Chainlink’s native token LINK jumped sharply on Wednesday, delivering strong intraday gains that outpaced XRP. Traders pointed to renewed demand for oracle services and DeFi integrations as possible drivers.
Yearn Finance has recovered $2.39 million of roughly $9 million stolen after a flaw was exploited in a custom yETH Stableswap pool. Recovery efforts are ongoing as teams trace funds and try to secure remaining assets.
Yearn Finance confirmed a breach of a custom yETH stableswap pool that resulted in about $9 million in losses. The protocol recovered roughly $2.39 million in pxETH and the incident highlights ongoing security risks in custom DeFi pools.
Yearn Finance reported on Sunday that its yETH product was under active exploit after an attacker minted an effectively unlimited amount of yETH and siphoned liquidity from Balancer pools. The protocol has reported the incident but a full loss estimate has not been disclosed.
Balancer DAO is weighing an $8 million recovery package after a $110 million exploit that has halved the protocol's TVL; recovered tokens will be returned in the original assets and a claim mechanism is being built.
DWF Labs has launched a $75 million fund to support dark-pool DEXs, decentralized money markets, and yield-generating products focused on institutional users.
Coinbase Ventures announced nine investment themes for 2026, focusing on RWA perpetuals, specialized trading venues, enhanced DeFi composability, and AI-driven developer tooling. The move signals a strategic push into infrastructure and on-chain financial primitives as markets mature.
On Nov. 25, 2025, Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov said DeFi is already about 30% of the way to mass adoption and could reach global scale within four years, with regulatory clarity a decisive factor.
Doma Protocol launched its mainnet on Nov 25, claiming the first DNS-compliant blockchain infrastructure to convert traditional Web2 domains into programmable DeFi assets, targeting a $360 billion market.