Decentralized finance, known as DeFi, is emerging as the evolution of the obsolete traditional finance, these DeFi provide an extra of decentralization, transparency and security.
In this section you will find the latest news related to decentralized finance, new projects, partnerships and everything you need to be informed of that happens around you.
Without the need to trust third parties, more secure, transparent and without borders, DeFi will give a lot to talk about and from Crypto Economy we will tell you about it.
TL;DR: KelpDAO held LayerZero responsible for the April 18 exploit that caused losses of over $300 million. Independent researchers from SEAL 911 confirmed the breach occurred
TL;DR: Drift Protocol was hacked on April 1, 2026, by a North Korea-linked actor, resulting in approximately $295 million in user funds lost. The recovery plan
TL;DR: Wasabi Protocol suffered an apparent admin-key compromise that drained roughly $4.55 million from perp vaults and liquidity pools across multiple chains. The attacker reportedly used
TL;DR: Syndicate linked unusual SYND movements to a Commons bridge compromise, while CertiK said an attacker acquired about 18.5 million SYND and sold them for roughly
TL;DR: a16z warns that AI agents can already reproduce exploits in DeFi protocols, with success rates close to 70% in simple attacks. The firm argues that
TL;DR: Compound proposed contributing between 1,900 and 3,000 ETH, equivalent to up to $6.9 million, to the DeFi United recovery initiative. The coalition of 14 protocols
TL;DR: DeFi United published a technical plan to restore rsETH backing after the $292 million exploit that affected Kelp DAO on April 18. The restoration involves
TL;DR The Solana Foundation made its first capital deployment outside its ecosystem by lending treasury-held USDT into Aave after the KelpDAO bridge exploit. DeFi United had
TL;DR: THORChain refused to block funds from the KelpDAO exploit, reaffirming its stance as neutral, permissionless infrastructure. The protocol is preparing a tiered revenue-sharing model for
TL;DR Sergej Kunz says institutions are wasting resources by rebuilding DeFi systems that already work instead of partnering with mature onchain infrastructure. He points to 1inch’s
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