decentralized finance

Forget the headlines recently screaming institutional crypto adoption. MetalphaPro’s $48 million ETH plunge into DeFi isn’t just them flexing to make bigger bucks. It’s a clear signal that the dam is cracking. Well, now you can finally get your slice of the financial independence pie! Think of it this way:...

Yield farming quickly became one of the dominant strategies in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space. It provides users the opportunity to earn passive income through liquidity provision across multiple protocols. With 2025 fast approaching, understanding the best yield farming platforms is critical. Having a better understanding of their mechanisms and...

Cryptocurrency is an incredibly dynamic market. With $600 billion run just by public pension plans, by 2025 liquidity pool providers will be extremely powerful players in driving the investment strategy. These platforms have let individuals earn high returns by making their crypto assets available for trade, including Bitcoin convertible to...

Paid ads shouting “10x profits!” from AI-fueled Bitcoin mining by 2025? Color me deeply skeptical. As someone who's spent years dissecting data and algorithms, I'm not easily swayed by hype. Let's get real: the crypto world is rife with promises that evaporate faster than your seed phrase in a phishing...

We in DeFi like to finger-wag, we like to congratulate ourselves on immutable smart contracts and decentralized governance. We sweat the details down to the last line of code. With every audit, we are made increasingly sure that the decisive security battle is not lost nor won in that place....

Here we go again. Another week, another exploit, another gut-wrenching headline about billions in user funds disappearing into the ether. This time, it’s Curve Finance — one of the foundational protocols of the DeFi space — succumbing to the art of a sophisticated DNS attack. Honestly, are we really surprised...

Curve Finance, a decentralized exchange, is still deeply investigating an apparent DNS exploit. Though a temporary glitch, this exploit would have forced users to an attack site. The breach, found Monday afternoon, necessarily led to urgent action from the site. Just as Curve Finance experienced a DNS hijack last year...

Now, fast forward to 2025—the landscape has drastically changed for Bitcoin (BTC) holders. Now they have opportunities to maximize rewards on their assets. For one, Bitcoin operates on a Proof-of-Work (PoW) consensus mechanism and staking cannot be directly implemented on PoW blockchains. Thankfully, creative approaches have allowed the enterprising user...

If we’re honest, the crypto space can be intimidating—like one of those velvet rope clubs. Bitcoin and Ethereum are known to steal all the headlines. In the interim, thousands of other visionary projects and their enthusiastic innovators continue to get left out in the cold. We're talking about millions of...

The world of decentralized finance (DeFi) is extremely attractive, but it’s extremely risky. Earlier this month, a complex exploit siphoned off over $1 million in Mobius Token on the BNB Chain. This attack caused a crippling $2.1 million loss. MetaBlock X is back to break down the incident in depth....