DeFi
DeFi

Chainlink Launches CCIP 2.0 With Custom Verifiers and Faster Transfers

Existing integrations keep working with full-finality defaults, while new token-pool controls require an opt-in contract upgrade. Read Full Story at…
Sep 28, 2026
DeFi

Polygon Plans Two-Month Boost to 7.7% Gross POL Staking Rate

The fee-funded increase compares with a roughly 3% baseline and rewards stake held during the window, rather than when the…
Sep 28, 2026
DeFi

Compound Foundation Denies V2 Reserve Misuse Allegation

Records show 344,780 COMP increased the Foundation’s voting power before a $52 million V4 budget vote. The proposal had enough…
Sep 28, 2026
DeFi

Dune Flags Yield Shortfall at Tokenized Money Funds

WisdomTree’s Treasury money fund trailed its T-bill benchmark by 15 basis points over a year. Issuer disclosures show how expenses…
Sep 28, 2026
DeFi

The restaking gold rush is over, and top protocols are barely making a profit

As restaking yields dried up and smart-contract risks mounted, Ethereum’s top liquid restaking protocol walked away from its core business…
Sep 28, 2026
AI

AI agents could drain cheap bank deposits, Apollo's Torsten Slok warns

AI agents could trigger a bank run by automatically moving household cash from low-interest checking accounts to higher-yield alternatives, Slok…
Sep 28, 2026
DeFi

Aave’s live stock-token loans expose USDC lenders to a weekend price gap

The Base hub permits up to $21 million in USDC borrowing against seven Coinbase stock tokens while their collateral feeds…
Sep 27, 2026
DeFi

SEC staff’s staking-token split spotlights the exit risks behind staked ETH tokens

Its conditional categories do not classify either product. Coinbase terms and Lido’s withdrawal queue govern the practical route back to…
Sep 27, 2026
DeFi

SEC staff’s staking-token split spotlights the exit risks behind staked ETH tokens

Its conditional categories do not classify either product. Coinbase terms and Lido’s withdrawal queue govern the practical route back to…
Sep 27, 2026
DeFi

THORChain Pushes Back on Bitget’s Demand to Block Hacker Addresses

An address flagged by Bitget completed an XRP-to-bitcoin swap after the request, while OKX’s Star Xu challenged THORChain’s comparison with…
Sep 27, 2026