DeFi in 2026: The Systems That Survived the Hype (And the Ones Still Defining the Future)
DeFi After the Gold Rush — What Actually Matters in 2026 By 2026, decentralised finance no longer feels new. The manic energy of early DeFi — the yield farms, the unsustainable emissions, the experimental protocols duct-taped together in a weekend — has largely burned itself out. What remains is smaller, quieter, and far more consequential….