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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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Base restored network stability after a misconfigured transaction propagation change caused January congestion, drops, and delays; a month-long pipeline fix is planned. Base, the Ethereum Layer-2 network backed by Coinbase, restored network stability following transaction delays and elevated transaction drops…
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Ark Invest bought Coinbase, Block, Bullish, Circle and Bitmine as Bitcoin and Ether traded below key moving averages, with sentiment weak but long‑term theses intact. Ark Invest has purchased shares of multiple cryptocurrency-focused companies as digital asset markets continue to…
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Crash playbook: avoid panic selling, rebalance into BTC, ETH and quality names, buy dips with a plan, harden security, and treat this drawdown as paid education. When crypto markets crash, most portfolios don’t just dip — they implode. Prices gap…
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LiquidChain launches a Layer 3 cross-chain platform linking Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, advertising 1,965% staking rewards and positioning itself as a bridge alternative. Payward Inc., the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, reported $2.2 billion in adjusted revenue for 2025,…
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US prosecutors say the Taiwanese founder of Incognito, a dark web drug market using crypto, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison by a New York court. A Taiwanese national received a 30-year prison sentence Tuesday for operating an…
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Binance led January’s proof-of-reserve rankings with $155.6b in assets, far ahead of OKX, Bybit, and smaller rivals, highlighting a tiered exchange reserve structure. Binance ranked first among major cryptocurrency exchanges in January 2026 reserve holdings with $155.6 billion in assets,…
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MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor frames Bitcoin’s sharp drawdowns as “Satoshi’s gift,” arguing volatility rewards long-term holders, not short-term traders. MicroStrategy co-founder Michael Saylor addressed Bitcoin’s (BTC) recent volatility with remarks positioning price instability as an inherent characteristic of the digital asset…
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Franklin Templeton maps a wallet-native future where tokenized stocks, bonds, and funds sit in digital wallets, cutting costs and speeding collateral and settlement. Franklin Templeton executives outlined a vision for digital wallet-based finance at the Ondo Summit in New York…
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Aave will shut down its Family wallet, retire the Avara brand, and consolidate under Aave Labs after governance strife, SEC closure, and MiCA authorization. Aave (AAVE) founder Stani Kulechov announced the decentralized finance protocol will wind down its Family iOS…
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Changpeng Zhao warns of an AI-powered impersonation scam on X using fake photos from a BNB Chain Korea event, urging users to verify accounts and watch for deepfake tells. Binance founder Changpeng Zhao has alerted users to a scam operation…
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Crypto winter since Jan 2025, masked by ETF demand, now nearing late-stage exhaustion. Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan has characterized the current cryptocurrency market conditions as a full-scale bear market that began in January 2025, according to a recent…
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Boomer investors quietly added about $500m to spot Bitcoin ETFs even as a $1.7b outflow streak, negative 2025 flows, and macro jitters keep Bitcoin pinned near $78k. Baby boomers quietly tried to catch the knife in Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs this…
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Vitalik Buterin urges a hard reset of Ethereum governance, pushing a two-layer model that fuses prediction markets with anonymous, non-token voting. Vitalik Buterin thinks Ethereum (ETH) governance needs a hard reset, and he is done pretending it is complicated. In…
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Hyperliquid price prediction HIP-4 expands outcome trading as HYPE trades far below its high, with rich valuations, heavy turnover, and skewed upside-downside risk. Hyperliquid (HYPE) is trying to turn “the perpification of everything” into a full‑stack derivatives and prediction‑market machine,…
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Cboe is in talks to relaunch binary options contracts for retail investors, positioning regulated alternatives to compete with crypto prediction markets like Polymarket. Cboe circles binary options reboot Cboe Global Markets is edging back into the binary‑wager business, in what…
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Elon Musk’s xAI is hiring a crypto finance expert to train frontier AI trading models across DeFi, derivatives and MEV — but offers just $45–$100 per hour. xAI is quietly assembling a new kind of crypto desk — one where…
