DeFi protocol Carrot becomes first casualty of $285M Drift exploit
Solana-based decentralized finance yield protocol Carrot said Thursday that it is shutting down permanently, becoming one of the first DeFi protocols to fall due to...
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Mantle’s 30,000 ETH loan for Aave enters vote as DeFi United tops $314m
Mantle’s proposal to lend up to 30,000 ETH to Aave’s DeFi United rsETH rescue has gone live on Snapshot, adding structured credit to a $314m...
DeFi can freeze stolen funds, but not everyone agrees it should
Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols are stepping in to freeze stolen funds while centralized issuers face criticism for holding back. A recent intervention on Arbitrum saw...
Sentora brings institutional DeFi to the public with the launch of its Smart Yield platform
April 30, 2026 – Sentora has announced that Sentora Smart Yield is now publicly available, opening access to its DeFi vault discovery and monitoring platform...
RedStone launches settlement layer to address RWA liquidity gap in DeFi lending
RedStone, a decentralized oracle provider, has launched a new settlement layer for decentralized finance, aiming to make tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) usable as collateral in...
Aave-linked DeFi United unveils rsETH recovery plan after $293M Kelp exploit
The Aave-linked recovery group DeFi United has published a technical implementation plan to restore rsETH backing after the April 18 Kelp bridge exploit released 116,500...
Aave asks Arbitrum to send 30K ETH from Kelp exploiter to ‘DeFi United’
Aave Labs has proposed that the decentralized autonomous organization behind Arbitrum unfreeze $73.5 million in Ether tied to the Kelp DAO attack and to direct...
DeFi heavyweights press SEC for formal broker rules after ‘non-custodial UI’ guidance
DeFi heavyweights urge the SEC to turn its temporary “non‑custodial UI” safe harbor into binding broker rules that shield neutral infrastructure from creeping regulation. Summary...
Are DeFi devs liable for the illegal activity of others on their platforms?
A US federal judge has dismissed a class action lawsuit that sought to hold Uniswap Labs and its founder Hayden Adams liable for scam tokens...
Aave Leads ‘DeFi United’ Push to Contain $292M KelpDAO Fallout
In brief Aave and a coalition of DeFi protocols are mounting a coordinated recovery effort dubbed “DeFi United” to absorb bad debt from the April...