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The tokenisation of real world assets — from US Treasury bills to private credit and real estate — has crossed $10 billion in on-chain value, reshaping DeFi's collateral landscape and attracting a new class of institutional participant.
Read analysis →Bitcoin's $1 trillion in largely idle capital is finally entering DeFi. Babylon Protocol's native Bitcoin staking, combined with a growing BTCFi ecosystem on Stacks, Rootstock, and Merlin Chain, is opening a new chapter in decentralised finance.
Read analysis →Ethereum's Layer-2 ecosystem has become one of the most competitive arenas in crypto. Arbitrum, Base, and Optimism each hold distinct strategic positions — and the battle between them is reshaping where DeFi activity happens.
Read analysis →Autonomous AI agents are increasingly managing DeFi positions, executing trades, rebalancing liquidity, and optimising yields on behalf of users — raising new questions about market stability, MEV, and what it means to be a DeFi participant.
Read analysis →MetaMask published an extensive threat report documenting a new generation of AI-automated attacks against crypto users, including fake Google security pages, malware targeting 850 browser extensions, and AI agents autonomously generating exploits against DeFi wallets.
Read analysis →Polymarket has posted a $5 million bug bounty on Cantina security marketplace, opening its entire infrastructure — smart contracts, UMA oracle adapters, and web application — to public vulnerability disclosure in one of the largest bug bounties in DeFi history.
Read analysis →Zerion detailed an AI-driven security breach that was contained within 2.5 hours without any user fund losses, then announced a multi-firm security partnership with Blockaid for transaction simulation, ZeroShadow for fund tracing, and ChainPatrol for domain monitoring.
Read analysis →HSBC has successfully completed a tokenised deposit pilot on the Canton Network, demonstrating interoperable issuance, transfer, and atomic settlement for regulated institutions — a milestone that positions Canton as the emerging settlement rail for institutional DeFi.
Read analysis →A deep profile of Hyperliquid and its founder Jeff Yan reveals how an 11-person team generated $102 million in revenue per employee — surpassing every startup on earth — while building a vertically integrated blockchain and perpetuals exchange with zero venture capital backing.
Read analysis →Binance founder Changpeng Zhao has published his memoir 'Freedom of Money', documenting his rise from rural China to building the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, his 2024 conviction, and four-month US prison sentence for anti-money-laundering violations.
Read analysis →Aave V4 went live on Ethereum on 30 March 2026 with Hub & Spoke accounting, a new liquidation engine, and a user risk premium on borrows. V3 did not disappear. This is the launch recap and who should not migrate yet — not a click-path.
Read analysis →Blockchain Life 2024 brought together over 7,000 industry leaders from 120 countries in Dubai, with panels covering DeFi, institutional adoption, and AI's role in blockchain technology.
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