Sky (MakerDAO): The Protocol Behind DAI and the Endgame Transformation Members Public

What Is Sky (Formerly MakerDAO)? Sky, formerly known as MakerDAO, is one of the foundational protocols in DeFi and the issuer of DAI, the most widely used decentralized stablecoin. Since launching in 2017, Maker established the blueprint for overcollateralised stablecoin issuance that many subsequent protocols have followed. In 2024, the

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Curve Finance: The Stablecoin DEX at the Heart of DeFi Members Public

Curve Finance is one of the foundational protocols in DeFi, it is a DEX designed specifically for efficient swaps between assets that should trade at similar prices. While Uniswap handles the general-purpose token swap market, Curve carved out its niche by optimizing for stablecoin-to-stablecoin and pegged-asset

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DeFi TVL April 2026: Weekly Movers & Market Data Members Public

DeFi TVL April 2026: Weekly Market Report Total DeFi TVL reached $95.07B this week, recovering from the sharp drawdown triggered by the Drift Protocol exploit on April 1. A 90-day tariff pause and a US-Iran ceasefire drove a broad risk-on rally across crypto markets, pushing Bitcoin

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DeFi Governance: How DAOs and Token Voting Work Members Public

Understanding DeFi Governance: How DAOs and Token Voting Work Governance is one of the defining features that separates decentralised finance from traditional financial systems. In conventional finance, decisions about how a bank sets interest rates, how an exchange lists new assets, or how a fund manages its portfolio are made

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How to Evaluate a DeFi Protocol Before Using It Members Public

How to Evaluate a DeFi Protocol Before Using It With thousands of DeFi protocols in existence and new ones launching regularly, knowing how to evaluate a protocol before depositing funds is one of the most important skills a DeFi user can develop. The space has seen hundreds of exploits, rug

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Stake DAO on The DeFi Drop: Liquid Lockers, Vote Markets, and the Infrastructure Behind DeFi Governance Members Public

Guest: Hubert, Core Contributor at Stake DAO Host: Edward Ward, Portals.fi In this episode of The DeFi Drop, Edward Ward sits down with Hubert, core contributor at Stake DAO, to unpack how one of DeFi’s most important governance infrastructure layers actually works. Stake DAO has quietly become a

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How to Bridge Tokens Across Chains: A Complete Guide Members Public

If you've ever tried to move tokens from Ethereum to Arbitrum, or from Polygon to Optimism, you've encountered one of crypto's fundamental infrastructure challenges: blockchains don't natively talk to each other. Your ETH on Ethereum and your ETH on Arbitrum exist on

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Ethena Labs: How USDe Works Members Public

DeFi has no shortage of stablecoins, but most fall into familiar categories: fiat-backed (USDC, USDT) with dollars in a bank, or crypto-collateralized (DAI) with overcollateralized on-chain loans. Ethena takes a different approach entirely, building a synthetic dollar backed not by bank deposits or traditional overcollateralization, but by

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