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Speculation is DeFi’s double-edged sword
11.4.2025
Opinion by: Billy Campana, contract developer, Api3 Speculation is a cornerstone of price discovery for traditional finance institutions like hedge funds and major banks and plays an essential role in their day-to-day operations. It is the mechanism by which they can establish reliable...
Speculation is DeFi’s double-edged sword
11.4.2025
Opinion by: Billy Campana, contract developer, Api3 Speculation is a cornerstone of price discovery for traditional finance institutions like hedge funds and major banks and plays an essential role in their day-to-day operations. It is the mechanism by which they can establish reliable...
Crypto Valley Exchange Bets 'Smart Clearing' Is DeFi Derivatives' Missing Link
11.4.2025
The Arbitrum-based derivatives platform has a new protocol to make its financial pipes more efficient
Vitalik Buterin unveils roadmap for Ethereum privacy
11.4.2025
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin outlined an extensive plan to enhance the privacy of the network he helped create.In an April 11 roadmap, Buterin argued for incorporating privacy tools into Ether (ETH) wallets and implementing privacy-enhancing norms and features in the Ethereum ecosystem...
Killing the IRS DeFi Rule Is an Industry Win — But It’s a Temporary One
11.4.2025
The end of one rule is the beginning of crypto’s unresolved tax issues, says Robin Singh, CEO of crypto tax platform Koinly
Memecoins, markets and Trump: Cointelegraph’s Q1 crypto editorial roundtable
11.4.2025
The year 2025 kicked off with a bang and a meme. Just weeks into the New Year, a frenzy of politically fueled memecoins sent Crypto Twitter into overdrive, while lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic turned up the heat on stablecoins, securities laws and tokenized assets, usually with different...
Massive Win for Crypto: Trump Crushes IRS Rule Threatening DeFi Survival
11.4.2025
Trump just obliterated the IRS’s controversial DeFi reporting mandate, turbocharging crypto innovation and slamming the brakes on overreaching tax surveillance in decentralized finance. Trump Nukes IRS DeFi Rule With Pen Stroke—Crypto’s Future Just Got Rewritten President Donald Trump...
Trump signs resolution killing IRS DeFi broker rule
11.4.2025
US President Donald Trump on April 10 signed a joint Congressional resolution overturning a Biden-era rule that requires decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols to report to the country’s tax authority, the Internal Revenue Service.The rule would have required DeFi platforms, such...
Trump signs resolution killing IRS DeFi broker rule
11.4.2025
US President Donald Trump on April 10 signed a joint Congressional resolution overturning a Biden-era rule that requires decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols to report to the country’s tax authority, the Internal Revenue Service.The rule would have required DeFi platforms, such...
President Trump Signs Resolution Erasing IRS Crypto Rule Targeting DeFi
11.4.2025
The successful reversal of the Internal Revenue Service rule marks the first time the industry got a significant pro-crypto effort through Congress
Wrapped BTC Holders Can Now Secure 6% APY on Base via Umoja
10.4.2025
Umoja achieves the yield through covered calls and arbitrage
Crypto Daybook Americas: Memecoins, AI, DeFi Lead the Rebound as Tariff Concerns Ease
10.4.2025
Your day-ahead look for April 10, 2025
DeFi in Retreat: Billions Wiped Out in Just 3 Months
9.4.2025
Since the beginning of the year, decentralized finance (DeFi) activity has diminished significantly across multiple indicators. Although the outlook appeared encouraging early on, shifting macroeconomic pressures and market retracements have been central to the downturn. DeFi Protocols Stumble...
Bitcoin DeFi Network Arch Finds VC Backer for Early-Stage Projects
9.4.2025
Arch Network is working with DPI Capital to write first checks for "pillar" protocols building on the Bitcoin DeFi project
DeFi security and compliance must be improved to attract institutions
9.4.2025
Opinion by: Sergej Kunz, co-founder of 1inchInstitutional players have been closely watching decentralized finance’s growth. Creating secure and compliant DeFi platforms is the only solution to build trust and attract more institutions.Clear waters attract big shipsOver the past four years...
Bitcoin DeFi booms as Core blockchain hits $260M in dual-staked assets
9.4.2025
Core, a proof-of-stake blockchain built on Bitcoin, has surpassed $260 million in dual-staked assets as institutional interest in Bitcoin-based decentralized finance (DeFi) continues to grow.Core’s initial contributor, Rich Rines, told Cointelegraph that as of April 7, over 44 million Core...
How DeFi 'Defied' Market Carnage as Traders Poured Millions Amid Panic
9.4.2025
The DeFi sector showed resilience this week as inflows and volumes increased
Bitcoin DeFi Aggregator Sats Terminal Secures $1.7M Backing From Coinbase Ventures, Draper
8.4.2025
Sats Terminal, a Bitcoin-native decentralized finance (DeFi) aggregation protocol, has raised $1.7 million in pre-seed funding to streamline fragmented services across the Bitcoin ecosystem. Sats Terminal Secures $1.7M The funding round, announced April 8, was co-led by Coinbase Ventures and Draper...
DeFi Borrowing Demand Plunges as Crypto Traders Deleverage Amid Market Turmoil
8.4.2025
The total value of borrowings on large DeFi platforms like Aave and Morpho has sharply dropped from the mid-December peak, as investors scrambled to reduce outstanding debt or got liquidated
DeFi Game Aavegotchi to Abandon Polygon, Migrate to Coinbase’s Base
8.4.2025
The move follows sharp drops in user activity and total value locked on Polygon as Base’s usage climbs