DeFi Weekly October 2026 Week 5: DeFi TVL fell 7.1% to $83.57B after the Binance hot-wallet exploit

DeFi Weekly October 2026 Week 5: Binance Hack Hits DeFi Members Public

Welcome back to DeFi Weekly, the Portals roundup of the numbers, yields and stories shaping DeFi. What began as a quiet week turned sharply on Thursday, when the largest exchange hack on record spilled over into lending markets, stablecoins and sentiment alike. Below, we look at what changed, what held

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DeFi Weekly October 2026 Week 4: Aero Launch Members Public

The DeFi Weekly October 2026 Week 4 snapshot closes with TVL at $90.19B, down 0.63% over seven days. Bitcoin fell 0.16%, Ethereum fell 0.41%, and the Fear & Greed Index registered 50, or Neutral. This week’s lead DeFi story is the Aero launch following the

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DeFi Weekly October 2026 Week 3: Interactive Brokers Staking Members Public

The DeFi Weekly October 2026 week 3 snapshot closes with TVL at $89.38B, down 1.92% over seven days. Bitcoin fell 1.01%, Ethereum fell 2.68%, and the Fear & Greed Index registered 63, or Greed. This week’s lead DeFi story is Interactive Brokers Ethereum staking: the

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DeFi Weekly October 2026 Week 2: Aave V4 Tokenized Stocks Members Public

The DeFi Weekly October 2026 week 2 snapshot closes with TVL at $91.45B, down 3.90% over seven days. Bitcoin fell 2.2%, Ethereum fell 6.99%, and the Fear & Greed Index registered 59, or Greed. This week’s lead DeFi story is Aave V4 tokenized stocks: reported

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DeFi TVL October 2026 Week 1: Balancer Wind-Down Members Public

The DeFi TVL October 2026 week 1 snapshot closes with TVL at $97.09B, up 2.06% over seven days. Bitcoin gained 2.1%, Ethereum gained 0.5%, and the Fear & Greed Index registered 72, or Greed. The week’s most consequential governance decision came from Balancer. Holders approved

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DeFi TVL September 2026 Week 4: Neutron Governance Attack Members Public

The DeFi TVL September 2026 week 4 snapshot closes with TVL at $95.57B, up 8.24% over seven days. Bitcoin gained 3.8%, Ethereum gained 3.1%, and the Fear & Greed Index registered 71, or Greed. The week’s largest security event was the Neutron governance attack. A

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DeFi TVL September 2026 Week 3: Nostra & CLARITY Act Members Public

The DeFi TVL September 2026 week 3 snapshot closes with TVL at $92.22B, up 6.58% over seven days. Bitcoin gained 4.9%, Ethereum gained 3.6%, and the Fear & Greed Index held at 56 while remaining in Greed. The week’s largest security event was Nostra’s

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DeFi TVL September 2026 Week 2: Liquid Network Exploit Members Public

The DeFi TVL September 2026 week 2 snapshot closes with TVL at $88.5B, effectively unchanged over seven days. Bitcoin fell 2.8%, Ethereum gained 4.4%, and the Fear & Greed Index cooled to 56 while remaining in Greed. The week’s largest security event was the Liquid Network

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