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DeFi
DeFi, short for decentralized finance, represents a shift in the financial sector by leveraging blockchain technology, primarily Ethereum, to eliminate traditional financial intermediaries. It enables various financial applications, from simple transactions to complex contracts, through smart contracts that execute automatically under specific conditions. Key DeFi applications include decentralized exchanges (DEXs), stablecoins, lending platforms, and prediction markets. DeFi offers financial services like loans and interest-earning opportunities without traditional identity verification, relying instead on collateral, usually in cryptocurrency. This innovative sector promises increased accessibility and efficiency but comes with risks, such as market volatility and unregulated projects.
Why DeFi Projects Could Be Ready to Outperform: Kaiko Research
Regulatory clarity may provide a boost for DeFi projects.
Bittensor App Gets Hack Risk Cover From Nexus Mutual-Backed Insurance Firm Native
Team Rizzo, which operates Bittensor subnets and validator services, has snagged $25 million in on-chain cover from Native, a digital asset insurance specialist.
Onboarding the Buy-Side to Blockchain Rails
The right systems and processes must be in place to properly tokenize the trillions of dollars worth of potential real-world assets, says Blue Water Financial Technologies’ Peter Gaffney.
Ethereum L1 Monad Joins Forces With Orderly Network for DeFi Boost
The arrival of the Monad testnet will provide traders with a fast EVM-compatible building site and the possibility of airdrops on the L1.
Bitcoin Staking Platform Core Joins Crypto Lender Maple and Custodians BitGo, Copper, Hex Trust
The ability to earn yield on bitcoin and potentially unleash a new wave of liquidity into the DeFi ecosystem has become a hot topic of late.
Brevan Howard Digital Deploys $20M on Ethereum-Based Kinto in Institutional DeFi Push
The investment enables participation in Kinto’s mining program, which rewards asset deposits on the chain with token emission.
Wrapped AVAX Sees Increased Wallet Accumulation Amid Bybit Card Cashback Adoption
Nearly 4,000 wallets added WAVAX holdings, 1.8 times the recent average, according to onchain data.
Stablecoin Revolution: Challenging Risk-Free Rates With On-Chain Money Markets
DeFi’s base rate for lending stablecoins is a structural shift that challenges traditional finance by demonstrating the sustainability of high-yield, low-risk on-chain money markets, says Index Coop’s Crews Enochs.
Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage
What’s Better Than CEX? DEX
CoinDesk caught up with CoinGecko’s Bobby Ong to talk about all the good things — but mostly the bad things — about crypto’s centralized exchanges.
DEX Aggregator 1inch Integrates ZKsync to Boost Cross-Chain Swaps
The integration aims to provide faster and cheaper transactions for users.
