DeFi
Every DeFi read CryptoBloggers has picked: 316 so far, 272 in the last 30 days, strongest first under “Start here” and newest first below.
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Curve Explained: Stablecoin Pools, LP Exposure and Lending
Explains where Curve LP returns come from: stablecoin pool asset mix, trading fees, incentives and lending interest.
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THORChain halts swaps after block reorg bug, slowing Binance hackers
THORChain node operators paused swaps across 10 networks after a block reorg bug, slowing the Binance hackers' laundering routes.
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b14g just had 97M CORE pulled out of its staking contract, exchanges froze 9M of it. Are we underpricing wrapper risk on BTC staking?
b14g staking wrapper lost about 97M CORE to attacker addresses while the Core chain itself held; a useful lesson on wrapper risk for BTC staking.
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Ethena Explained: USDe, sUSDe, Rewards and Exit Routes
Explains USDe and sUSDe redemption limits, rewards, and why unstaking returns USDe rather than dollars.
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Maple’s syrupUSDC and syrupUSDT Explained: Returns, Risks and Exits
Explains syrupUSDC and syrupUSDT returns and exit routes, noting withdrawals depend on liquidity with no guaranteed deadline.
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b14g Pauses Staking Contracts After 97 Million CORE Withdrawn Without Authorization
b14g paused its staking contracts after 97M CORE was withdrawn without authorization; this is the same incident as the stronger analytical post, so it is kept only as a secondary link.
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Swell Lifts swETH and rswETH Withdrawal Pauses After Rate Reset
Swell lifted withdrawal pauses on swETH and rswETH after a rate reset, but direct-deposit controls still show a pause and compensation is promised within a week.
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Attacker Drains About $437,000 in Collateral From Premia Vaults
Premia vaults lost about $437,000 when an attacker moved collateral into option pools and withdrew it as liquidity, per Blockaid's analysis.
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ICE is bringing Hyperliquid perps onshore through Trade[XYZ], and HYPE ran 15% before they quietly deleted the announcement
ICE signed a deal with Trade[XYZ] to bring Hyperliquid perps to US users pending approval, and HYPE jumped about 15% before the announcement was removed.
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UNI/WETH 1% on Base did ~6x its median daily volume in the same window as the Binance hack
Onchain volume on a Base Uniswap pool spiked to about 6x its median during the Binance hack window; the poster says timing only, not causation.
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Jupiter Lend USDC Withdrawal Liquidity Rebounds to 27.9 Million
Jupiter Lend's USDC withdrawal liquidity rebounded to $27.9M, with only 6.3% of the vault's $441M immediately withdrawable on an Oct. 31 snapshot.
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Morpho Borrow Rates Hit Roughly 40% as PT Market Liquidity Dries Up
Morpho borrow rates spiked near 40% as liquidity vanished in a reUSD-backed PT market, easing to 9-13% by Oct. 31.
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Threshold Says tBTC Is Fully Backed as Bridge Pause Continues
Threshold says tBTC is fully backed while the bridge pause continues and Aave's tBTC reserve stays frozen.
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THORChain Swaps Remain Paused on 12 Chains After Reported Refund Error
THORChain swaps stay paused on 12 chains after a reported refund error, while outbound signing continues on most affected chains.
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DeFi's AML Blind Spot: How Stolen Funds and Collateral Freezes Threaten Protocol Stability
Reports that a Binance-linked hacker converts stolen assets to ETH and posts stablecoins as collateral to borrow, exposing a DeFi AML gap for freezes.
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Hackers hijack a dozen DeFi websites, all registered with Name.com, and steal about $138,000
Hackers hijacked a dozen DeFi front ends via domains registered with Name.com, stealing about $138,000; points to a DNS-level compromise.
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Institutions embrace crypto staking despite shrinking yields
Institutional staking is growing as access improves, but falling rewards and withdrawal delays are testing its economics.
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Origin Restores OGN Liquidity After Pulling Funds During Binance Incident
Origin says an attacker sold OGN at a 79% average discount, and onchain data shows Curve pool liquidity returning after a 46.74 million OGN withdrawal.
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Chainalysis Flags DeFi Receipt-Token Route in Binance Hack
Chainalysis traces a DeFi receipt-token route (USDT to jUSDT on JustLend) in the Binance hack flows.
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How often do Uniswap V3 ranges actually stay in range? A quick look at past data
A Reddit DeFi user compares Uniswap V3 range widths on two pairs, finding correlated pairs stay in range far longer than volatile ones.
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Aave Freezes tBTC Reserve After Threshold Pauses Minting and Redemptions
Aave froze its tBTC reserve after a threshold pause halted minting and redemptions, while repayments and liquidations continue on about $136.5M in deposits.
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My AI agent's trade broke the limit. The refusal told it what would fit.
A builder used Codex CLI with an MCP guardrail to cap a perps trade at $25; after the refusal the agent resized its BTC short and the order filled onchain on Somnia testnet.
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Jupiter Lend’s $414 Million USDC Vault Still Has Almost Nothing Free to Withdraw
Jupiter Lend's $414M USDC vault has almost no withdrawable liquidity, and Jupiter gives no timeline for freeing cash.
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Polymarket Sends $3.9M Back to Traders After Vendor Script Drain
Polymarket is repaying $3.9M after a hijacked vendor script drained $2.7M from 726 wallets.
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I bought tokenized stocks on Solana. What happens to dividends and stock splits?
A user bought tokenized stocks on Solana and asks how dividends and splits work for them; useful question about what tokenized equities actually represent.
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Aave Reopens Markets but Keeps Nine Assets at Zero LTV
Aave reopened markets but keeps nine assets at zero LTV, with separate rules for V3 and V4 positions.
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Uniswap, a16z and DEF Seek DeFi Exemptions From Illinois Crypto Tax Rules
Uniswap, a16z and DEF ask Illinois to exempt withdrawals, bridging and private-key recordkeeping from its crypto tax rules.
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Tydro Unfreezes Markets but Leaves New Borrowing Blocked
Tydro unfroze markets after a precautionary freeze but new borrowing stays blocked, with $62.36M outstanding borrows.
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Why a Crypto-Arbitrage Spread Is Not Net Profit
A worked one-ETH example showing fees erase much of an arbitrage spread and prefunding shifts risk to rebalancing.
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Upgradeable DeFi contracts tie emergency exits to rewrite power. My proposal is for Ethereum DeFi builders to separate them.
Proposal that DeFi builders separate emergency fund-rescue powers from contract upgrade keys in upgradeable contracts.