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80 Million Flows Into Curve and Aave — Is DeFi Back on Track?

80 Million Flows Into Curve and Aave — Is DeFi Back on Track?

Curve and Aave saw $80M in inflows this week, signaling renewed confidence in DeFi’s blue-chip protocols and raising hopes of a sector rebound.

Sarah Thompson
$100M Inflows Overnight: Why Everyone’s Flocking to This DeFi Yield Farm

$100M Inflows Overnight: Why Everyone’s Flocking to This DeFi Yield Farm

AuroraYield shocked DeFi markets with $100M in overnight inflows, pushing its TVL into the top 20 protocols and sparking renewed investor confidence.

Sarah Thompson
Wall Street Banks Are Pouring Billions Into DeFi — Are TradFi Giants Replacing Exchanges?

Wall Street Banks Are Pouring Billions Into DeFi — Are TradFi Giants Replacing Exchanges?

Wall Street banks are moving billions into DeFi, signaling a power shift that could reshape crypto exchanges and redefine the future of digital finance.

Sarah Thompson
Chainlink + Ithaca Bring 1-Minute RWA Options—Speed Meets Real-World Risk

Chainlink + Ithaca Bring 1-Minute RWA Options—Speed Meets Real-World Risk

Chainlink and Ithaca are bringing one-minute options and real-world asset modules to DeFi, combining speed, compliance, and new trading microstructures.

Sarah Thompson
When GDP Hits the Blockchain: How On-Chain Macroeconomic Feeds Could Rewrite DeFi Risk

When GDP Hits the Blockchain: How On-Chain Macroeconomic Feeds Could Rewrite DeFi Risk

On August 28, 2025, the U.S. Commerce Department began publishing GDP and inflation data directly on-chain. This shift could transform DeFi risk, ETF logic, stablecoin collateral, and prediction markets — but it also raises new risks around

Sarah Thompson
Flash Governance: When Protocols Vote Too Fast (and the Risks They Don’t See)

Flash Governance: When Protocols Vote Too Fast (and the Risks They Don’t See)

Short voting windows promise agility—but they invite capture, bugs, and backlash. The cure is simple: match time to risk, enforce timelocks, and require pre-vote analysis for anything that can break a protocol.

Sarah Thompson
The Under-The-Radar DeFi Drain: How Cross-Chain Messaging Fees Are Becoming a Hidden Bottleneck

The Under-The-Radar DeFi Drain: How Cross-Chain Messaging Fees Are Becoming a Hidden Bottleneck

Every cross-chain transaction pays hidden tolls—relayers, validators, gas on both chains. As rollups scale, these messaging costs are quietly eating user capital. Unless they fall, DeFi’s multichain vision could stall.

Sarah Thompson
Micro-Fees, Major Impact: How Per-Second Compute Billing Could Reshape DeFi Infrastructure

Micro-Fees, Major Impact: How Per-Second Compute Billing Could Reshape DeFi Infrastructure

Cloud-style per-second billing could slash infrastructure costs, empower small builders, and reshape how DeFi networks price compute — if it doesn’t break first.

Sarah Thompson
Proof of Efficient Liquidity Could Fix Decentralized Finance’s Capital Problem?

Proof of Efficient Liquidity Could Fix Decentralized Finance’s Capital Problem?

DeFi drowns in idle capital. A new idea called PoEL could reward only efficient liquidity — and rewrite the rules for lenders and LPs.

Sarah Thompson
Can Automation Save Decentralized Finance From Its Next Exploit?

Can Automation Save Decentralized Finance From Its Next Exploit?

Flash-loan and oracle exploits are draining DeFi. Now, researchers are betting on automated tools to stop attacks before they happen.

Sarah Thompson
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