DeFi

Polymarket Acquires DeFi Infrastructure Startup Brahma

Polymarket, a prediction markets platform valued at around $20 billion, is acquiring the DeFi infrastructure startup Brahma.Brahma will wind down its three main products...

Aave Adds Shield After $50M DeFi Swap Loss

Aave will introduce "Aave Shield" to block swaps with a price impact above 25%.A user lost $50 million when converting USDT to AAVE due...

Vitalik Buterin: Build Beyond DeFi

Vitalik Buterin urged the Ethereum ecosystem to build beyond finance, focusing on privacy tools and open coordination systems.He argued for creating "sanctuary technologies" that...

Claude AI’s Vibe-Coded Bug Liquidates $1.8M in Moonwell DeFi

On Sunday, an Moonwell oracle error introduced in a pull request co-authored by Claude Opus 4.6 led to a significant exploit.The bug misreported cbETH's...

DeFi Platform ZeroLend Announces Shutdown Amid Losses

DeFi lending platform ZeroLend announced it will shut down after three years, citing an unsustainable business model.The platform's native token, ZERO, plummeted 45% in...

DeFi front-end attacks hit OpenEden, Curvance wallets

OpenEden and Curvance were targeted in front-end attacks on February 16, 2026, putting user funds at risk.Both incidents involved the AngelFerno wallet drainer, a...

Buterin: Real DeFi Transforms Risk, Not USDC Yield

Vitalik Buterin criticizes yield products for centralized stablecoins like USDC as insufficiently transformative for risk.He argues true DeFi must reallocate risk, proposing two alternative...

Crypto millionaires tap DeFi credit to fund luxe lifestyles.

Wealthy crypto holders use decentralized finance (DeFi) lending to get quick, flexible credit without selling assets.Cometh has secured a regulatory foothold in France with...

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IRS to Cut Penalties, Speed Up Crypto Tax Disclosure Program

The IRS is overhauling its voluntary disclosure program, targeting lower penalties and faster resolution of tax violations, including those...

Ruby Patches Critical Regex Flaws After GitLab CVEs

Ruby released versions 4.0.9, 3.4.12, and 3.3.13 to patch four critical vulnerabilities in the Onigmo regular expression engine, two...

Senator demands Tether records on Hines deal

Sen. Richard Blumenthal has demanded Tether hand over records on its dealings with Bo Hines and Nxum by Nov....