When fraud dissolves into wallets and aliases, accountability disappears with it. Assure DeFi adds a private layer of verification designed for the moment after trust breaks.

Regulatory friction in Washington, Vitalik Buterin’s DAO rethink, Pendle’s token changes and Aave’s Lens handoff set the tone for this week’s DeFi roundup.

In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Marcin Kazmierczak writes on risk ratings and how they are central to capital being deployed on-chain. Then, Andy Baehr says Bitcoin has some 'splaining to do.