Decentralized Finance Examples and How DeFi Works See how decentralized finance works through practical examples including token swaps, crypto lending, liquid staking, and blockchain-based savings. inkl · Oct 5
Amaze Holdings (NYSE: AMZE) Executes Binding LOI to Acquire BullionFX | Alchemy, a Decentralized Gold-Backed Financial Ecosystem Valued at US$155 Million NEWPORT BEACH, California, September 29th, 2026, Financewire Proposed acquisition would bring a gold-backed decentralized financial ecosystem, including decentralized financial infrastructure targeting retail, institutional, and blockchain markets. Amaze Holdings, Inc. (NYSE American: AMZE) ("Amaze"... International Business Times · Sep 29
Britain Is Changing How It Taxes Crypto. DeFi Users Will No Longer Face Immediate Capital Gains Bills. The United Kingdom is overhauling the way it taxes certain cryptocurrency transactions, becoming one of the first major economies to formally recognize that lending digital assets and participating in decentralized finance liquidity pools do not always represent a meaningful change in ownership. International Business Times · Jul 14
Proprietary Trading Firm JPEG Trading Launches RWA Curation Business BETANIA, Panama, June 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- JPEG Trading, a quantitative trading firm specializing in cryptocurrency, decentralized finance, market structure, and digital asset liquidity, today announced the launch of its curation business with first vaults to be available on Euler, the modular lending platform for building and managing custom onchain… AAP · Jun 22
The Invisible Hand: How Privacy Tech is Opening DeFi's Doors to Institutions The decentralized finance (DeFi) revolution, with its promise of open, transparent, and permissionless systems, has built a vibrant parallel financial world. However, the very transparency that makes it a powerful force for individual users is a massive obstacle for the major players in traditional finance (TradFi). inkl · Nov 20, 2025
Governance Tokens Governance tokens have become a cornerstone of decentralized finance (DeFi), enabling community-driven decision-making, protocol evolution, and democratic control over blockchain ecosystems. inkl · Nov 12, 2025
Ethereum Crashes To $4,100 As Senate Democrats Take Aim At DeFi Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) is trading near $4,100 on Friday, after a sharp selloff that followed its rejection from $4,700 and renewed fears of U.S. regulatory pressure targeting decentralized finance. Benzinga · Oct 10, 2025
Chamath Palihapitiya Is Back in the SPAC Game. Should You Buy His New AEXA Stock Now? Last week, the American Exceptionalism SPAC started trading. It is designed to target companies in AI, defense, energy, and decentralized finance. Barchart · Oct 6, 2025
Sharps Technology Bets Big On Solana With New DeFi Partnership Sharps Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:STSS) entered into a strategic partnership with Jupiter Exchange, a decentralized finance platform on Solana (CRYPTO: SOL/USD), to integrate Jupiter’s staking infrastructure into its treasury operations. The agreement deepens Sharps’ involvement in blockchain-based finance and strengthens Solana’s network security. Benzinga · Sep 23, 2025
Inside Helius Medical's $500 Million Raise — And Its Solana Treasury Plans As the financial landscape increasingly intertwines with digital assets, companies are exploring innovative ways to integrate cryptocurrency into their business strategies. This shift reflects a broader trend of traditional firms seeking to enhance their financial reserves and capitalize on the burgeoning decentralized finance ecosystem. Benzinga · Sep 15, 2025
Federal Reserve To Host October Conference On Convergence Of Traditional And Decentralized Finance The U.S. Federal Reserve will host a payments innovation conference on Oct. 21, with a central focus on the convergence of traditional and decentralized finance. Benzinga · Sep 3, 2025
Shiba Inu Token Now Eligible For Cross-Chain Lending, Borrowing Supported By Chainlink Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) edged higher on Tuesday as it became the first meme coin to be listed on the leading cross-chain decentralized finance protocol, Folks Finance. Benzinga · Sep 3, 2025
Wall Street is finally embracing crypto—but the real payoff will come when it embraces DeFi The decentralized finance industry is just a tiny sliver of the $30 trillion TradFi industry. The ingredients are in place to change that. Fortune · Aug 2, 2025
$10 Million For A Synthetic Dollar: What's Behind Trump-Backed World Liberty Financial's Stablecoin Plans? World Liberty Financial, a decentralized finance platform associated with President Donald Trump, has invested $10 million in Falcon Finance to advance its USDf stablecoin, a synthetic dollar protocol aimed at enhancing onchain liquidity. Benzinga · Jul 30, 2025
Benzinga · Jul 25, 2025 aPriori Founder Flags Latency, Fair Sequencing As Key Bottlenecks Blocking DeFi From Matching TradFi Speeds Ray S., founder of aPriori, says latency and lack of fair sequencing remain the most critical infrastructure bottlenecks preventing decentralized finance from matching the execution speeds of traditional finance.
Benzinga · Jul 18, 2025 LQR House Crashes 62% After-Hours As Crypto Bet Backfires — CEO Calls It 'Expansion,' But Investors Flee After DeFi Icon Robert Leshner Walks Away Amid Bitcoin Treasury Plans LQR House Inc. (NASDAQ:YHC) shares plummeted 62.10% in after-hours trading on Thursday, closing at $2.49 after the company announced plans to integrate cryptocurrency and blockchain technology into its business model. What Happened: The Miami Beach-based spirits ecommerce platform dropped 38.77% during regular trading to $6.57 before the after-hours decline. Year-to-date,…
Benzinga · Jun 30, 2025 New Bitcoin-Backed Stablecoin Vaults Offer Yield Strategies Without Requiring BTC Sales BIMA, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform focused on Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC)-backed stablecoins, announced on Monday the launch of real-yield vaults for its USBD stablecoin in collaboration with Bracket, a DeFi strategy provider supported by Binance Labs.
Benzinga · Jun 26, 2025 Why Did This UAE-Based Fund Just Purchase $100M Worth Of Trump-Affiliated WLFI Tokens? UAE-based Web3 fund Aqua 1 has acquired $100 million worth of governance tokens from World Liberty Financial (WLFI) as part of a strategic effort to expand decentralized finance (DeFi) adoption and governance participation.
Benzinga · Jun 23, 2025 Veda Secures $18M To Scale DeFi Vaults Across Chains, Eyes Centralized Exchange Partnership Veda, a decentralized finance (DeFi) vault infrastructure provider, raised $18 million in a funding round.
The Conversation · May 8, 2025 Decentralized finance is booming − and so are the security risks. My team surveyed nearly 500 crypto investors and uncovered the most common mistakes When the first cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, was proposed in 2008, the goal was simple: to create a digital currency free from banks and governments. Over time, that idea evolved into something much bigger: “decentralized finance,” or “DeFi.”
Barchart · Apr 30, 2025 Eric Trump Says ‘Broken’ Bank System ‘Forced Him into the Crypto World,’ Warns ‘They’ll Be Extinct in 10 Years’ Eric Trump, speaking in Dubai, warned that traditional banks risk extinction within a decade if they fail to adapt to the rise of blockchain and decentralized finance.
International Business Times · Feb 10, 2025 US Crypto Agenda Must Focus On 'Made In America' It did not take long for the "Crypto President's" appointed Crypto Czar, David Sacks, to arouse the interests of decentralized finance champions at home and abroad.
International Business Times · Jan 29, 2025 Trump Media Plans To Expand Into Financial Services To Go After 'Woke Corporations' Truth.Fi, is a new investment brand focused on investment products and decentralized finance including cryptocurrency.
Kiplinger · Dec 20, 2024 How Decentralized Finance Is Reshaping Investment Four central innovations usher in this transformation.
inkl · Dec 9, 2024 Lido & Aave: Leading DeFi Trends Lido and Aave have emerged as frontrunners in the DeFi space in 2024, setting trends that are reshaping how users interact with decentralized finance.