BTC logo
BTC
$108,727.68
1.78%
ETH logo
ETH
$3,917.80
1.46%
USDT logo
USDT
$1.0005
0.02%
BNB logo
BNB
$1,149.64
1.65%
XRP logo
XRP
$2.3676
2.73%
SOL logo
SOL
$188.98
4.24%
USDC logo
USDC
$0.9999
0.01%
TRX logo
TRX
$0.3195
2.33%
DOGE logo
DOGE
$0.1913
3.69%
ADA logo
ADA
$0.6566
2.31%
HYPE logo
HYPE
$37.46
3.37%
USDE logo
USDE
$0.9999
0.05%
LINK logo
LINK
$17.81
1.78%
BCH logo
BCH
$513.75
1.65%
XLM logo
XLM
$0.3182
2.44%
SUI logo
SUI
$2.6070
3.81%
AVAX logo
AVAX
$21.34
2.64%
WBT logo
WBT
$41.45
0.96%
LEO logo
LEO
$9.6447
0.03%
HBAR logo
HBAR
$0.1755
3.08%
BTC logo
BTC
$108,727.68
1.78%
ETH logo
ETH
$3,917.80
1.46%
USDT logo
USDT
$1.0005
0.02%
BNB logo
BNB
$1,149.64
1.65%
XRP logo
XRP
$2.3676
2.73%
SOL logo
SOL
$188.98
4.24%
USDC logo
USDC
$0.9999
0.01%
TRX logo
TRX
$0.3195
2.33%
DOGE logo
DOGE
$0.1913
3.69%
ADA logo
ADA
$0.6566
2.31%
HYPE logo
HYPE
$37.46
3.37%
USDE logo
USDE
$0.9999
0.05%
LINK logo
LINK
$17.81
1.78%
BCH logo
BCH
$513.75
1.65%
XLM logo
XLM
$0.3182
2.44%
SUI logo
SUI
$2.6070
3.81%
AVAX logo
AVAX
$21.34
2.64%
WBT logo
WBT
$41.45
0.96%
LEO logo
LEO
$9.6447
0.03%
HBAR logo
HBAR
$0.1755
3.08%
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DeFi Definitely Isn't Dead

The commentariat said decentralized finance is in danger amid the crypto winter and recent spate of hacks. They're dead wrong.

By Adam Blumberg|Edited by Daniel Kuhn
Updated Jun 14, 2024, 5:13 p.m. Published Aug 5, 2023, 11:00 a.m.
An angel as a tombstone (Veit Hammer/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)
There are no fallen angels in DeFi, just protocols built to follow rules and humans who break them. (Veit Hammer/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)