DeFi

Hackers’ Day | July 23: $35.5M Lost. A Reminder That Security Is a Shared Responsibility

On July 23, three major DeFi protocols lost a combined approximately $35.5 million in losses within just six hours. The attacks targeted cross-chain bridges and supporting infrastructure rather than...

DEX Aggregator Odos is Shutting Down: What Users Need to Do Before July 30

Odos, a decentralized DEX aggregator, announced the wind-down of its operations on July 23, with the app switching to read-only mode on July 27...

Aave Weighs sGHO Cross-Chain Expansion Using Chainlink CCIP

Aave governance is reviewing a proposal from TokenLogic to extend sGHO beyond Ethereum using Chainlink CCIP to coordinate cross-chain deposits and withdrawals while keeping...

XRPL Lending Specs Move Forward As Developers Refine XLS-66

XRP Ledger developers are refining XLS-66, a proposed standard for native lending on the XRPL network. This specification describes an uncollateralized, fixed-term lending mechanism...

DeFi’s next institutional hurdle is deciding who can be trusted to price real-world assets

Tokenized real-world assets have reached $51 billion in on-chain market cap, but DeFi utilization remains at 7.7% with only $3.8 billion in active total...

Odos to wind down operations, moving to read-only mode July 27

Odos, a DeFi aggregator operating across 14 chains and over 900 liquidity sources, will shut down permanently on July 30, 2026. The app will...

SummerFi to Wind Down After Seven Years, Citing Exploit

SummerFi, a DeFi access point operating for seven years, has announced its closure, attributing the decision to an exploit on its Lazy Summer Protocol....