VerifiedX says its Bitcoin sidechain enables programmable, privacy-preserving bitcoin transactions without synthetic wrappers, targeting growing institutional demand for native Bitcoin DeFi.

For protocol founders and security researchers, the incident reinforced a broader shift underway across crypto: DeFi is no longer primarily battling coding bugs. It’s battling complexity.

DeFi lending hacks on EVM and Solana stripped just $30.9M from nearly $100B TVL in the past year, putting losses at 3 bps.

Solana Beat BTC and ETH in Q3: These 3 Stocks Saw It Coming DeFi Development (NASDAQ:DFDV) Chief Strategy Officer Dan Kang ...

Kelp DAO lost $293 million in largest 2026 crypto exploit on April 19.

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Q1 2026 Management View "We have increased guidance to $5 million to $7 million for 2026 and anticipate cash flow breakeven by year-end" (CEO, Chief Investment Officer & Director Hyunsu Jung).

Babylon's trustless Bitcoin staking protocol hits $4B TVL, enabling native BTC collateral in DeFi through zero-knowledge ...

Purrlend is the latest protocol to fall in what has become the worst month for DeFi security .

Former Messari Head of Product and well known crypto trader Qiao Wang believes the nascent DeFi sector has enormous growth potential. DeFi has been on a tear this year, with the total value locked ...