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DeFi

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22 articles accelerating

DeFi has appeared in 22 articles since 2020-09. Coverage peaked in 2021Q4 with 4 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside ETH, Solana, Arbitrum, Arkham.

Articles
22
mentions
Velocity
+200.0%
growth rate
Acceleration
+2.000
velocity change
Sources
9
publications

Coverage Timeline

2024-12-07
Bloomberg 2 related

Galaxy Research: crypto lending via DeFi apps and centralized providers nearly tripled YoY to $36.8B from Q1 to Q3 2024; DeFi lender apps handled nearly $31B

- Market rally, increased leverage are driving the demand  — Decentralized finance applications leading the way this time

2023-02-25
Blockworks 14 related

Jump Crypto recovers ~120,000 ether, worth $140M, stolen during the 2022 Wormhole exploit after Oasis upgraded a DeFi contract following a UK high court order

The Chicago trading firm appears to have recovered the 120,000 ether stolen during the 2022 Wormhole exploit.

2022-11-10
Bloomberg

DeFi Llama: the total value locked in DeFi has dropped by 12%+ in the past day, after hovering around $50B to $60B since June 2022 and $180B+ in December 2021

Muyao Shen / Bloomberg :

2022-06-14
Decrypt 6 related

Celsius' CEL token fell 70% in one hour after the DeFi lender suspended all customer withdrawals, amid a broader crypto market crash

Daniel Roberts / Decrypt :

2022-05-01
CoinDesk 10 related

DeFi lender Rari Capital, which merged with Fei Protocol in December, loses ~$80M in a hack that exploited a reentrancy vulnerability in Rari's Fuse protocol

Decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms Rari Capital and Fei Protocol suffered a more-than-$80 million hack early Saturday.

2021-12-30
CoinDesk 2 related

DeBank, which lets users track and analyze their DeFi investments, raises $25M led by Sequoia China at a $200M valuation

2021-10-21
The Block

Sommelier Finance, which offers an automated DeFi portfolio manager, raises a $23M Series A led by Polychain Capital

2021-09-02
Bloomberg

How Ethereum's increase in value, up 350% this year, and the rise of NFTs and DeFi have dampened enthusiasm for Bitcoin as the most essential crypto

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Quarterly Coverage

Top Sources

Narrative

DeFi has appeared in 165 Techmeme articles since February 2020. The biggest stories include DeFi lending platform Celsius pauses “all withdrawals, Swap, and transfers between... and Group behind Poly Network, a cross-chain protocol used for DeFi applications, says a.... Frequently covered alongside Ethereum, Solana, SEC, ETH, and USDC. Coverage has shifted toward developer, consumer themes and away from funding, safety.

Key Moments

2024Q2enterprise -100pts; developer +67pts; consumer +100pts
2024Q3safety +17pts; developer -50pts; consumer -50pts
2024Q4safety -17pts; developer -17pts; research +25pts

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