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DeFi explained simply: decentralized finance is a blockchain-based financial system where lending, trading, payments, asset management, and insurance run through smart contracts instead of banks, brokers, or payment processors. Most activity still centers on Ethereum and EVM-compatible networks, but the DeFi stack now spans Layer 2 rollups, bridges, stablecoins, tokenized real-world assets, and AI-assisted automation.

Depositing into DeFi lending protocols or liquidity pools no longer triggers immediate capital gains tax.

New ‘no gain, no loss’ rules mean moving crypto into lending protocols or liquidity pools won’t trigger a taxable event until actual cash-out

SBI Holdings has led a $125 million Series C investment in Gauntlet, a New York firm that manages risk for onchain lending markets. It is SBI’s second move into decentralized lending in a month. In June the Japanese financial group participated in the $175 million fundraise for the Morpho Association, which supports the Morpho DeFi…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, July 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pepeto (PEPETO) has confirmed that its DeFi exchange is now in the final stretch before launch. The development team announced that both the exchange and its cross-chain bridge have been completed and are currently running through final testing.

Bonzo Lend, a Hedera-based decentralized finance lending protocol, lost about $9 million in an oracle price manipulation attack.

Cardano’s biggest problem right now is not ADA’s price, which is rising, but the DeFi economy beneath it, which is falling apart. App-level fees, the revenue that DeFi protocols actually earn, dropped 67.1% over the past 30 days, even as the Cardano price gained about 3.6%.

Out in the open, DeFi cuts out banks and brokers, while skipping payment processors, too. Known fully as decentralized finance, in 2026, it still stands as a central test within crypto.