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DeFiLlama tracks over $100B locked across thousands of protocols. Here are the 10 that consistently matter, what they do, and the risks most guides skip.
OKX's X Layer network has introduced Exchange OS, a protocol upgrade that opens the exchange's core trading…
The arrangement lets Optimism run Ink's production stack while the Ink Foundation redirects engineering capacity to ecosystem growth and new financial products.
Aave is one of DeFi's biggest lending protocols — a place where you can earn yield on assets or borrow against them with no bank involved. Here is how it works.
Virtuals Protocol is a Base-based launchpad where anyone can spin up an AI agent token. Most launchpad tokens go to zero — and the structure explains why.
Aptos shipped its mainnet, but daily activity is still a fraction of Solana's. Here is what actually lives on the chain, who uses it, and where the risks sit.
OpenAI is preparing to file for an initial public offering within the coming days or weeks, according to a Wall Street…
The venture, fronted by Andrew Cuomo, will operate as a US-registered broker-dealer and FCM, extending ICE's digital-asset push from Bakkt and a $2B Polymarket stake into the spot equities stack…
The institutional qualified custodian route into wrapped staked ETH is now open, with Anchorage wiring Lido's wstETH directly into a custody-native workflow for the first time at this scale.
Optimism is an Ethereum Layer 2 and the OP Stack, a framework for building interconnected rollups called the Superchain. Here is how it works and what OP does.
ETHFI gives the protocol's governance token a fee claim, but most yield comes from active AVS selection, and slashing cuts through LRT holders first.
A DAO is an internet-native organization with no boss — run by code and member votes. Here's how DAOs work, what they're used for, and where they struggle.
Decentralized options bring traditional option contracts on-chain. Here is how protocols like Opyn and Lyra work, what they offer and the real risks.
Intents let crypto users declare an outcome instead of signing a transaction. ERC-7683 standardizes that promise across chains like Ethereum, Uniswap, and Across.
ERC-4337 is an Ethereum standard that turns every wallet into a programmable smart contract, killing seed phrases and letting someone else pay your gas. Here's how it actually works.
Aave still leads by deposits, but Morpho Blue, Spark, and newer curated markets now compete on yield. Here is how the top DeFi lending protocols rank on track record, risk, and realistic returns.
NEAR pairs sharded execution with chain signatures and an intents-based DEX. Here is what actually works, what is still vapor, and why DeFi activity stays thin.
Total value locked tells you how much money sits in a protocol. Revenue tells you how much it actually earns. Here is how the top 10 stack up in 2026.
x402 revives a dormant HTTP status code so AI agents can pay APIs in stablecoins like USDC per request. Here is how the protocol works and what's still unresolved.
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