Tag: DeFi

Circle CirBTC Unveils New Token Designed to Expand Bitcoin Role in DeFi

Circle, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, has unveiled cirBTC, a new Bitcoin-backed token designed to bring the world’s largest digital asset into decentralized finance applications – including lending, borrowing, and liquidity protocols – by addressing the trust deficit that has constrained competing wrapped Bitcoin products. The token is set to launch on Ethereum and Circle’s own Arc blockchain, with additional chain integrations expected in the coming months. The announcement marks Circle’s most direct entry into Bitcoin infrastructure to date, extending a product portfolio that previously centered on dollar-denominated stablecoins…

Crypto Hackers Steal $168 Million from DeFi Protocols in Q1 2026

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Crypto hackers stole over $168.6 million in cryptocurrency from 34 decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols in the first quarter of 2026, falling significantly from the same period last year, according to data from DefiLlama.  The $40 million private key compromise of Step Finance in January was the largest exploit of the quarter, the data shows, followed by a smart contract manipulation that drained $26.4 million in ether (ETH) from Truebit on Jan. 8. The third-largest was a private key compromise targeting stablecoin issuer Resolv Labs on March 21. The quarterly figure…

DeFi Is Optimizing For gas, Not For Markets

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Opinion by: João Garcia, DevReal lead at Cartesi.Decentralized finance presents itself as a transparent alternative to Wall Street. Yet, what it has largely reconstructed is a simplified version of finance, engineered less around market resilience than around the constraints of gas fees. That trade-off, once treated as a technical footnote, is increasingly shaping the limits of what DeFi can become. So long as computational minimalism remains the overriding priority, financial robustness will remain secondary, and periods of market stress will continue to expose that imbalance. When markets move faster than…

Biggest DeFi Hack of 2026? – Crypto News Bitcoin News

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DRIFT Token Crashes After Protocol Reports Major Onchain Exploit The funds moved to wallet address HkGz4KmoZ7Zmk7HN6ndJ31UJ1qZ2qgwQxgVqQwovpZES, which blockchain explorers have flagged as potentially attacker-controlled. The wallet holds additional assets, including wrapped bitcoin and other tokens. Community monitors like Lookonchain and Peckshield first detected the suspicious outflows around 1:30 Eastern time. “We are observing unusual activity on the protocol. We are currently investigating. Please do not deposit funds into the protocol while we investigate. This is not an April Fools joke. Proceed with caution until further notice. We’ll provide additional updates…

US Charges Alleged Uranium Finance Hacker Over $54M DeFi Exploit

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US authorities have unsealed an indictment against the man accused of hacking Uranium Finance, a now-defunct decentralized finance platform that lost over $54 million across two exploits in 2021. The US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York on Monday accused Maryland resident Jonathan Spalletta of carrying out two separate hacks against Uranium Finance in April 2021. He also surrendered to authorities on Monday. In a statement, US Attorney Jay Clayton said Spalletta exploited smart contracts to steal millions from Uranium Finance, causing the exchange to shut down…

Clarity Act Could Pressure DeFi Tokens by Ring-Fencing Yield, Analyst Warns

An analyst warning tied to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY Act) has identified the Senate draft’s yield-restriction provisions as a structural headwind for decentralized finance tokens, arguing that ring-fencing on-chain yield distributions would directly erode the revenue models underpinning governance tokens, liquid staking derivatives, and yield aggregator protocols. The warning arrives as the Senate Banking Committee targets a spring 2026 markup following a March 1 text deadline, with Kalshi prediction markets placing passage odds at approximately 69%. We suspect this is not a marginal concern about regulatory inconvenience…

Hub-and-Spoke Model, New Partners, and What Changes for Borrowers – Defi Bitcoin News

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Ethereum DeFi Protocol Aave Releases V4 With Chainlink Oracles and Tokenized Collateral Markets The release shared with Bitcoin.com News was announced at EthCC in Cannes and marks the protocol’s first major infrastructure overhaul in two years. Aave Labs says V4 was built to move the protocol beyond crypto-native lending into broader credit markets, including structured lending, tokenized asset-backed credit, and collateralized credit lines. Previous versions required developers to choose between expanding into new markets and maintaining shared liquidity. That tradeoff pushed different risk profiles into the same pool or forced…

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Lido Launches Vaults and Earn Products as Staking Yields Compress – Defi Bitcoin News

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Lido DAO Targets Corporate Treasuries and Tokenized Assets in Three-Year DeFi Plan The plan, detailed in the GOOSE-3 governance proposal published Nov. 24, 2025, sets four priorities: expanding stETH adoption, upgrading protocol infrastructure, scaling new revenue through Lido Earn, and building products that connect off-chain corporate finance activity with onchain liquidity. Lido remains Ethereum’s largest liquid- staking provider. The protocol holds roughly 28–30% of all staked ETH, with total value locked fluctuating between $18 billion and $40 billion depending on market conditions. Staking yields have compressed as more validators enter…

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