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DeFi, or decentralized finance, is one of the biggest things in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry right now, and it does pretty much what its name suggests. That is, it uses blockchains, smart contracts and/or cryptoassets to deliver financial services to customers, be these loans, payments, remittances, derivatives, or investments.

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USDC Transfers Are Coming to Samsung Wallet

Samsung Electronics America plans to add USDC transfers to Samsung Wallet in the last week of October 2026, extending the stablecoin feature to eligible U.S. Galaxy users across a stated footprint of 82 million compatible devices. Samsung says users will be able to send USDC from Samsung...

, by Ahmed Barakat

TOKEN2049 Singapore Schedule Puts Institutional DeFi on the 2026 Agenda

TOKEN2049 Singapore is scheduled for October 7–8, 2026, with confirmed speakers from Nasdaq, BlackRock, and Franklin Templeton appearing alongside executives from Hyperliquid, Solana, Polygon, Base, and Ethereum-related projects. The agenda points to institutional DeFi and on-chain market...

, by Ahmed Barakat

S&P Global Targets $10B Blockchain Lending Market With New Risk Tool

S&P Global Ratings launched its Vault Risk Assessment (VRA), offering a forward-looking assessment of six risks that could impair investors’ positions in blockchain-based lending vaults. The move comes as deposits in the market reached approximately $10 billion in September 2026, up from $1.5...

, by Ahmed Barakat

Registry Model, 13 Chains: How 1inch Aqua Tackles DeFi’s Fragmented Liquidity

1inch's Aqua protocol exits developer preview with a custody-preserving registry model, 13 EVM networks, and a 10M 1INCH incentive program to attract liquidity providers.

, by Ahmed Barakat

Raydium Hit With $1.34M Exploit via Fake LP Tokens on Deprecated Solana Pools

Raydium Exploited for $1.34M via Fake LP Tokens

, by Ahmed Barakat

Orbs V5 Debuts as Layer 3 Hybrid on Ethereum & Arbitrum to Cut DeFi Gas Costs

Orbs V5 Launches as L3 Hybrid on Ethereum & Arbitrum

, by Ahmed Barakat

Polymarket Exploit: 5,000 POL Drained every 30 Seconds

An attacker drained over $600,000 from Polymarket, attacking its UMA CTF Adapter smart contract on Polygon. $POL

, by Ahmed Barakat

SUI Crypto DeFi Protocol Volo Exploited as Team Commits to Absorbing User Losses

Sui DeFi Protocol Volo Exploited, Team to Cover Losses

, by Ahmed Barakat

DeFi Losses Surpass $600M as Kelp DAO Exploit Pushes TVL to One-Year Low

DeFi Losses Top $600M as Kelp DAO Exploit Hits TVL

, by Ahmed Barakat

LayerZero Says Lazarus Group Likely Behind Kelp DAO Exploit

LayerZero Links Kelp DAO Exploit to Lazarus Group

, by Ahmed Barakat

Stabble Crypto Urges Liquidity Withdrawal After North Korean Hacker Scare

Solana Stabble Exchange Urges Withdrawal After NK Hack Alert

, by Ahmed Barakat

Aave Goes Live on OKX Ethereum Layer-2 X Layer

Aave Goes Live on OKX's Ethereum Layer-2 X Layer

, by Ahmed Barakat

BlackRock Tokenized BUIDL Fund Adds Chronicle Verification Layer

BlackRock BUIDL Fund Adds Chronicle Verification Layer

, by Ahmed Barakat

Hyperliquid HIP-3 Open Interest Hits $1.4B as Tokenized Commodities Surge

Hyperliquid HIP-3 Open Interest Hits $1.74B Record High

, by Ahmed Barakat

Balancer Labs to Shut Down After $128M Exploit, Plans Lean Restructuring

Balancer Labs Shuts Down After $128M Exploit

, by Ahmed Barakat

S&P 500 Launches on Hyperliquid via First Officially Licensed Perpetual Contracts

S&P 500 perpetuals are now live on Hyperliquid with official licensing. HYPE jumps 2.2% as Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER) presale crosses $32 million.

, by Ahmed Barakat

Aave Labs Outlines Layered Security Plan for V4 After $1.5 Million Audit

Aave V4 Security Plan Revealed After $1.5M Audit Program

, by Ahmed Barakat

Aave’s “Civil War” Claims First Casualty as Key Developer Walks Away

Core developer BGD will not renew its contract, deepening a governance dispute between Aave DAO and Aave Labs.

Ether.fi Moves Crypto Card Product to OP Mainnet From Scroll

Ether.fi Migrates Crypto Card From Scroll to OP Mainnet

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