DeFi news articles

Institutional Crypto Firm Anchorage Digital Accumulates Eight Figures Worth of Ethereum DeFi Coin: Lookonchain
Crypto bank Anchorage Digital is drawing attention for suddenly accumulating massive amounts of one decentralized finance (DeFi) altcoin. Bl...

BOB Mainnet: Bridging Bitcoin and Ethereum for Mass Adoption
The Build on Bitcoin (BOB) project has officially launched its mainnet, marking a significant milestone in integrating Bitcoin into the Ethe...

Mass Exodus: DeFi Traders Flee EigenLayer After Disappointing Airdrop Allocation
An airdrop can make or break a new cryptocurrency. The “free” distribution of tokens can be a fantastic way for an exciting project to g...

Solana-to-Bitcoin Bridge Expected to Launch in Q3 2024, Here is What it Means
Since Bitcoin’s inception, the blockchain landscape has expanded, spawning numerous networks with unique capabilities. However, accord...

DeFi Platform Hacked for at Least $1,900,000 and Possibly More on Ethereum and Arbitrum Blockchains
A decentralized finance (DeFI) protocol has been hacked to the tune of millions of dollars over the Ethereum (ETH) and Arbitrum (ARB) blockc...

Crypto Sleuth Alerts to Scammer Network Behind DeFi Protocols Including Magnate, Kokomo, Solfire, and Lendora
As interest in crypto picks up, so too does the number of scammers looking to take advantage of investors’ FOMO. An example of this ...

This Week on Crypto Twitter: SEC Targets Uniswap, Bitcoin Runes Stir Hype
We do the research, you get the alpha! Go to Alpha Reports Illustration by Mitchell Preffer for Decrypt Twitter buzz this week exhibited a c...

DeFi Protocol UniSwap Receives Enforcement Note Over Securities Law Concerns, Vows to Fight Back
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s regulation-by-enforcement stance isn’t softening anytime soon, with decentralised exchange UniS...

US Has No Authority to Prosecute DeFi Trades, Says Lawyer for Mango Markets Hacker
In a fiery exchange of opening statements today before a Manhattan jury, federal prosecutors squared off against lawyers for Avraham Eisenbe...

Ilia Polosukhin Says NEAR Protocol Will Bring DeFi to Bitcoin and Other Chains Without Smart Contract Functionality
Ilia Polosukhin, co-founder of Near Protocol, has outlined an innovative approach for building cross-chain applications, particularly focusi...

Hackers Loot Ethereum-Based DeFi Protocol Prisma Finance for $11,600,000 Worth of Crypto: PeckShield
Bad actors have exploited decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Prisma Finance and stole 3,257.69 Ethereum (ETH) worth $11.6 million, accord...

DeFi Farming Game ‘Crypto Valleys’ Is Giving Players Juicy YIELD on Ethereum L2 Blast
Gaming activity is bubbling up on buzzy new Ethereum scaler Blast, and while one game has already fallen victim to an exploit on the nascent...