Defi – Dec LM

Crypto Valley Exchange Bets ‘Smart Clearing’ Is DeFi Derivatives’ Missing Link

The complex pipes that keep derivatives trades moving are about to get a major efficiency boost in DeFi, according to Crypto Valley Exchange. Crypto Valley Exchange's "smart clearing" protocol...

How DeFi ‘Defied’ Market Carnage as Traders Poured Millions Amid Panic

This week's tariff-inspired market meltdown has led to a rapid sell-off across crypto-assets, with BTC trading below $80K and ETH hitting a two-year low of $1,432. The decentralized finance...

DeFi Borrowing Demand Plunges as Crypto Traders Deleverage Amid Market Turmoil

Borrowing demand across decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols plunged sharply in the wake of the recent crypto market turmoil, a sign of widespread deleveraging as crypto investors unwound risky positions....

Innovation Amid Yield Compression: DeFi Lending Markets in Q1 2025

The first quarter of 2025 tells a clear story about DeFi's evolution. While yields across major lending platforms have compressed significantly, innovation at the market's edges demonstrates DeFi's continued...

LatAm Exchange TruBit Taps Crypto Lending Platform Morpho for DeFi Earn Offering

TruBit, a Latin America-based cryptocurrency exchange with regulatory licenses in Mexico and Argentina, is offering users in the region a decentralized finance (DeFi) yield product powered by crypto lender...

Tokenization Specialists Securitize and Ethena Unveil Institutional DeFi Blockchain

Securitize and Ethena Labs, two firms working closely with BlackRock’s money market token BUIDL, have created an Ethereum-compatible blockchain called Converge, designed to house tokenized assets and provide institutional...

Bitcoin’s Role in DeFi Is ‘Untapped Opportunity,’ Binance Research Says

Bitcoin's (BTC) role in decentralized finance (DeFi) is growing as the world's largest cryptocurrency evolves from more than just a store of value, Binance Research said in a report...

Crypto’s DeFi Education Fund Swaps Directors as Miller Whitehouse-Levine Moves On

One of the leading U.S. advocates for decentralized finance (DeFi), Miller Whitehouse-Levine, is departing his job as executive director of the DeFi Education Fund, where he'll be replaced by...

Ethereum L2 Starknet Seeks ‘Bitcoin’s DeFi Take-Off Moment’ With BTC Wallet Xverse

One of the foremost projects aiming to increase the speed of the Ethereum network is ramping up its work on the world's original blockchain: Bitcoin. Ethereum layer-2 Starknet, in...

Ether’s Freefall Below .9K Roils DeFi, Jeopardizes Crypto Loan Backed by 0M in ETH.

Ether’s Freefall Below $1.9K Roils DeFi, Jeopardizes Crypto Loan Backed by $130M in ETH.

Ethereum's ETH has been spiraling on Monday, jeopardizing a large decentralized finance (DeFi) loan on lending platform Sky (formerly Maker) of being liquidated. The borrower in danger took out...