DeFi

DeFi

CEA vs. ABA: The Data War Behind the CLARITY Act's Stablecoin Yield Fight

The White House CEA says a stablecoin yield ban lifts bank lending by just $2.1B. The ABA calls it the wrong question. Here is what it means for the CLARITY Act.

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DeFi

Solana's Enterprise API Toolkit: Mastercard, Worldpay, and Western Union Build on SDP

The Solana Foundation's new Developer Platform bundles 20+ infrastructure partners into a single API layer, with Mastercard, Worldpay, and Western Union as its first enterprise adopters for stablecoin settlement, merchant payments, and cross-border transfers.

12 min read
DeFi

Solana STRIDE: Foundation-Funded DeFi Security Tiers After Drift

Solana's new STRIDE program funds 24/7 monitoring above $10M TVL and formal verification above $100M — but the Drift exploit it answers to may not be the kind it can prevent.

8 min read
DeFi

Circle Arc L1: Quantum-Ready Institutional Stablecoin Rails

Circle's Arc blockchain launches with post-quantum cryptography from day one, positioning USDC's issuer to lead institutional stablecoin infrastructure into the quantum era.

10 min read
DeFi

The DAO Centralization Paradox: How Lido, Lista, and P2P.me Are Fighting Back

An ECB paper quantifies what many suspected: DAO governance is heavily concentrated. Lido, Lista, and P2P.me each propose radically different solutions — buybacks, tokenomics redesigns, and futarchy.

11 min read
DeFi

Uniswap v4 Hooks: How Custom AMM Logic Is Reshaping DEX Design

Uniswap v4's hook system transforms DEXs from rigid swap protocols into programmable liquidity platforms, enabling custom AMM logic that is reshaping decentralized exchange architecture.

11 min read
DeFi

Inside the Drift Protocol Exploit: How Three Attack Vectors Combined to Drain $285M

A forensic analysis of how attackers combined fake token oracle manipulation, durable nonce abuse, and social engineering to execute Solana's worst DeFi attack in under 12 minutes.

11 min read