Analysis
DeFi is still out of scope for DAC8 and CARF, but AML enforcement trends suggest that may not last, according to Taxbit’s Colby Mangels.
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Latest News on DeFi
Decentralized finance, also known as DeFi, is a sector within the overall cryptocurrency and blockchain industry focused on providing a decentralized version of mainstream financial opportunities. In the mainstream world, financial institutions offer customers access to opportunities such as cash storage and loans. However, these offerings are governed by centralized entities.
With the help of distributed ledger technology, or DLT, DeFi solutions offer a number of the same opportunities, but they are controlled by a large number of participants who abide by rules enforced by smart contracts. DeFi solutions also often give greater flexibility in terms of users’ ability to store and control their own assets. Additionally, decentralized exchanges, or DEXs, further decentralize digital asset trading, in contrast to trading on centralized digital asset platforms.
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Physical co-location and nanosecond advantages end as alpha shifts onchain. High-frequency trading firms own blockchain infrastructure.
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The partnership targets Bitcoin treasury management for Japanese companies using Rootstock-based tools, including rBTC and RIF.
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Tokenholders can influence key decisions on product direction, tokenomics and ecosystem priorities via hybrid voting, adding a new layer of transparency.
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Hyperliquid's HIP-3, also known as "Builder Deployed Perpetuals," lets anyone who stakes 500,000 HYPE to create a new perpetual futures market on the Hyperliquid blockchain.
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The first vault strategy targets 6% annual percentage yield via over-collateralized lending pools, managed by Bitwise.
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The rollout comes as UK regulators reopen the retail market to crypto-related products and global issuers expand regulated offerings.
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Paradex said a planned database upgrade briefly corrupted funding data, prompting a chain rollback and refunds after unintended liquidations across multiple markets.
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US lawmakers pause the CLARITY Act as DeFi leaders warn the bill still risks developers, DAOs rethink governance and regulators face mounting pressure.
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A series of technical upgrades, capped by the Fermi hard fork, reduced block times as BNB Chain continued adjusting its infrastructure to higher transaction volumes.
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Restaking yields come from token emissions and VC incentives, not productive activity. Complex models concentrate power among large operators, while compounding risk cascades.
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Onchain asset manager Maple is taking syrupUSDC to Coinbase’s Base network, adding institutional credit rails while pursuing Aave's Base instance next.
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The initiative comes as enforcement actions and pending market structure legislation raise questions about how privacy tools and open-source developers are treated.
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The US Senate Agriculture Committee released a Republican draft of the market structure bill, which includes protections for crypto developers, setting it up for a markup next week.
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ARK Invest’s latest analysis affirms it still sees Bitcoin reaching close to a $1 million price tag in 2030 on growing adoption.
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