A DeFi transaction can borrow $20 million, route the same capital through five protocols and repay it before the block ends. A wallet-balance dashboard could show almost no lasting change;…
The SEC’s tokenized-stock framework allows permissioned AMM liquidity pools. That creates a new retail question: what happens to spreads, price discovery, slippage and market makers when a stock can trade…
For years, Bitcoin DeFi has been sold as the next major expansion of the Bitcoin economy. The idea was simple: Bitcoin would remain the world’s hardest monetary asset, but holders…
Freezing Stolen Funds in DeFi: The Moment Decentralization Hits Its Limit The recent decision by Arbitrum to freeze attacker-linked funds following a major exploit has reignited one of the most…
KelpDAO Exploit Triggers $13 Billion DeFi TVL Drop as Aave Sees $8.45 Billion in Outflows KelpDAO suffered a $292 million exploit over the weekend, triggering a sharp decline in decentralized…
Vitalik Buterin just did what he rarely does this bluntly: he drew a hard boundary around what he considers “real” DeFi. And it’s awkward, because his line cuts straight through…
Decentralized finance didn’t start as a gimmick. It wasn’t chasing novelty points or trying to out-engineer Wall Street for fun. It came out of irritation. Real irritation. Frustration with opaque…