DeFi

Crypto RegulationDeFi groups ask Illinois to keep DEXs out of its new crypto taxThe window for comments closed at 5pm on Friday. The DeFi lobby used it.31 Oct 20263 min read Crypto scamsSecurity Alert: Hijacked domains turn Flap, Kintsu and 10 more DeFi sites into wallet drainers, Blockaid saysSecurity firm Blockaid says at least a dozen DeFi websites, including Flap and Kintsu, were serving a wallet drainer early on Saturday after their domains were hijacked. Kintsu says its domain was taken over at the registrar level. Anyone who connected a wallet or signed on these sites since about 00:00 UTC should revoke approvals and move funds.31 Oct 20263 min read BNBSecurity Alert: Predict.fun users lose about 400,000 USDT as Myriad voids 10 rigged marketsPrediction market Predict.fun says a small number of users lost about 400,000 USDT from their wallets and that its third-party-hosted API documentation site may have been compromised. It promises full reimbursement. A day earlier, rival Myriad voided 10 markets after an attacker used a leaked internal wallet key to force false results.28 Oct 20263 min read DeFiOsmosis stops minting OSMO, and today’s upgrade moves 22.65 frozen allBTCStaking rewards now come only from fees. Stakers also passed the v32 upgrade vote, due this afternoon.27 Oct 20263 min read DeFiSentora opens the first outside-curated Aave V4 markets, lending RLUSD, PYUSD and OUSDA risk manager that says it allocates more than $2 billion now runs its own corner of Aave. The DAO keeps the keys and half the revenue.23 Oct 20263 min read DeFiAero goes live on seven chains, with $321 million still sitting in legacy Aerodrome poolsAerodrome and Velodrome merged into Aero at 00:00 UTC on Thursday. The upgrade portals are open and old emissions have stopped, but most of the liquidity has not moved yet.22 Oct 20263 min read Crypto RegulationUK FCA consults on DeFi guidance and new crypto exclusions, with replies due 18 NovOne paper explains how existing rules apply to firms using DeFi. The other covers who falls outside the regime that starts in October 2027.21 Oct 20263 min read Blockchain Payments1inch Card is shutting down; holders told to withdraw by 18 DecNew sign-ups are closed. Existing cards still work for now, but 1inch says not to wait.20 Oct 20262 min read AltcoinsCME lists BCH and UNI futures Monday after a 30% slide in UNICME Group's Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures start trading with trade date Monday 19 Oct. Both tokens have since given back the jump that followed the listing announcement.18 Oct 20262 min read BitcoinBabylon asks Aave to accept native bitcoin as collateral on V4Babylon's staking protocol says it holds about $3.37 billion of bitcoin. Its new proposal would let that kind of BTC back stablecoin loans on Aave without being wrapped.15 Oct 20262 min read AltcoinsStarkWare calls an independent Starknet L1 its ‘clearest path forward’STRK has more than doubled in three days on an idea. The company behind the chain has now said it is the plan it likes best.11 Oct 20262 min read BitcoinTen-Ten, One Year On: coins down a third to a half, stablecoin supply up 3%A year after the 10 Oct 2025 crash, prices and DeFi deposits are far lower, while the supply of stablecoins is higher. We rebuilt the before-and-after from open data.10 Oct 20264 min read DeFiAerodrome and Velodrome set 21 Oct upgrade to Aero, with VELO at about 0.044 AEROTwo DEXs that hold about $431 million between them become one exchange across seven chains. The upgrade is one-way, and nothing converts automatically.10 Oct 20262 min read DeFiStarknet weighs becoming its own L1 to be quantum-safe by 2027An Ethereum layer 2 wants to own its upgrade clock. The idea has moved the token, but nothing has been proposed, costed or voted on.9 Oct 20262 min read crypto enforcementTether blacklists four THORChain vaults on Tron, then reversesFour of the vault addresses THORChain uses to hold USDT on Tron were added to Tether's blacklist at 12:09 UTC on Friday and removed 3 hours 21 minutes later. Tether has not said why.9 Oct 20263 min read DeFiSky Protocol gets Moody’s B3 rating, a first for a stablecoin protocolA B3 is deep in speculative-grade territory. For a protocol behind a stablecoin with about $6.8 billion in circulation, being rated at all is the news.7 Oct 20262 min read AltcoinseToro Acquires Self-Custodial Wallet Zengo for $70M to Expand DeFi Access eToro has agreed to acquire keyless crypto wallet provider Zengo for approximately $70 million, positioning the company to offer its 35 million users access to decentralized finance products16 Apr 20263 min read AltcoinsWhat is Siren Crypto? $SIREN Surges 156% to $2.57 All-Time HighSiren ($SIREN) rocketed 156% in 24 hours on March 22, 2026, hitting $2.57 amid AI token hype and perpetual futures short squeezes, but technical indicators warn of potential retracement without on-chain inflow support.22 Mar 20262 min read