Defi Articles

DeFi is changing the way we think about money, investments, and financial systems. In this category, we break down everything from yield farming and staking to lending protocols and decentralized exchanges. Whether you're just getting started or you're already deep into the DeFi space, these articles are here to help you navigate this fast-evolving world, understand the opportunities, and stay ahead of the curve.

Read a total of 64 articles and 841 news on Polkadot DeFi written by our community creators

Velocity Labs DeFi Builders Program
Inic10
Inic10
·November 26, 2025

Velocity Labs DeFi Builders Program

This Post, a Konkani (Native India) video, and a TODD news report explains what Velocity Labs is, the 5 Teams selected for Cohort 1 and how these teams can bring to reality Velocity's Aim not just in Polkadot DeFi but Web3 DeFi (Taken step by step; Sigilsafe tomorrow) https://x.com/Inic1234/status/1993620176403615918?t=xxJdxOUbdrXnfQPUmrmCLA&s=19

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波卡生态最新进展:波卡稳定币 HOLLAR 上线!收益、风险与机会 | Astar, Bifrost, Origintrail等等生态更新
DrCAO
DrCAO
·September 24, 2025

波卡生态最新进展:波卡稳定币 HOLLAR 上线!收益、风险与机会 | Astar, Bifrost, Origintrail等等生态更新

Shared the Hollar, introduction and how to mint and use it, opportunity, and also go over astar bifrost origintrail eco update Link:

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How I Put My DOT & MYTH to Work with Hydration
Jibril Jr
Jibril Jr
·September 21, 2025

How I Put My DOT & MYTH to Work with Hydration

Instead of letting my tokens sit idle, I tried liquidity provision on Hydration. It was easier than I expected, and now my DOT/MYTH is earning through fees + treasury rewards. https://x.com/IdokoMj44770/status/1969481222775615799?t=aX06OqaKjiQ7ZHJ9TtqSJA&s=19

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Stop waiting for the Green Candle, Make your tokens work on Polkadot DeFi.
Lizkem
Lizkem
·September 18, 2025

Stop waiting for the Green Candle, Make your tokens work on Polkadot DeFi.

Turn Idle tokens into daily rewards with Polkadot DeFi, no bull run required. Link: https://x.com/Lizkem201/status/1967372929513177478?t=

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波卡生态最新进展:Hyper Bridge发币上所(Bifrost参与的已经发放)、Astar固定代币上限投票、Peaq新活动重磅来袭
DrCAO
DrCAO
·September 17, 2025

波卡生态最新进展:Hyper Bridge发币上所(Bifrost参与的已经发放)、Astar固定代币上限投票、Peaq新活动重磅来袭

Shared the news update from wagmedia, tutorial about how to find your hyperbridge token, the astar tokenomics 3.0, Acala with snowbridge integration and the peaq event reposted by Polkadot official account Link:

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🌐 How I Earned 16% APR in Giga DOT on Hydration’s SOL Farm

🌐 How I Earned 16% APR in Giga DOT on Hydration’s SOL Farm

Hydration makes DeFi on Polkadot simple and rewarding. In this walkthrough, I’ll show you how to provide liquidity, collect Giga DOT rewards, and keep full control of your funds with no lock-in limits. https://x.com/ChristoDGreat/status/1966972407358648630?t=PgNTv-LxdWVecWyDegBe-A&s=19

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波卡“变天”?DOT通胀终结计划:总量上限、类比特币减半机制、生态最新进展全面解读! Hydration, Astar, Bifrost, Acala等等
DrCAO
DrCAO
·September 13, 2025

波卡“变天”?DOT通胀终结计划:总量上限、类比特币减半机制、生态最新进展全面解读! Hydration, Astar, Bifrost, Acala等等

this video mainly talk about the influence of opengov proposal 1710, and then go over several main eco project like hydration astar bifrost unique acala, and talking about the potential of Polkadot in my opinion: ETF approval and stable coin like Hollar and others, finally with an open question with audience Link:

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Polkadot's GIGAHydration BOOST
favour_cy
favour_cy
·September 13, 2025

Polkadot's GIGAHydration BOOST

This post explains how to farm GIGADOT rewards with up to 64% APR by providing liquidity for AAVE on Polkadot's GIGAHydration BOOST program on Hydration and a step-by-step guide. https://x.com/official_bles1/status/1966080209654071790?t=XifLmdHlXd757GKmQHQuzA&s=19

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LV 5
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𝑳𝐕 ☯
·September 7, 2025

LV 5

this week we made DeFi. step by step, hydration HQ finance lv corporation operations, full GDOT fresh flow compounding. lets hit the 3 digits thes week innit uh :-) Links: - https://x.com/LVweb3/status/1963006872417698096 - https://x.com/LVweb3/status/1963912146154320345 - https://x.com/LVweb3/status/1963366433737642057 - https://x.com/LVweb3/status/1962610738058666131

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Hyperbridge DOT Pairs Campaign
smdawudeen
smdawudeen
·September 6, 2025

Hyperbridge DOT Pairs Campaign

In this thread, I explain how I’m participating in Hyperbridge’s DeFi Singularity for DOT pairs. https://x.com/SmDawudeen/status/1964052001337356738?t=yDTrt9DbCFkKR_is9aZWxA&s=19

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How I joined the DeFi Singularity campaign with Hyperbridge and Bifrost.
Lizkem
Lizkem
·September 4, 2025

How I joined the DeFi Singularity campaign with Hyperbridge and Bifrost.

I shared my experience joining Hyperbridge and Bifrost's $3M DOT campaign, bridging, adding Liquidity and earning vDOT across chains. Link: https://x.com/Lizkem201/status/1962673900430426334?t

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Defi News

News from the Finders Program
Dodow
Dodow
·January 20, 2026

News from the Finders Program

Wag Roundup January 13th to 19th. Note: the weekly newsletter has now been paused. Editing by Cover Image by Wag Roundup written by

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Hydratin’ Real World Real-Estate
yay.oi
yay.oi
·January 19, 2026

Hydratin’ Real World Real-Estate

As discussions on the new Hydrated Strategy explore the introduction of RWA assets, Hydration Referendum 254, if passed, will register the Hastra PRIME (Moonbeam Routed Liquidity) token, which generates yield from home-equity loans.

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Riding WAVES to Revenue
yay.oi
yay.oi
·January 19, 2026

Riding WAVES to Revenue

Bifrost WAVE points conversion is now live. Balances of minimum 26,316 WAVE can be converted to bbBNC at the rate of 0.0019, with a lock of four-years delivering the maximum share of protocol revenue.

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Rampin’ Up the Hydration
yay.oi
yay.oi
·January 19, 2026

Rampin’ Up the Hydration

Further expanding its support in the Polkadot ecosystem, Banxa now supports Hydration, offering regulatory compliant fiat onboarding to DOT and other supported tokens.

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logoDeFi
yay.oi
yay.oi
·January 19, 2026

Defrosting Neglected Assets

With vETH 3.0 is fully deployed, a Bifrost referendum proposes to end support for unmigrated vETH 1.0 assets. If passed, users will have until January 31st to migrate before governance assisted migration remains the only option. Subsequently, unmigrated assets may be put to use for ecosystem development and liquidity provision.

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yay.oi
yay.oi
·January 18, 2026

Twenty Cent Toll Bridge

Fees are trending down, with the rollout of Snowbridge v2 now bringing the cost of transfers from Ethereum to the Polkadot Asset Hub under $0.20. This reduction is also becoming available for parachains as they finalize their upgrade prerequisites.

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WagMedia 2025 Recap & News from the Finders Program
Dodow
Dodow
·January 13, 2026

WagMedia 2025 Recap & News from the Finders Program

Our 2025 recap plus the Wag Roundup December 6th to January 12th. Note: the weekly newsletter has now been paused. Editing by Cover Image by 2025 Recap written by Wag Roundup written by

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Bifrost’s Big Birdy Bounty
yay.oi
yay.oi
·January 13, 2026

Bifrost’s Big Birdy Bounty

You may spot a Finder or two among those top flappers. Bifrost has distributed WUD Universe NFTs to all entrants in its New Year Flappy WUD tournament, with the top-five scorers landing Epic-tiers.

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HOLLARin’ Happily for the New Year
yay.oi
yay.oi
·January 12, 2026

HOLLARin’ Happily for the New Year

Adding another milly for the new year, Hydration’s HOLLAR stablecoin has now reached a total supply of 15M.

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yay.oi
yay.oi
·January 12, 2026

vFIL’s Final Flight is Looming

As Bifrost’s phased shutdown of vFIL reaches its final stages, FIL withdrawals are now only possible periodically through governance. Affected users have until January 14th to join the next transfer window.

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Breaching Protocol Boundaries
yay.oi
yay.oi
·January 12, 2026

Breaching Protocol Boundaries

SO/DA zone’s XCSCAN cross-chain explorer is spreading its wings, now mapping entire cross-protocol journeys. The complete sequence of events, including the initial bridge deposit, movement of message payloads, and final receipt of assets, are now viewable in a single, unified timeline, without piecing together data from multiple explorers.

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