Stablecoin Issuer Lybra Finance Launches Arbitrum Testnet Amid Quest to Be More DeFi-Friendly Users can now interact with Lybra’s new companion stablecoin peUSD, which is said to be more compatible with decentralized finance protocols than the protocol’s main stablecoin eUSD.

New U.S. Senate Bill Wants to Regulate DeFi-Like Banks A new bill from Sen. Jack Reed would impose strict requirements on DeFi protocols under the guise of national security.

If DeFi Wants to Grow, It Has to Embrace Real-World Assets To scale, DeFi platforms need to attract institutions keen to trade tokenized bonds, equities, and debt, and physical assets such as gold, real estate and art, says Enrico Rubboli of Mintlayer.

A New Uniswap Feature Aims to Eliminate DeFi Pain Points UniswapX, announced at EthCC in Paris, offers better prices by aggregating liquidity sources, gas-free swaps, and protection against MEV.