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Latest DeFi stories
- Uranium Finance Trial Opens Over Alleged $53.3 Million Theft
Federal prosecutors accuse Maryland cybersecurity consultant Jonathan Spalletta of exploiting a smart-contract vulnerability across 26 liquidity pools in 2021.
· Regulation
- SEC Grants Five-Year Relief for Tokenized Securities Venues
The conditional framework permits permissioned trading of tokenized National Market System stocks through automated market maker liquidity pools until Sept. 17, 2031.
· Regulation
- Aave Founder Says Markets Unaffected by MetaMask Staking Incident
Stani said Aave is monitoring the security incident with Lido while the protocol’s business operations remain normal.
· Technology
- Aerodrome and Velodrome Plan 2026 Merger Under Aero
The proposed combination would connect liquidity and incentive governance across Base, Optimism and Ethereum mainnet.
· Business
- Ondo Stocks Surpasses $1 Billion in TVL as SEC Framework Takes Shape
The platform offers more than 260 tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs to eligible non-U.S. users across Ethereum, Solana and BNB Chain.
· Business
- Aave V4’s Locked Value Jumps 82% as Arc Hits $181 Million
Aave V4’s total value locked increased during September, while Arc reached the reported milestone.
· Technology
- Yield Basis Supported $4.32 Billion in Aggregate Activity
The protocol generated $2.4 million in realized yield and about $180,000 in unrealized fee gains for liquidity providers by the end of the second quarter of 2026.
· Investing
- Crypto Hacks Reach 277 Incidents as 2026 Losses Near $1.84 Billion
The tally stood at 250 incidents and about $1.4 billion through Sept. 8. Bitget’s $388 million breach remains the year’s largest listed attack.
· Technology
- Ostium Says 90.59% of Affected Wallets Qualify for Full Repayment
The July attack removed about $23.75 million from Ostium’s liquidity pool. A second recovery phase will depend on recovered funds and protocol revenue.
· Technology
- Morpho Launches Fixed-Rate Credit Markets on Base With Lender Offers
Morpho Midnight adds fixed maturities and market-priced borrowing to Base, with Coinbase launching the first enterprise deployment on Sept. 22.
· Technology
- Drift Foundation Says $295 Million Was Stolen in April Exploit
About 107,200 Ether remains in three wallets, while $9.2 million in frozen assets awaits legal procedures for release and return.
· Technology
- ESMA Seeks MiCA Changes for DeFi, Staking and Online Fraud
The European Union securities regulator proposed stricter marketing rules, broader disclosures and stronger supervisory tools as the bloc reviews its crypto framework.
· Regulation
- Sky’s USDS Supply Reaches $10.04 Billion as of June 30
USDS supply rose 96.9% year over year, while Sky Agents deployed more than $5.5 billion through Sky Protocol into institutional strategies.
· Business
- DeFi TVL Rebounds 37.9% in Q3 as Ether Gains Lift Value
Total value locked reached $95.42 billion by Sept. 26 as stablecoin supply rose modestly and Robinhood launched its Layer 2 network.
· Investing
- Concrete Schedules Sept. 30 TGE for CT Governance Token
The token will have a fixed supply of 1 billion, with allocations for the ecosystem, foundation, team and investors.
· Technology
- Abracadabra DAO Opens Vote to Shut Protocol, Liquidate MIM
The protocol estimates just $900,000 in enforceable collateral against $21 million in bad debt, leaving MIM less than 5% backed.
· Technology
- Abracadabra Moves to Shut Down MIM as Backing Falls Below 4 Cents
The proposal would liquidate the protocol’s remaining assets, convert collateral into Ether and distribute proceeds to MIM holders.
· Business
- Abracadabra Proposes Shutdown After MIM Loses Path Back to Dollar Peg
The plan would liquidate collateral and distribute proceeds after repeated attacks left Magic Internet Money severely undercollateralized.
· Technology
- Abracadabra Proposes Liquidation as MIM Holders Face 96% Shortfall
The proposal estimates about $900,000 in recoverable assets against $21 million in bad debt, leaving MIM holders roughly 4 cents per $1 of face value.
· Technology
- Abracadabra DAO Votes on Wind-Down After $21 Million MIM Debt
The proposal would liquidate MIM after hacks left the stablecoin with about $900,000 in executable collateral and less than 4 cents of backing per token.
· Technology
- Abracadabra Proposes Wind-Down That Could Leave MIM Holders With 4 Cents
The proposal would liquidate remaining collateral, convert it to Ether and distribute proceeds to MIM holders pro rata.
· Technology
- Balancer Approves Winddown as Pools Shift to Withdrawals Only Oct. 30
The V3 Vault will pause Nov. 30, while BAL holders can begin treasury redemptions in late May 2027.
· Technology
- Balancer Governance Approves Shutdown, Rejects Fork Proposal
Liquidity pools will operate normally through Oct. 30, while a proposed extension for designated V3 pools faces an Oct. 16 deadline.
· Technology
- Balancer Holders Approve Protocol Wind-Down With Payout Estimate
More than 99% of roughly 17.2 million BAL cast supported the plan, with treasury claims scheduled to open at the end of May 2027.
· Technology
- Bitget CEO Challenges THORChain After $387.5 Million Wallet Breach
Gracy Chen wants THORChain to block addresses tied to Bitget’s Sept. 24 breach, while the protocol says its emergency controls cannot freeze individual wallets or swaps.
· Technology
- Onchain Vaults Pool Crypto Yield While Strategy Risks Stay Hidden
Vaults can route deposits into lending, staking, derivatives and tokenized real-world assets, while contract, oracle, collateral and withdrawal risks remain tied to each strategy.
· Technology
- Aave Climbs Above $170 to Highest Level Since Jan. 19
AAVE gained about 15% in 24 hours after rising 11% from 8 p.m. ET Sept. 28 to $166.55.
· Investing
- Morgan Stanley Establishes Digital-Assets Lab to Test Stablecoins and DeFi
The new laboratory will examine blockchain-based systems for business applications while keeping experiments separate from the bank’s core systems.
· Business
- Aave Leads DeFi Rebound as Treasury Yields Stay Above 5%
AAVE rose 11% from 8 p.m. ET Sept. 28, while Bitcoin gained 0.82% and broader crypto markets advanced.
· Investing
- Compound Reserve Wallet Gets $8 Million in COMP Before DAO Vote
The transfer helped supporters cross 50% of delegated voting power for Proposal 582, which approved a $52 million V4 program budget.
· Investing
- Aero Sets Oct. 15 xVELO Bridge Deadline Ahead of Oct. 21 Merger
Velodrome and Aerodrome will merge into Aero, with OP Mainnet and Ink retaining VELO issuance and voting before launch.
· Business
- Tokenized Stocks Post $20.9 Billion in 30-Day DEX Volume
Uniswap v4 and v3 accounted for 60.1% of activity, while Backpack plans to expand access on Solana from about 200 symbols to 10,000.
· Investing
- Lido Committee Gains Control of Deposit Target as Withdrawals Compete for Ether
The new authority covers a deposit-reserve setting of up to 9,600 Ether and could change how buffered funds are allocated between validator deposits and stETH withdrawals.
· Technology
- USDT Growth on Ethereum Was Not Matched by Smart-Contract Share Increase
Ethereum’s smart-contract share of Tether’s USDt holdings fell to 10%–15% after late 2024, while the stablecoin’s supply series surpassed $180 billion in early 2026.
· Investing
- Pump.fun Trails Hyperliquid in Seven-Day Revenue Reading
Pump.fun recorded $9.65 million in seven-day protocol revenue versus $15.06 million for Hyperliquid, while fees totaled $13.25 million and $19.46 million, respectively.
· Investing
- Pendle Reports More Than $6 Billion in Stablecoin-Pool Volume
Stablecoin supply is about $300 billion, while forecasts put the overall market at $2 trillion by 2028 and $1.9 trillion by 2030.
· Business
- Compound Foundation Accused of Using 8.42M DAI to Buy COMP
Community member ugurmersin alleges the funds were converted into 344,780 COMP and used in votes on two governance proposals.
· Business
- Compound Community Member Accuses Foundation Over 8.42M DAI Reserve
ugurmersin alleged the reserve was converted into about 344,780 COMP before voting on Proposals 580 and 582 ended.
· Technology
- Venus Launches BNB Chain Liquidity Hub for Stablecoin Yield
The hub accepts USDT, USDC and U, routing deposits across three Venus yield sources while issuing ERC-4626 share tokens.
· Technology
- THORChain Says Network Halt Is Emergency Security Measure
The protocol said the pause was not a selective freeze of specific funds or an individual swap. A May security incident saw $10.7 million stolen from liquidity pools.
· Technology