DeFi News

Updated April 23, 2026 · 7:10 PM UTC

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Analysis

Liquid staking outperforms bearish market as Lido growth fuels $20B TVL

The total number of Ethereum staked on Lido is at an all-time high of more than 8 million.

3 years ago

DAOs

Solana co-founder backs Ethereum amid MakerDAO fork consideration

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin sold all his MakerDAO's MKR tokens in reponse to the news.

3 years ago

DeFi

Kinetix eyes GMX’s path, aims to revolutionize Kava Chain with perpetual swaps

How Kinetix is bringing the power of perpetual swaps and shared liquidity to the Kava and Cosmos ecosystems.

3 years ago

DeFi

Uniswap Labs, VC backers cleared of liability in scam token case as judge dismisses complaint

A U.S. District judge has dismissed a class action suit against Uniswap Labs and backers for abetting token scams, concluding that current law did not provide an avenue for enforcing financial liability.

3 years ago

DeFi

Balancer suffers breach despite prior warnings; TVL falls $164M

Balancer's TVL has declined by nearly 20% to $676.47 million from $840 million, according to DeFillama data.

3 years ago

DeFi

Bubble bursts for Friend.tech as key metrics tumble by over 90%

Friend.tech's recent struggles have reawakened the ghosts of failed decentralized social application, BitClout.

3 years ago

Adoption

New $5M exit scam fears as DeFi grows on Base with 1inch Network launch

1inch eyes deeper liquidity and higher speeds with its strategic expansion to Coinbase's Base.

3 years ago

DeFi

PancakeSwap v3 launches on Ethereum layer 2 Linea

The arrival will offer higher returns for liquidity providers and lower fees for traders.

3 years ago

DeFi

Bots net $2M in profits on decentralized platform Friend.tech amid rising user activity

Friend.tech is contributing more than 20% of the average active addresses on layer2 network, Base.

3 years ago

Balancer announces $27M may be at risk due to vulnerability in DeFi pools

DeFi 3 years ago

A silent security scandal or dying profession? DeFi Bug Bounty Wall of Shame has millions in unpaid bounties

DeFi 3 years ago

Multiple Base crypto projects lose more than $1M to malicious players in 24hrs

DeFi 3 years ago

AllianceBlock backed Nexera DEX eyes institutional adoption with decentralized KYC, AML

Exchanges 3 years ago

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DeFi News

Liquid staking outperforms bearish market as Lido growth fuels $20B TVL

Solana co-founder backs Ethereum amid MakerDAO fork consideration

Kinetix eyes GMX’s path, aims to revolutionize Kava Chain with perpetual swaps

Uniswap Labs, VC backers cleared of liability in scam token case as judge dismisses complaint

Balancer suffers breach despite prior warnings; TVL falls $164M

Bubble bursts for Friend.tech as key metrics tumble by over 90%

New $5M exit scam fears as DeFi grows on Base with 1inch Network launch

PancakeSwap v3 launches on Ethereum layer 2 Linea

Bots net $2M in profits on decentralized platform Friend.tech amid rising user activity

Balancer announces $27M may be at risk due to vulnerability in DeFi pools

A silent security scandal or dying profession? DeFi Bug Bounty Wall of Shame has millions in unpaid bounties

Multiple Base crypto projects lose more than $1M to malicious players in 24hrs

AllianceBlock backed Nexera DEX eyes institutional adoption with decentralized KYC, AML

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