This week, we analyze the largest DeFi TVL contraction since 2023, driven by a rare convergence of institutional outflows through ETFs, BTC sustained weakness below $100,000, and a DeFi protocol-level contagion event centered on Elixir and Stream Finance stablecoins. The data reveals a market undergoing risk-off positioning across all major venues, while the these stablecoin collapses expose hidden structural fragilities in synthetic stablecoin architectures and risk curation models.

It was a volatile week for DeFi: multiple high-risk events hit in quick succession, and a risk-off macro tone compounded the damage, sending crypto lower. Let’s dig in.

In this week's newsletter, we explore Hong Kong's approval of the first Solana ETF and Aave's onboarding of Maple's institutional yield assets

This week we dive into the two key events shaping the DeFi landscape: the October 10 “Black Friday” market crash, which triggered over $19 billion in liquidations (the biggest liquidation event in crypto history) and exposed vulnerabilities in centralized trading infrastructure, and Hyperliquid’s HIP-3 launch, a permissionless upgrade enabling builders to deploy custom perpetuals markets with potential to expand on-chain derivatives volumes by 10–20x.

Welcome to your weekly Sentora crypto newsletter. As Plasma’s mainnet celebrates its first full week, the DeFi landscape is witnessing a seismic shift. The Layer 1 blockchain has surged past a staggering $5.6B in TVL, fueled by outstading stablecoin yields, zero-fee USDT mechanics and strong institutional backing. The outflows of stablecoins from other DeFi focussed blockchains has been notable. This issue reviews the chain’s foundational metrics before spotlighting protocol-specific evolutions as well as offering investors a lens on its current yield opportunities.

This week, we are excited to feature an issue from our partners at the Crypto Treasury Tracker. Their weekly snapshot provides an expert analysis of the evolving world of corporate and institutional digital asset treasuries.

In this week's newsletter we explore the latest ETF flows, the SEC's (lack of) decision on Ethereum staking for ETFs and recent RWA developments

In this week's newsletter, we analyze ETH ETF performance and shifting institutional interest, Aave horizon and the Uniswap DAO vote to adopt Wyoming's DUNA framework