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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DAOs

TronDAO to initiate a 3 billion withdrawal to guard TRX’s value

The DAO explained that the withdrawal will help "safeguard the overall blockchain industy and crypto market."

4 years ago

Crime

CipherTrace report shows a decline in illicit activity in the crypto ecosystem

CipherTrace reported that crypto crimes has reduced and the crypto ecosystem has grown exponentially in recent years.

4 years ago

DeFi

Celsius races to add more collateral to Maker as threat of liquidation looms

Celsius deposited 2,000 WBTC to their collateral throughout the night in an attempt to gain more breathing room before their $534 million Maker vault becomes vulnerable to liquidation.

4 years ago

Merge

Lido staking dominance could put Ethereum at risk

A researcher at Ethereum Foundation argued that Lido passing one-third of Ethereum staking is a centralization attack on PoS.

4 years ago

DeFi

BlockFi cutting 20% of staff to prioritize profitability goal

BlockFi announced it will let 20% of its staff go to remain profitable in the current market conditions.

4 years ago

Hacks

Optimism hacker confirms they are whitehat, returns most of stolen funds

Optimism hacker started returning the stolen tokens in a batch of 1 million per transaction.

4 years ago

Hacks

ApolloX suffers $2.8M hack after securing latest seed funding round

Hours after ApolloX confirmed that it had completed a new funding round, a hacker exploited a bug on the network to steal 53 million APX tokens, worth $2.8 million.

4 years ago

Stablecoins

FatManTerra launches non-profit LUNA validator for UST compensation

The Dark Knight of Terra has launched a LUNA 2.0 validator at 10% commission in order to manage "restitution" for UST holders

4 years ago

Regulation

CFTC may become main regulator for crypto industry

Several crypto exchanges have revealed their preference for CFTC to be the major regulator of the crypto space with FTX Bankman-Fried lobbying the US congress for the commission.

4 years ago