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The verdict challenges whether DeFi still delivers durable financial utility, liquidity and user demand, putting the sector’s builder-led growth narrative under pressure.
The quote lands as one of the loudest marquee-name declarations yet that the umbrella narrative has outlived its usefulness, even as StarkWare's Ben-Sasson frames a parallel identity crisis: OGs…
The $148B in DeFi still locked isn't shrinking because AI broke smart contracts — it's shrinking because the attacks are now cheaper, faster, and increasingly aimed at the operational layer around…
OpenZeppelin's CEO says coding agents have flipped the asymmetry on smart contract security — and $1.1B in 12-month hack losses plus a $20B+ TVL drop make the warning impossible to wave off.
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.
DeFi rebuilds financial services — lending, trading, earning — without banks, using smart contracts on public blockchains. Here's how it works and what to watch.
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.
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.
A memecoin's 96% collapse meets a German banking rail and an ETF exodus. On-chain, the signal is the gap between utility and pure speculation.
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.
Proto-danksharding, known as EIP-4844, introduced blob-carrying transactions to Ethereum. It cut rollup fees, but it is a stepping stone, not the final scaling fix.
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