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Tag: DeFi

DeFi is short for decentralized finance that includes digital assets, protocols, smart contracts, and dApps built on blockchain.

DeFi United Raises Over 0 Million to Restore rsETH After Kelp DAO’s 2 Million Exploit

DeFi United Raises Over $300 Million to Restore rsETH After Kelp DAO’s $292 Million Exploit

Relief milestone: DeFi United surpasses $300 million in ETH pledges (approximately 132,650 ETH) to cover losses tied to the April 18 exploit. Exploit details: Attacker forged a LayerZero message to mint roughly 116,500 unbacked rsETH tokens, with about 107,000 flowing into Aave lending positions and creating $123–230 million in bad debt. Key participants: Major contributors include Consensys, Joseph Lubin (30,000 ETH), Circle...

Cryptocurrencies, DeFi, Front page, News

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Tron Founder Justin Sun Sues Trump-Linked World Liberty Financial Over Frozen WLFI Tokens

Tron Founder Justin Sun Sues Trump-Linked World Liberty Financial Over Frozen WLFI Tokens

Lawsuit filed: Tron founder Justin Sun initiated the case in California federal court on April 21, 2026, citing breach of contract, fraud, conversion and unjust enrichment. Frozen assets: Sun’s wallet holding 540 million unlocked WLFI tokens and 2.4 billion locked tokens, valued at approximately $75 million, was blacklisted via an undisclosed smart-contract function added in August 2025. Allegations: World Liberty Financial...

Altcoins, Cryptocurrencies, DeFi, Front page, News

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KalqiX Puts An End To The Tradeoff Era Once and For All By Launching Mainnet

After spending years re architecting on-chain trading infrastructure from the ground up, KalqiX has officially launched Mainnet and they are not keeping their new tech secrets esoteric. As “The Tradeoff Era” finally meets its end at the arrival of the KalqiX Mainnet, DeFi finally has a DEX where users can enjoy self-custody decentralization, CEX level speed, security, and scalability simultaneously. In the hopes of giving the entire DeFi...

DeFi, DEX, Featured, Press release

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DeFi Dev Activity Just Ranked Its New Top 10—Why INJ, AAVE & LINK Are Pulling Ahead

DeFi Dev Activity Just Ranked Its New Top 10—Why INJ, AAVE & LINK Are Pulling Ahead

On April 6, 2026, Santiment dropped a fresh leaderboard that cut through the noise: Chainlink ($LINK) still sits at #1 in DeFi development activity, DeepBook ($DEEP) holds steady at #2, and Lido DAO ($LDO), Aave ($AAVE), and Injective ($INJ) are climbing with clear upward arrows. While price action grabs headlines, this metric—built on filtered GitHub events—reveals who is actually shipping code. In a low-volatility environment where...

Altcoins, DeFi, Main

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High APY on Stablecoins - OnRe Leverages Real-World Risk for 10%+ Yields

High APY on Stablecoins: OnRe Leverages Real-World Risk for 10%+ Yields 🛡️

The Non-Correlated Alpha: Why Reinsurance is the New RWA Frontier In a market often dictated by the price of SOL or US interest rate pivots, OnRe introduces a different breed of yield: Reinsurance premiums. By distributing risk through industry giants like Guy Carpenter and Howden, OnRe captures returns from hurricane seasons and global insurance cycles—events that have zero mechanical correlation to crypto volatility. Currently, the...

DeFi, Real World Assets (RWA), Yield farming

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