DeFi

A comic-style bank vault door with an S&P risk badge on its face, coins and a share token at its base, beside a speech bubble reading GRADING CRYPTO VAULTS.

DeFi Technology

Oct 6, 2026

S&P Global Launches Risk Grades for Crypto Lending Vaults

S&P Global's new framework grades risks across six areas of a crypto lending vault, but no vault has been assessed yet.

A pop-art KNTQ coin with the Kinetiq mark, a USDC payment tag and a falling price arrow illustrates Kinetiq ending its kPoints program with a paid token claim.

Altcoins DeFi

Oct 2, 2026

Kinetiq Ends kPoints After KNTQ Drops More Than 20%

Kinetiq is offering eligible holders 50 million KNTQ at $0.26 for 10 days, putting a large discounted supply block on the market.

A pop-art illustration shows the Blast network shrinking beside a bridge sending assets back to Ethereum, with a speech bubble announcing BLAST SHUTDOWN and a badge showing $1,793.

Ethereum ETH DeFi

Oct 2, 2026

Blast to Shut Down After TVL and Revenue Collapse

Blast says operating costs now exceed revenue. Users have until Oct. 26 to withdraw through its interface as about $63.5 million remains bridged.

ETH

A pop-art illustration shows a shrinking Cardano DeFi vault beside USDrf and sUSDrf credit tokens, with a small $67M locked figure and a warning that credit and liquidity risks remain.

DeFi RWA

Oct 2, 2026

Cardano DeFi Falls as RealFi Launches Credit Tokens

Cardano DeFi TVL has fallen by more than half. RealFi's new credit tokens offer yield, but retail exits carry key risks.

ADA

A pop-art illustration shows a Uniswap liquidity pool behind a smart-contract access gate, with the real Uniswap and SMBC Nikko Securities marks and symbols of Japan and institutional finance.

DeFi Regulation

Oct 2, 2026

Uniswap Works on Compliance-Ready DeFi Pools for Japan

A Japan-focused DeFi project would use Uniswap v4 hooks for pool controls, but key details about enforcement, governance and deployment remain unclear.

A pop-art cover shows Drift's DFX recovery token beside a partially funded USDT pool, symbolising claims opened for users affected by a $2.95 million exploit.

DeFi Altcoins

Oct 1, 2026

Drift Opens DFX Claims for Users Hit by $2.95M Exploit

Drift opened DFX claims for verified April exploit losses. The first redemption value is about 0.0104 USDT per token, backed by a 3.1 million USDT pool.

SOL

A pop-art illustration shows a wallet connecting through a regulated gateway to an Ethereum DeFi protocol, with a document above the connection and a speech bubble announcing EU scrutiny of DeFi gateways.

Regulation DeFi

Oct 1, 2026

EU Regulator Targets Companies That Give Users Access to DeFi

ESMA wants to license DeFi gateways and tighten disclosure rules for staking and lending, while leaving most protocol contracts untouched.

A comic cover shows a Uniswap stablecoin pool with USDC and a sinking stablecoin, a fixed reference marker, and an LP position exposed as the fee gauge reaches zero.

Stablecoins DeFi

Oct 1, 2026

Three Hidden Flaws in Uniswap’s StablePair Hook Could Hit LP Returns

StablePair uses a fixed reference price and cached data that can leave LPs exposed when a stablecoin weakens. The available data does not prove better returns.

USDC

A pop-art illustration of an XRPL lending vault divided into subscription, investment, and redemption stages, with a closed subscription gate and interest recognised when payment arrives.

DeFi Technology

Oct 1, 2026

XRP Ledger Opens Vote on New Lending Upgrade with Vaults and Interest Rules

XRPL validators are voting on lending changes that add closed-ended vaults, cash accounting and new restrictions for loan brokers.

XRP

A Morgan Stanley research lab is shown as a secure chamber where stablecoins, tokenized deposits and DeFi vaults are tested away from the bank’s core systems.

Stablecoins DeFi

Sep 30, 2026

Morgan Stanley Sets Up a Lab to Test Stablecoins and DeFi

Morgan Stanley's new lab will test stablecoins, tokenized deposits and DeFi vaults away from core systems, with no client product announced.

A comic cover shows Sentora controlling the risk settings of a proposed hub-and-spoke lending system on Aave V4, with stablecoin markets split between it and the Aave DAO.

DeFi Ethereum ETH

Sep 30, 2026

Sentora Seeks Aave V4 Markets With a 50% Revenue Share

Sentora wants to run Aave V4 lending markets on Ethereum and split revenue evenly with the DAO. The proposal has no live deployment or demand data.

AAVE

ETH

Bikash Deka

A comic-style Balancer coin sits beside a shrinking pool, withdrawal arrows and a calendar leading to a treasury badge.

DeFi Altcoins

Sep 30, 2026

Balancer Sets Pool Exit Dates and a May 2027 BAL Claim Window

Balancer holders approved a wind-down. Here are the pool exit dates, withdrawal options, rejected fork and timeline for redeeming BAL.

A pop-art illustration shows an Illinois tax document marked 0.2% beside stablecoin coins, a DeFi platform, a cross-chain bridge and a gas pump, with an official government seal in the scene.

Regulation DeFi

Sep 30, 2026

Illinois Draft Targets Crypto Transactions With 0.2% Tax

Illinois’ draft rules would tax stablecoin activity and some DeFi platform fees, while excluding gas, NFTs and many ordinary wallet transfers.

A pop-art illustration shows Ether.fi breaking away from EigenLayer, leaving less than one percent of its assets restaked as its financial products move forward.

Ethereum ETH DeFi

Sep 28, 2026

The Restaking Boom Is Fading as Protocols Search for Better Business Models

Restaking fees lag ordinary staking as Ether.fi exits EigenLayer and Ether.fi shifts toward cards, borrowing and vaults.

ETHFI

A pop-art illustration shows Aave and USDC marks attached to an open loan beneath a frozen stock-token price chart, with a sharp gap waiting to appear when the market feed resumes.

DeFi RWA

Sep 28, 2026

Aave’s Weekend Stock Price Gap Puts USDC Lenders at Risk

Aave’s new stock-token market keeps lending open while stock feeds freeze. Here’s why USDC suppliers may carry the gap when feeds reopen.

USDC

Pallavi Malviya Gupta

A comic-style recovery vault holds ATOM coins while a governance gate blocks the transfer to affected holders.

Altcoins DeFi

Sep 27, 2026

Cosmos Recovered 1.23M ATOM, but Holders Still Await Refunds

Validators moved 1.23M stolen ATOM to a recovery multisig, but a governance mandate is still required before funds can be returned.

A blocked wallet tries to pass through THORChain and emerge as Bitcoin, making the network's refusal to stop the transfer instantly understandable.

DeFi Bitcoin BTC

Sep 27, 2026

THORChain refuses to block wallets linked to Bitget hack

THORChain is swapping funds linked to the Bitget hack into Bitcoin, reviving questions over who should stop stolen crypto.

XRP

BTC

Pop-art comic cover showing a gavel slamming onto a cracked bridge connecting a KelpDAO badge and a LayerZero badge, with a $292M tag at the strike point.

DeFi Ethereum ETH

Sep 25, 2026

KelpDAO sues LayerZero and Pellegrino over $292M rsETH exploit

KelpDAO has sued LayerZero Labs and co-founder Bryan Pellegrino in British Columbia over the April 18, 2026 exploit of 116,500 rsETH worth about $292 million.

ETH