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Updated April 21, 2026 · 8:00 PM UTC

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DeFi

How crypto futures markets are feeding ‘scam coin’ insider pump and dumps

RAVE’s collapse exposed how thin floats, crowded shorts and exchange-listed perpetuals can turn small coins into retail traps.

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DeFi

Six years after “DeFi Summer” is the sun already setting on the decentralized finance revolution?

DeFi hits "trust squeeze" as hacks erode credibility and TradFi's tokenization surge could push it into something darker

1 day ago

Hooded operator at a dark workstation monitoring a red digital breach across wide screens, reflecting a major DeFi exploit that triggered bank-run-style withdrawals from the market

Hacks

DeFi users pull $10 billion out of the market as $292 million exploit sparks bank-run optics

A single verifier path let a fraudulent cross chain message slip through, and the knock on effects spread fast across the DeFi ecosystem.

2 days ago

Industrial presses bearing down on stacks of gold crypto coins, with one tower holding firm and others buckling, symbolizing how a Bitcoin drawdown could reveal which on-chain fees are sustainable

DeFi

Crypto traders spend $9.7B on fees as the next Bitcoin drawdown will expose which on-chain costs are real

A new 1kx analysis suggests many protocol fees rise with Bitcoin prices, but the real test is what happens in down months, when macro fear hits and fee beta turns painful.

2 days ago

Stablecoins

Tether uses $127M Drift rescue to challenge Circle’s grip on Solana payments

Tether just challenged Circle’s USDC grip on Solana by rescuing Drift Protocol and forcing a new USDT standard.

4 days ago

Regulation

Why the SEC just gave self custody crypto apps 5 years to get traditional broker licenses

A new SEC staff statement gives certain wallet-linked crypto trading interfaces a narrow way to operate without broker registration, while leaving most DeFi protocols and tokenized markets stuck waiting on Congress.

5 days ago

Analysis

Trump family’s WLFI starts damage control but its new plan leaves holders who refuse the new terms locked indefinitely

Trump-linked World Liberty Financial scrambles to calm investors as critics warn the latest ‘fix’ could trap some WLFI holders for good.

6 days ago

Anthropic’s secretive Mythos AI can hunt crypto smart contract flaws at machine speed, and billions in DeFi could vanish fast

Security leaders warn AI driven exploits could jump from “bug” to irreversible on-chain loss before humans even spot the trail.

6 days ago

Factory conveyor overflowing with identical coins, symbolizing mass minting of fake DOT tokens on Ethereum after the Polkadot Hyperbridge incident

Hacks

Polkadot Hyperbridge April Fools’ joke comes true as over 1 Billion fake DOT tokens were minted on Ethereum

A proof replay bug let the attacker mint over $1 billion DOT tokens on Ethereum, yet shallow DOT pools capped the cashout near $240,000.

1 week ago

World Liberty Financial threatens top token holder with legal action as WLFI loses $700M amid token scandal

DeFi 1 week ago

Made in USA cryptocurrencies fall as the crypto love affair with Trump family moves close to divorce

Community 1 week ago

Trump’s World Liberty Financial borrows $75M against illiquid WLFI tokens with 16B token dump incoming

DeFi 2 weeks ago

How Trump-linked WLFI set up a lending model where lenders pay the price of failure

DeFi 2 weeks ago

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DeFi news today

How crypto futures markets are feeding ‘scam coin’ insider pump and dumps

Six years after “DeFi Summer” is the sun already setting on the decentralized finance revolution?

DeFi users pull $10 billion out of the market as $292 million exploit sparks bank-run optics

Crypto traders spend $9.7B on fees as the next Bitcoin drawdown will expose which on-chain costs are real

Tether uses $127M Drift rescue to challenge Circle’s grip on Solana payments

Why the SEC just gave self custody crypto apps 5 years to get traditional broker licenses

Trump family’s WLFI starts damage control but its new plan leaves holders who refuse the new terms locked indefinitely

Anthropic’s secretive Mythos AI can hunt crypto smart contract flaws at machine speed, and billions in DeFi could vanish fast

Polkadot Hyperbridge April Fools’ joke comes true as over 1 Billion fake DOT tokens were minted on Ethereum

World Liberty Financial threatens top token holder with legal action as WLFI loses $700M amid token scandal

Made in USA cryptocurrencies fall as the crypto love affair with Trump family moves close to divorce

Trump’s World Liberty Financial borrows $75M against illiquid WLFI tokens with 16B token dump incoming

How Trump-linked WLFI set up a lending model where lenders pay the price of failure

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