Solana Foundation President Lily Liu: DeFi Is What Gives Blockchain Its True Eco...
TLDR: Lily Liu says DeFi is the primary economic engine that gives non-Bitcoin blockchains a reason to exist. Liu draws on ancient...
Crypto investor turns $50 million into $36,000 in one botched move
Aave founder Stani Kulechov said the interface displayed multiple slippage warnings, which the user manually accepted on a mobile...
Bitcoin Mining Reaches 20 million Coins, Only One Million Left to Mine
TLDR: The 20 millionth Bitcoin was mined; only one million remain to enter circulation over 100+ years. Bitcoin’s halving mechanis...
DeFi Remains Central to Ethereum’s Vision, Says Vitalik Buterin
TLDR: The Ethereum Foundation only supports DeFi that is permissionless, open-source, and minimizes centralized third parties. But...
THORChain’s $618,000 Live Swap Puts Blockchain Transparency to the Test
TLDR: A single $618,000 BTC-to-USDC swap on THORChain exposed every transaction detail to the public in real time. GemWallet’s 50...
“Number Go Up” Culture Is Killing Crypto’s Cypherpunk Dream, Wintermute CEO Warn...
TLDR: Wintermute CEO Evgeny Gaevoy says crypto is now driven by a “number go up” mindset over cypherpunk values. Gaevoy argues sta...
Moonwell Proposes $2.68M Recovery Plan After cbETH Liquidation Incident Harms 18...
TLDR: Roughly 181 Moonwell borrowers on Base lost ~$2.68M due to oracle-driven cbETH liquidations from Feb 14–18, 2026. Moonwell...
Vitalik Buterin Proposes Hedging-Based Transformation for Prediction Markets
TLDR: Buterin warns prediction markets prioritize short-term betting over meaningful information discovery value Current platform...
DeFi is not really decentralized, it is unavoidably centralized
Rules are required to ensure DeFi projects grow and mature, which means they need layers of centralization before becoming truly d...
Vitalik Buterin: Why Algorithmic Stablecoins Are “True DeFi” and USDC Yield Isn’...
TLDR: Vitalik excludes USDC yield products from DeFi category due to centralized counterparty risk exposure. ETH-backed algorithm...