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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.
A single exploit drained $292 million from DeFi protocols, reigniting a debate that the industry has deferred too long…
Solana DeFi runs on a fast, low-cost chain with notable reliability trade-offs. Here is how the major protocols fit together and where the real risks hide.
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.
DeFi rebuilds financial services — lending, trading, earning — without banks, using smart contracts on public blockchains. Here's how it works and what to watch.
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.
Ethereum DeFi has the deepest liquidity and the most battle-tested contracts. Solana DeFi is faster and cheaper, but its TVL still leans on ETH bridges.
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.
DeFiLlama is the most cited DeFi dashboard, but raw TVL numbers hide wash deposits, recursive loops and dying protocols. Here's how to read the data the way analysts do.
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.
DefiLlama is the cleanest free source of DeFi liquidity data, but TVL alone can be inflated by looping and wash deposits. Here's how to read it without fooling yourself.
DeFiLlama's TVL is the most quoted number in DeFi and the most misunderstood. Here is what every line on a protocol page actually includes and excludes.
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.
Compound is the lending protocol that helped invent DeFi yield. Deposit assets, earn interest set by an algorithm, or borrow against them. Here is how it works.
Real yield, real outages, real hacks. A side-by-side look at where DeFi capital actually earns in 2025, and where it bleeds.
Arbitrum runs the deepest L2 DeFi liquidity in crypto, but its L3 Orbit thesis is still mostly speculative. Here is what actually works, and what does not.
Three chains now host the bulk of retail DeFi activity. They look similar on the surface, but their security models, DEX designs, and fee economics create very different risks for users.
Bitcoin headlines scream bear market while institutional ETH quietly stacks reserves, and the gap between the narrative and the flows has never been wider.
In 2016, an attacker drained $50M from The DAO and split Ethereum in two. Here is what happened, who chose what, and why it still matters.
Bitcoin bleeds ETFs while Hyperliquid, Monad-Aave, and Lean Ethereum vacuum up attention. The crowd is bored of recycled narratives and hunting new rails.
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Sofia Almeida