Curve DAO Contemplates Its Intellectual Property
A governance proposal to protect a DeFi project's IP prompts questions about a DAO's fiduciary duty and the open source ethos.

In Token Crash Postmortem, Iron Finance Says It Suffered Crypto's 'First Large-Scale Bank Run'
In the wake of the crash, billionaire Mark Cuban is now calling for regulation of stablecoins.

'Weird DeFi' Gets Weirder
We've entered a new era of Weird DeFi, one that's more finance, less meme than last year's bizarre crypto projects.

Iron Finance’s Titan Token Falls From $65 to Near Zero in DeFi Panic Sell
Iron Finance's Titanium token (TITAN), the share token of a one-time multibillion-dollar decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, has fallen to near zero. CoinFund's Vanessa Grellet discusses what this experience means for the DeFi space and the potential risks of navigating open finance.

Iron Finance's Titan Token Falls to Near Zero in DeFi Panic Selling
"What happened is just the worst thing that could possibly happen considering their tokenomics," said Iron Finance investor Fred Schebesta.

Polychain, Pantera Back $14M Funding Round for DeFi Derivatives Platform SynFutures
Bybit, Wintermute, CMS, Kronos and IOSG Ventures also kicked in.

Institutional Investors Come to Polygon Amid Rising Ethereum Layer-2 Demand, Blockchain Data Shows
Questions remain about promised scalability improvement from Ethereum 2.0.

BTC at Work on Ethereum?
With bitcoin prices retreating over the past month, crypto traders have increasingly tokenized BTC into synthetic versions compatible with the Ethereum blockchain, where they can be deposited for extra yield on decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms. “All About Bitcoin” host Christine Lee breaks down today’s Chart of the Day.

'Free Money' Bug Hits DeFi Platform Alchemix
The bug resulted in roughly 2,000 ETH (or $4.8 million at today's prices) being returned to borrowers prematurely.

Decentralized Credit Protocol Goldfinch Raises $11M in Series A Funding
A16z led the round, which will enable the startup to build a network of lenders and borrowers and ramp up hiring.
