DeFi News

Updated April 26, 2026 · 8:35 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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DeFi

Avalanche’s first memecoin SDOG ends in a $30M possible rugpull

The first dog coin experiment to launch on Avalanche ended spectacularly.

4 years ago

DeFi

Moonbeam wins Polkadot’s second parachain auction with $1.4 billion pledged

The EVM-compatible smart contract platform set a new precedent for crowdloans.

4 years ago

DeFi

Will Bitcoin’s Taproot upgrade cause a “DeFi rain”?

The Taproot upgrade aims to improve the privacy of transactions and the efficiency of the Bitcoin network.

4 years ago

Parachains

Kusama parachain KILT hits the market aiming to fulfil the need for a decentralized identity solution

The Kusama-based protocol wants to position itself at the forefront of Web 3.0.

4 years ago

DeFi

Billions exited DeFi protocols last week, but newcomers like Cronos Chain show growth

Although total value locked (TVL) across all platforms dropped over 4% last week, Avalanche (AVAX) and Cronos Chain (CRO) defied the DeFi market’s downturn.

4 years ago

Analysis

There’s over $4.2 billion locked in Ethereum layer-2 protocols

The total value locked in Ethereum's scaling solutions reached its all-time high.

4 years ago

DeFi

$1.8 billion moved to Ronin DEX from Ethereum in 2 weeks

Ronin Bridge has been the most used Ethereum bridge in the last 30 days, recording over $7.5 billion in volume.

4 years ago

DeFi

Inside Square’s whitepaper for its Bitcoin decentralized exchange

Square, through its recently released tbDEX white paper, has introduced a number of controversial features into the decentralized exchange concept.

4 years ago

Technology

“3,3” fame OlympusDAO integrates Chainlink for its no-loss raffles

Chainlink VRF works by combining block data that is still unknown when the request is made with the oracle node's pre-committed private key to generate both a random number and a cryptographic proof.

4 years ago