Buterin’s reply offered both a counterpoint and a broader framework for what counts as “real” DeFi. The Russo-Canadian ...

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin drew a clear boundary around what he considers “real” decentralized finance (DeFi), ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Decentralized exchanges (DEXs) were meant to embody the promise of DeFi: open, borderless, peer-to-peer markets that couldn’t be ...

Learn how programmable compliance in defi is transforming Web3 in 2026 by embedding regulatory rules into smart contracts to enable institutional liquidity and secure asset tokenization.

DeFi in 2025 is bigger, more global, and far more complex, driven by RWAs, institutional capital, AI automation, and cross-chain interoperability. Aggregator platforms have become essential ...

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Discover the top decentralized insurance protocols in DeFi and learn how they protect your assets from smart contract and protocol risks.

The DeFi Education Fund has responded to the FCA’s CP25/40 consultation, arguing that crypto regulation should hinge on unilateral control, not developer involvement.

A decentralized stablecoin aims to maintain a stable value while being issued and managed onchain, without relying on a single company to mint or redeem dollars. Stablecoins are already central to ...

The decentralized finance (DeFi) sector has undergone a remarkable security transformation, achieving a 90% reduction in exploit losses since 2020 and positioning itself as mature financial ...

Hyperion DeFi will host an event discussing its shift to decentralized finance and the HYPE token on July 29, 2025. Hyperion DeFi, Inc. announced a corporate update event on July 29, 2025, featuring ...

The tie-up, which also relies on crypto firm Securitize, is the first of its kind between Wall Street and DeFi.