Smart contracts, MEV, restaking, liquid staking, and the on-chain economy.
In August 2026 ether.fi pulled restaking out of its flagship token, and the sector's biggest player began walking away. Here is how…
Automated market makers now clear a record share of spot trading, yet the design is in flux. Inside the fight over LVR,…
Tokenized Treasuries and private credit turned DeFi lending into an institutional business in 2026. Here is how Aave, Morpho, and Wall Street…
Perp DEXs traded over a trillion dollars in a single month and now rival regulated venues. Here is how on-chain perpetual futures…
Bridges lost hundreds of millions again in 2026, yet losses are falling and $15 billion fled to safer designs. Here is how…
In 2026, liquid staking stopped being a retail DeFi trick and became institutional plumbing. Here is how treasuries, ETFs and regulated custodians…
Maximal extractable value is the hidden economy running under every DeFi trade. We break down arbitrage, liquidations and sandwich attacks, and the…
Real yield means cash flow from real protocol revenue, not token emissions. Here is how DeFi's fees, buybacks, and the tokenized T-bill…
Restaking lets one unit of staked ETH secure many systems at once, for extra yield and extra risk. Here is how it…
Restaking recycles Ethereum's staked security for extra yield, but in 2026 the market is pulling staking and restaking apart, starting with ether.fi's…