DeFi Correspondent — L2s, MEV, restaking, yield
Solana now leads spot DEX volume, and its market makers look nothing like Ethereum's. The same x*y=k formula runs on two different…
Real yield is cash flow a protocol earns, not tokens it prints. Here are its three kinds, which one survived the 10/10…
In 2026 exchanges shipped self-custody wallets while wallets shipped cards, yield and perps. Here is what the blurred UX line means for…
Cross-chain bridges lost more than $2 billion in 2022 alone, which made them crypto's richest target. Here is how they work, why…
Account abstraction made wallets do more: batch, go gasless, recover, delegate. In 2026 the real question is simpler: what do you own,…
Cross-chain bridges are where crypto gets robbed most, with over $1.26 billion lost in Q3 2026 alone. Here is a practical playbook…
Ledger, Trezor and Tangem survived a year of laser labs, spy implants and data breaches. The harder test is the one nobody…
The energy-mix debate counts the watts flowing into Bitcoin mining, not the machines burning through them. This is the hardware and e-waste…
Restaking let staked ether earn a second yield by securing other services. In 2026 the yield thinned, the capital left, and ether.fi…
A listing can mint a fortune or mark the top. Here is how crypto exchange listings really work in 2026, from a…
