Browsing: DeFi News

  ambcrypto.com10 May 2026 03:08, UTC

Chainlinkis a decentralized oracle network that connects blockchain smart contracts to real-world data. MostDeFiusers interact with it every single day without knowing it. When you deposit crypto into Aave or borrow against collateral on Compound, Chainlink is the system feeding those protocols the price data they need to work correctly.

The State of Web3 Capital 2026 report shows startups increasingly building infrastructure for traditional financial markets rather than crypto-native applications.

Pump.fun dominates Solana’s fee generation. SEC to introduce a tokenized stock regulatory framework. THORChain, Verus Protocol, and Echo Protocol suffered exploits.

After weeks of back-and-forth, the Aave Chan Initiative is ending its work on the $27 billion lending protocol, Aave.

The New York Stock Exchange is building a platform to trade tokenised versions of US-listed equities and exchange-traded funds and settle those trades on the blockchain. The platform will allow instant settlement, 24/7 trading and stablecoin-based funding, according to a company statement on Monday.

Summer.fi has reportedly been exploited, with roughly $6 million drained so far. Blockaid flagged the exploit in a post on X on Monday.

Sky, one of the largest DeFi protocols, has dramatically reduced its buyback programme in an effort to bolster its stablecoin’s reserves.

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has warned that more decentralized finance (DeFi) applications could shut down in 2026 as the token’s price plummets to its lowest in five years.

Aave Labs on Monday launched Aave v4, a redesigned version of its $24 billion predecessor, Aave v3.