Stake DAO on The DeFi Drop: Liquid Lockers, Vote Markets, and the Infrastructure Behind DeFi Governance Paid 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
How to Bridge Tokens Across Chains: A Complete Guide Paid 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
Ethena Labs: How USDe Works and What Makes It Different From Other Stablecoins Paid 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 a delta-hedged crypto
EtherFi: How Decentralized Liquid Staking Works and Why It Matters Paid Members Public
Liquid staking has become one of the largest sectors in DeFi, with tens of billions of dollars locked across protocols like Lido, Rocket Pool, and Coinbase. But most liquid staking solutions share a common concern: the node operators who actually validate transactions are selected by the protocol team, not the
Euler Finance: The Modular Lending Protocol Reshaping DeFi Paid Members Public
Most DeFi lending protocols force every asset into a shared pool, creating systemic risk where one bad collateral type can threaten the entire platform. Euler Finance takes a fundamentally different approach. Built on isolated, modular vaults, Euler lets anyone create permissionless lending markets with custom risk parameters while keeping each
Morpho Protocol: The Permissionless DeFi Lending Protocol Reshaping Capital Efficiency Paid Members Public
Morpho Protocol has quietly become the third-largest lending protocol in DeFi with over $3.65 billion in total value locked (TVL), yet many intermediate DeFi users remain unfamiliar with its architecture and potential. By combining permissionless market creation with curator-managed vaults, Morpho achieves 100% capital utilization, a significant efficiency gain
Portals DeFi Weekly - 3rd April, 2026 Paid Members Public
Welcome to the Portals DeFi Weekly, your weekly dose of the latest insights and analysis in DeFi. This week, the market faces significant headwinds following the largest DeFi exploit of the year, alongside escalating geopolitical tensions and shifting regulatory frameworks. We break down the $285M Drift Protocol hack, the launch
Portals DeFi Weekly - 27th March, 2026 Paid Members Public
Welcome to the Portals DeFi Weekly, your weekly dose of the latest insights and analysis in DeFi. Market Pulse * Total Market Cap: $2.28T (-2.1%) * DeFi TVL: $92.18(-4.23%) * 24h Volume: $78.34B * Fear & Greed: 13(Extreme Fear) * BTC Dominance: 57.8% Summary The fourth week
