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Persistent security breaches and stagnation in key DeFi metrics prevent institutional investors from embracing the sector. Without solving these issues, the ecosystem will remain an experimental niche.

Compound, one of the first protocols to make crypto lending work without a bank, has approved a record $52 million development budget and rebuilt its leadership around traditional-finance veterans.

Institutions can now use Bitcoin as collateral through a new Galaxy Digital lending program, with the company managing the underlying DeFi positions.

Yearn confirmed the incident, assuring that its V2 and V3 Vaults remain secure and unaffected.

North Korean-linked hacking groups have sent a shiver down the cryptosphere’s spine amid mounting losses for decentralized finance projects, but those fears have grown just as intense on Wall Street, according to Digital Asset co-founder and CEO Yuval Rooz.

The SEC has updated its 2026 regulatory agenda and plans to release a crypto rule proposal for public comment this month. We break down what’s known as of July 8.

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DeFi 2.0 reimagines decentralized finance through improved infrastructure, stronger liquidity design, and better user alignment. It marks progress in decentralized financial systems rather than a clean break from the first generation.

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Much of decentralized finance is not as decentralized as it looks, and the platforms behind it should be regulated like other financial businesses, the world’s main anti-money-laundering body said in a new report.