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DeFi lost over $750 million in early 2026 — largely from Drift Protocol and KelpDAO.

Grayscale Research has labeled Aave (AAVE) a potential “household name,” describing the Decentralized Finance (DeFi) lending protocol as “a bank without bankers” in a new blog.

While the leading cryptocurrencies are struggling in this bear market, Hyperliquid(CRYPTO:HYPE) is coasting along unbothered.

Balancer Labs, the for-profit entity behind the Balancer exchange, is shutting down.

Hyperscale Data, Inc. implemented a Bitcoin-backed decentralized finance (DeFi) financing strategy, establishing access to an overcollateralized digital asset borrowing facility through the Morpho Protocol. The company pledges a portion of its Bitcoin treasury as collateral to borrow stablecoins or other digital assets at variable market-based rates.

DeFi infrastructure firm Enso has identified a new class of malicious liquidity pools called “toxic pools.” Unlike traditional exploits that steal funds directly, these pools manipulate transaction simulations.

Summer.fi will wind down operations after a $6.04 million exploit hit its Lazy Summer Protocol on July 6, wiping out the capital the team needed to rebuild.

Manuel Aráoz warned that AI-powered coding agents have made DeFi fundamentally unsafe.

Currencies38606 Market Cap$ 2.49T+9.11% 24h Spot Volume$ 46.44B+136.8% DominanceBTC55.93%-1.32%ETH11.00%+8.96% ETH Gas1.63 Gwei Ripple Aug 19, 2026 2min read byBrian Njuguna forCoinpaper

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