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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.
The new Open Protocol Security Coalition lands while a market-structure bill is still in conference, giving DeFi a single lobbying voice on operational security, bug disclosures, and threat-intel…
The biggest consensus-layer change since Shelley in 2020 is running on a public testnet now, with mainnet throughput projected at 5-20x while preserving Praos security.
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.
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.
It's the first deployment under Optimism's new OP Enterprise Self-Managed model — Dunamu keeps the sequencer keys while the Optimism Foundation stays on as engineering and backup infrastructure.
Brazilian savers in Recife now earn Aave yield on USDC, and Mexican and Argentine holders borrow against BTC and ETH without selling — DeFi stops being a niche experiment when the on-ramp stops being…
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.
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.
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.
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.
A practical compliance map for US-to-Mexico USDC corridors, covering state licensing, MiCA CASP registration, the FATF Travel Rule, and the real audit hot spots.
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.
On-chain options protocols let anyone buy or sell crypto options without a broker, but volumes are still tiny compared to Deribit because liquidity provision is brutally hard.
The FATF Travel Rule forces VASPs to share sender and receiver data on transfers above USD/EUR 1,000. It is unevenly enforced and is reshaping how exchanges and DeFi connect.
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.
Arbitrum, Optimism, and LayerZero used wallet graphs, shared funding, and timing patterns to cut farmed airdrop claims, often with limited appeals.
PayFi is the label for stablecoin-based payment and credit rails, from on-chain lending to B2B settlement, that rebuilds traditional finance plumbing on faster rails.
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.
Chain abstraction promises to hide the multi-chain mess behind a single click, but today's versions depend on new trust assumptions around solvers and relayers that you should understand first.
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