Aave Sees DEFI Borrowing Demand Surge To $12.5B
Aave Captures Nearly Half of a $26 Billion DeFi Lending Market Aave ($AAVE) has hit $12.5 billion in active loans, cementing its position as the dominant force in decentralized lending. The m
Tag
DeFi
News, analysis, and explainers connected to DeFi across the CryptoCompass archive.
Latest DeFi Stories
Newest first
What are NFTs and do non-fungible tokens still matter in 2026?
Summary The global NFT market is projected to reach $60.82 billion in 2026, up from $43.08 billion in 2025, with gaming NFTs capturing 38% of total transaction volume. An NFT is a cryptograph
What is Hedera Hashgraph and how does HBAR work?
Summary Hedera Hashgraph is a public distributed ledger that replaces the block-and-chain model with a directed acyclic graph, reaching asynchronous Byzantine fault tolerance without miners o
Mirex Network Launch Done: Can $MRX Reach $1? New MRX Price Outlook!
MRX Is Live, But Is the "Top 300" Claim Actually Checkable? Mirex Network Launch has moved from announcement to reality: MRX is now deployed and trading on PancakeSwap, with the project claim
Robinhood Chain's CHUMP Memecoin Surges Into The Spotlight
Chump Coin ($CHUMP) is a digital currency operating on Robinhood Chain, and it has become one of the network's most talked-about memecoin stories after posting a 180% gain over the past week.
Cashcat is trending again amid Robinhood chain hype...
$CASHCAT, the flagship memecoin on @RobinhoodCrypto's layer-2 network, is back in the spotlight. The token has surged nearly 30% in the past 24 hours, pushing to a new all-time high above a $
Cardano Avoids a Governance Crisis at The Last Moment
A Close Call for Cardano Governance Cardano (@cardano) has narrowly avoided a significant governance disruption after its Constitutional Committee renewal vote passed both required thresholds
NEAR Protocol Update: Is NEAR Losing Everything Despite Strong Growth?
NEAR Protocol Update: Why Is NEAR Crashing While Usage Keeps Surging? The token is trading lower again today, and if you only looked at the price chart, you'd think the network was struggling
What Is Robinhood BlockChain? Robinhood chain Explained
What Is Robinhood Chain? How Robinhood's Blockchain Makes Money Robinhood Chain went live on mainnet on July 1, 2026, and it turned a familiar brokerage app into the operator of its own block
Ripple Locks 700M XRP Back Into Escrow
Ripple has returned 700 million $XRP to escrow following its latest scheduled monthly release, according to blockchain tracker Whale Alert. The two re-lock transactions covered 500 million an
Algorand says more than 500,000 post-quantum signed transactions have been recorded on its mainnet
@Algorand has passed 500,000 post-quantum signed transactions on its mainnet, marking a concrete milestone in the network's multi-year push to harden its infrastructure against future quantum
OKX Joins InterLink to Celebrate 10M Linkers
OKX Steps In as Official Partner OKX has joined forces with InterLink as an official partner to mark the project's 10 million Linkers milestone. The partnership will include special activitie