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Decentralized finance (DeFi) has been gaining traction in recent years as a new way to access financial services without traditional intermediaries. DeFi crypto refers to using blockchain technology to create decentralized financial applications.
For those interested in investing in DeFi, it’s important to understand the risks and rewards associated with this new form of finance. DeFi investments can be highly volatile, and investors should carefully consider their risk tolerance before investing.
There are several ways to invest in DeFi, including buying and holding cryptocurrencies used in DeFi applications, investing in DeFi protocols or platforms, or participating in liquidity pools to earn rewards.
If you’re new to DeFi and wondering how to invest in DeFi, we have several resources available to help you get started. These include online guides and tutorials, as well as the latest news and opinion pieces, to help our audience stay ahead of the curve.
As DeFi continues to evolve and mature, staying informed on the latest developments and best practices is important. By staying informed and being proactive, investors can navigate the exciting and rapidly-changing world of DeFi and potentially achieve significant financial rewards.
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Mantle has expanded its real-world asset yield business into DeFi with a non-custodial stablecoin vault after its Bybit-based product crossed $200 million in assets under management. According to Mantle’s Aug. 25 X thread, the new product is available through Fluxion…
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An attacker bought a controlling stake in a DAO governance token for less than $1,000, passed malicious proposals, and drained $8.5 million from strategy vaults. The exploit exposes a vulnerability that most DeFi protocols have not patched. The math is…
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RWA deposits reached $7.4 billion as tokenized asset trading and collateral use expanded despite a broader decline across DeFi markets.
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The biggest single day ETH move in two years did not trigger the liquidation cascade. But the concentrated staking correlation trade on Aave is one bad day from unwinding. The number that matters from Aug. 20 is not 18%. It…
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The Commission published 400 pages of token offering rules while Congress left town. If both frameworks survive, they will contradict each other on the questions that matter most. The timing was not subtle. On Aug. 7, 2026, the United States…
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The Kelp DAO bridge exploit did not just steal $292 million. It triggered the largest infrastructure migration in DeFi history, and the math shows LayerZero may never recover the lost ground. On April 18, 2026, an attacker forged a cross-chain…
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Arthur Hayes has proposed allocating roughly 20% of Flop Network’s FLOP token supply to testnet participants over 10 years as part of a self-funded decentralized computing network for artificial intelligence agents. Arthur Hayes said in an Aug. 19 Substack article…
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Interstice Digital has launched a non-custodial cross-chain swap engine with FalconX that connects the Canton Network with Ethereum, Solana, and Robinhood Chain while using FalconX to supply liquidity. Interstice Digital said in an Aug. 18 announcement that the engine lets…
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Galaxy Digital slashed its passage odds to 10%. Polymarket fell from 82% to under 20%. The bill that was supposed to give the $2.28 trillion industry a permanent regulatory framework is running out of calendar, votes and political goodwill. Here is what went wrong and what replaces it if it fails.
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Compound named a new leadership team and approved a milestone based $52 million program to build institutional lending and RWA products.
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Neynar is seeking a new operator for Farcaster and Clanker less than seven months after acquiring the decentralized social protocol.
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Neutrl has suspended minting, redemptions, and other protocol functions while it assesses an unspecified reserve issue affecting roughly $53.7 million of NUSD in circulation. Neutrl pauses redemptions during reserve assessment Neutrl said in an Aug. 13 X post that it…
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Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan says revenue-linked token buybacks could lift crypto valuations, as DeFi protocols expand fee-funded burns.
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You can prove you are over 18 without revealing your birthday. You can prove you have enough money for a transaction without revealing your balance. You can prove a computation was performed correctly without revealing the inputs. Zero-knowledge proofs make…
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Ethereum can process roughly 15 transactions per second. That is less than a single Starbucks checkout line. Rollups are the technology that lets Ethereum handle thousands of transactions per second without sacrificing the security that makes it valuable in the…
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Most people who trade on decentralized exchanges do not realize they are acting as their own market makers. Intent-based DEXs flip this model. Instead of interacting with a liquidity pool directly, you sign a message describing what you want, and…
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