DeFi News

Updated April 24, 2026 · 4:00 PM UTC

Get the latest DeFi news on lending, DEXs, liquid staking, yield strategies, governance, and the protocols driving on-chain finance.

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Censorship

99% ETH OFAC compliance to slow block time to 3hrs but not censor

A 99% OFAC compliant ETH blockchain will boast a 99.99% certainty of transaction inclusion in under 4 hours

3 years ago

DeFi

Ren Bridge announces open source community led Ren 2.0 in response to Alameda fallout

Ren Protocol is set to launch Ren 2.0 and establish fully-decentralized and community-owned cross chain network in light of Alameda fallout.

3 years ago

DeFi

DeFi protocol Oxygen held 95% of supply on FTX

DeFi protocol Oxygen said it is shocked by the events at FTX and claimed to only have access to publicly available information about the bankrupt exchange.

3 years ago

Analysis

On-chain data showed FTX was in trouble right before it collapsed

The collapse of FTX put the market once again into a state of extreme fear, with BTC falling down to its lowest level of the year at $16,000.

3 years ago

Bear Market

Over $500M flew out of Solana in a week, DeFi TVL down 63%

While the total value locked in Solana DeFi has been falling throughout the year, it accelerated since the collapse of FTX.

3 years ago

DEX

BNB surges 20% in 2 hours after news of Binance’s planned acquisition of FTX, but plummeted later

Based on the current FTX situation, the Binance CEO also predicted that FTX's FTT would be extremely volatile in the near future.

3 years ago

Bear Market

SBF says ‘FTX is fine. Assets are fine’ with over $1B in excess cash amid rumors of liquidity crunch

The tweet threat appears to be a response to rumors and speculation of liquidity issues at FTX and Alameda Research, which may have led to Binance's decision to sell its FTT.

3 years ago