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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…
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 bullish case at Consensus Miami hinged on $100B in lending markets and $15B AUM at Bitwise already using DeFi rails — but the unresolved security overhang from a fresh $600M in North Korean…
DeFi rebuilds financial services — lending, trading, earning — without banks, using smart contracts on public blockchains. Here's how it works and what to watch.
After $16.5B in cumulative DeFi exploits, the latest THORChain incident is forcing protocols toward the centralised-style controls they once resisted — Aave's rsETH bad debt is the canary.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Impermanent loss is the gap between what a liquidity provider's deposit is worth and what just holding the two tokens would have been worth. Here is how it actually arises, with a numeric example.
Uniswap V4 hooks let pool creators add custom logic. See dynamic fees, TWAPs and limit orders, plus the audit and MEV risks they add.
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.
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.
DeFiLlama TVL can climb on emissions alone, then collapse the day incentives end. Here is the minimum metric set that keeps you honest.
Sparkassen opening BTC and ETH to millions of deposants is the slow-burn story of the week, and the tape barely noticed.
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 tracks over $100B locked across thousands of protocols. Here are the 10 that consistently matter, what they do, and the risks most guides skip.
Most DeFi losses come from approving the wrong contract, not from a clever hack. Here is the boring 7-step routine that keeps your wallet safe.
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.
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.
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