DeFi Correspondent — L2s, MEV, restaking, yield
A $320 million exploit at Blockstream's Liquid Network shows cross-chain bridges are still crypto's weak point. The fix winning in 2026 is…
Ethereum and Base abandoned plans to merge their native account-abstraction proposals. That leaves EIP-7702, the fix meant to be temporary, as the…
The Fed is set to raise rates for the first time since 2023, and it hits Marathon and Riot harder than Bitcoin…
Every AMM pool is quietly a price feed, and that second job is where DeFi keeps getting drained. Inside the six-year design…
In 2026 the wallet is the product, and a handful of screens decide who stays in crypto. A guide to account abstraction,…
A validator's yield is the least interesting number in staking. The real story is time, the entry queue, and a risk-free rate…
Crypto-backed loans let you raise cash without selling and without triggering a tax bill. Here is how borrowing works in 2026, from…
Smart accounts already run on tens of millions of addresses, yet native account abstraction slipped again this month. A guide to what…
Lido, Rocket Pool, and Frax all turn staked ETH into a liquid token, but the receipt you hold is not the same…
On-chain lending is now a $50 billion credit engine behind Coinbase loans and DeFi yield. Here is how it works, who owns…
