Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin drew a clear boundary around what he considers “real” decentralized finance (DeFi), pushing back against yield-driven stablecoin strategies that he says fail to ...

The Ethereum ecosystem’s dependence on centralized stablecoins is forcing it to face a fundamental reckoning. Vitalik Buterin, the network’s co-founder, has questioned popular stablecoin strategies in ...

Is permissionless DeFi fading? Know how compliance layers, KYC in smart contracts, and compliant pools are reshaping ...

Instead of forcing DeFi to adopt traditional, centralized compliance models, a new approach called compliance primitives is emerging. They are on-chain, ...

Why were derivatives difficult to build in DeFi? Learn how scalability, liquidity fragmentation, and oracle risks ...

Since 2016 it has been a tradition for me to deliver a blog on blockchain and crypto in which I present the main trends for the new year. Looking back, 2025 was an eventful year for the blockchain and ...

Fireblocks integrates Stacks L2, giving 2,400+ institutions direct access to Bitcoin DeFi lending, staking, and yields.

Block Street, a unified liquidity layer for tokenized assets, has announced a strategic integration with StableStock, the on-chain stock-liquidity infrastructure powering the StockFi era — connecting ...

Despite a wider market pullback, the total value locked (TVL) in DeFi on Core (CRYPTO: CORE), Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) Layer-2 blockchain, has grown significantly in the second quarter of 2024. What ...

The Blockchain Association, representing 76 crypto firms, urges Congress to repeal the IRS DeFi broker rule, arguing it threatens US crypto innovation and unfairly burdens blockchain firms. The ...

New Jersey, United States, February 4th, 2026, ChainwireFireblocks and Stacks Bring Institutional Access to Bitcoin DeFiNew ...

Kraken is introducing a new product designed to give centralized exchange users access to decentralized finance yield without leaving the platform. The ...