In March 2026, total funding in the crypto primary market reached $2.58 billion, up sharply 286.3% from February. DeFi, CeFi, and infrastructure are the main funding areas. The predicted-market projects Kalshi and Polymarket together raised $1.6 billion, accounting for 64.3% of the total. M&A events pushed the broader total funding amount to $4.279 billion.

The European Central Bank, in its latest DeFi report, used data from DeFiLlama for the first time, indicating that regulators are paying close attention to decentralized finance. The report sheds light on the problem of concentrated governance power, which is of great significance for policy-making. Improving DeFiLlama’s credibility can help promote cooperation between regulators and DeFi platforms. In the future, DeFi may face stricter compliance requirements, while also bringing governance challenges.

Gate News message, April 1, the DeFi protocol Spark announced that its lending platform SparkLend has added support for wBTC (Wrapped Bitcoin, a tokenized form of Bitcoin on Ethereum) as collateral. Users can now use wBTC to borrow and lend on the SparkLend platform.

Gate News message, April 1, according to Gate Markets, as of the time of publication, STO (StakeStone) is trading at $0.207. In the past 24 hours, it is up 45.17%, with a high of $0.22 and a low of $0.108. The trading volume over the past 24 hours was $2.5092 million. The current market cap is about $46.635 million. StakeStone is a decentralized cross-chain liquidity infrastructure protocol designed to change how liquidity is obtained, distributed, and utilized across blockchain ecosystems, providing efficient, sustainable, and organic liquidity to meet the growing needs of increasingly modular and multi-chain DeFi. At the same time, StakeStone is also a crypto-native new bank built specifically for the era of autonomous finance, featuring on-chain assets, institutional strategies, and AI agents

OpenEden announces that the team and advisor tokens will be locked up for another 9 months, extending the overall vesting period to January 2027. This decision reflects its long-term development strategy, and the team will focus on expanding the range of applications and deepening institutional as well as DeFi integrations.

DeFi developer Dromos Labs has launched a “prediction-based allocation” mechanism to improve the efficiency of liquidity incentives on Aerodrome and Velodrome. This mechanism allows governance token holders to adjust voting in real time, drawing on the logic of prediction markets. It is expected to achieve up to an 80% improvement in reward distribution, signaling that competition in DeFi trading markets is shifting toward capital allocation efficiency.

DeFi risk management platform Steakhouse Financial was recently hacked, and its frontend system was used for phishing, but user funds were not affected. The attack stemmed from social engineering targeting the server provider, and Steakhouse will roll back the malicious changes and publish an incident report. Experts advise users to improve their security awareness and watch out for phishing risks.

Gate News message, March 31, Starknet is expected to roll out STRK20s in late April, aiming to introduce privacy protection features for all tokens. The official statement says that it is currently working closely with various DeFi protocols and partners to ensure DeFi integration and a seamless user experience from day one after launch.

Gate News reports that on March 31, the latest weekly report from TRON's decentralized lending protocol JustLend DAO shows that the platform’s total value locked (TVL) reached $6.55 billion, and total deposits amounted to $3.53 billion. JustLend DAO is a core DeFi infrastructure within the TRON ecosystem, providing on-chain lending services to users worldwide.

The U.S. Senate is accelerating the推进《Digital Asset Market Clarity Act》, and it is expected to enter the review stage in April 2026. The bill has adjusted stablecoin yield, and the DeFi sector will receive clearer protection. Regulatory responsibilities are clearly divided, with the CFTC and SEC each overseeing the regulation of digital commodities and investment contracts. The bill’s progress is tied to crypto market regulation and the direction of global policy.