riskfirst – Crypto News Post

Sat. Jul 5th, 2025

A risk-first approach to DeFi

April 13, 2025 Crypto News Post Editor

The following is a guest post and analysis from Vincent Maliepaard, Marketing Director at IntoTheBlock. DeFi has matured into a complex web of lending markets, stablecoin ecosystems, and liquidity pools.…

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Solv Protocol Staked BTC (XSOLVBTC) $ 107,280.00 1.69%
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JasmyCoin (JASMY) $ 0.012110 1.61%
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Bitcoin SV (BSV) $ 24.33 1.73%
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ApeCoin (APE) $ 0.599368 1.68%
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THORChain (RUNE) $ 1.31 3.66%
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DeXe (DEXE) $ 7.46 0.54%
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Brett (BRETT) $ 0.042519 0.08%
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Movement (MOVE) $ 0.159047 1.63%
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Helium (HNT) $ 2.23 0.42%
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USDD (USDD) $ 0.999992 0.01%
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Reserve Rights (RSR) $ 0.006924 1.5%
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Starknet (STRK) $ 0.111298 1.9%
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dYdX (DYDX) $ 0.521203 2.86%
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NEO (NEO) $ 5.42 2.78%
MultiversX (EGLD) $ 13.37 2.05%
MultiversX (EGLD) $ 13.37 2.05%
Mog Coin (MOG) $ 0.00000096 3.29%
Mog Coin (MOG) $ 0.00000096 3.29%
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AIOZ Network (AIOZ) $ 0.314793 1.14%
Conflux (CFX) $ 0.072411 1.95%
Conflux (CFX) $ 0.072411 1.95%
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ether.fi Staked ETH (EETH) $ 2,521.36 1.18%
Axie Infinity (AXS) $ 2.16 2.71%
Axie Infinity (AXS) $ 2.16 2.71%
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EigenCloud (prev. EigenLayer) (EIGEN) $ 1.11 0.49%
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EOS (EOS) $ 0.480475 1.16%
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Chiliz (CHZ) $ 0.035096 1.57%
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Arweave (AR) $ 5.10 1.96%
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Ronin (RON) $ 0.485827 0.46%
Wormhole (W) $ 0.066887 2.74%
Wormhole (W) $ 0.066887 2.74%
Akash Network (AKT) $ 1.13 2.1%
Akash Network (AKT) $ 1.13 2.1%
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Beam (BEAM) $ 0.005825 0.96%
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Popcat (POPCAT) $ 0.299134 2.86%
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Gnosis (GNO) $ 109.68 1.21%
Polygon (MATIC) $ 0.180219 0.89%
Polygon (MATIC) $ 0.180219 0.89%
Peanut the Squirrel (PNUT) $ 0.225525 2.69%
Peanut the Squirrel (PNUT) $ 0.225525 2.69%
Mina Protocol (MINA) $ 0.167856 2.09%
Mina Protocol (MINA) $ 0.167856 2.09%
MANTRA (OM) $ 0.208318 0.05%
MANTRA (OM) $ 0.208318 0.05%
ai16z (AI16Z) $ 0.166839 9.15%
ai16z (AI16Z) $ 0.166839 9.15%
Echelon Prime (PRIME) $ 2.39 1.83%
Echelon Prime (PRIME) $ 2.39 1.83%