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CoWSwap Fee Redirect Sparks Aave Governance Crisis
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CoWSwap Fee Redirect Sparks Aave Governance Crisis

Delegates discovered an integration that quietly diverted swap fees away from the DAO treasury, igniting one of the most contentious governance fights in DeFi.

Anya Verma//Dec 22, 2025//6m
BGD Labs Exits Aave, Citing Governance Tensions
DeFi

BGD Labs Exits Aave, Citing Governance Tensions

The core infrastructure team behind Aave V3 announced its departure, calling out unresolved tensions with Aave Labs as the central reason.

Sebastian Cole//Apr 4, 2026//5m
Uniswap DAO Approves DUNA Wyoming Wrapper Ahead of Fee Switch
DeFi

Uniswap DAO Approves DUNA Wyoming Wrapper Ahead of Fee Switch

Token holders voted to incorporate the DAO as a Decentralized Unincorporated Nonprofit Association under Wyoming law, a prerequisite for any fee-switch activation.

Riya Mehta//Aug 19, 2025//5m
Société Générale Pilots DeFi Lending on Uniswap and Aave
DeFi

Société Générale Pilots DeFi Lending on Uniswap and Aave

The French bank's digital-asset arm has begun running live euro-stablecoin lending pilots on permissionless protocols, a first for a globally systemic institution.

Olivia Chen//Oct 30, 2025//5m
EigenLayer Slashing Goes Live for First AVSs
DeFi

EigenLayer Slashing Goes Live for First AVSs

After a careful staged rollout, slashable Active Validated Services on EigenLayer began enforcing their first real economic penalties this week.

Anya Verma//Aug 5, 2025//5m
Ethena's USDe Crosses $10B Supply on Yield-Bearing Demand
DeFi

Ethena's USDe Crosses $10B Supply on Yield-Bearing Demand

The synthetic dollar has grown into one of the largest stablecoins on-chain, defying earlier scepticism around its delta-neutral funding model.

Sebastian Cole//Jul 8, 2025//5m
MakerDAO Rebrands as Sky, Spark Spinout Launches Standalone
DeFi

MakerDAO Rebrands as Sky, Spark Spinout Launches Standalone

The original DeFi blue-chip completed its long-telegraphed Endgame restructuring, splitting into Sky for the stablecoin layer and Spark for the lending business.

Riya Mehta//Sep 18, 2024//6m
Pendle's Yield Trading Hits Record TVL Above $7B
DeFi

Pendle's Yield Trading Hits Record TVL Above $7B

The yield-tokenization protocol has emerged as an unexpected centrepiece of the points-and-airdrop economy, vacuuming up restaked-ETH liquidity.

Anya Verma//May 20, 2025//5m
Hyperliquid On-Chain Perp DEX Crosses $1B Daily Volume
DeFi

Hyperliquid On-Chain Perp DEX Crosses $1B Daily Volume

The order-book derivatives venue has grown into a serious competitor to centralized exchanges, with token holders absorbing fees through a unique buyback mechanism.

Sebastian Cole//Apr 2, 2025//6m
RWA Tokenization on DeFi Crosses the $20B Mark
DeFi

RWA Tokenization on DeFi Crosses the $20B Mark

Tokenized U.S. Treasuries, private credit funds, and money-market products now represent a meaningful slice of on-chain TVL, led by BlackRock's BUIDL.

Carmen Diaz//Dec 4, 2025//6m
Lido stETH Maintains DeFi Collateral Dominance Despite Decline
DeFi

Lido stETH Maintains DeFi Collateral Dominance Despite Decline

Even as Lido's market share of staked ETH has eroded post-Pectra, stETH remains the single most-deposited collateral asset across major lending markets.

Anya Verma//Aug 28, 2025//5m
Pump.fun's Revenue Is Still the Anomaly of the Cycle
DeFi

Pump.fun's Revenue Is Still the Anomaly of the Cycle

The Solana launchpad continues to generate hundreds of millions in annualized fees from a single core product — at a fraction of the headcount of any comparable startup.

Theresa Volkov//Mar 14, 2025//5m
Stablecoin Yield Wars Heat Up Among USDe, USDC, and USDT
DeFi

Stablecoin Yield Wars Heat Up Among USDe, USDC, and USDT

Issuers are competing for stablecoin TVL by passing more of the underlying treasury yield through to holders, reshaping the long-static stablecoin landscape.

Olivia Chen//Jan 22, 2026//5m
PancakeSwap V4 Launches with Hooks on BNB Chain
DeFi

PancakeSwap V4 Launches with Hooks on BNB Chain

The largest BNB Chain DEX has shipped its biggest architectural overhaul, mirroring Uniswap V4's hook-based extensibility model.

Riya Mehta//Feb 12, 2025//5m
Curve Finance Recovers After Vyper Re-Entrancy Aftermath
DeFi

Curve Finance Recovers After Vyper Re-Entrancy Aftermath

Two years after the Vyper compiler exploit nearly broke the protocol, Curve has steadily rebuilt liquidity and is again the dominant venue for stablecoin pairs.

Sebastian Cole//Jan 8, 2025//5m

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