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Ryan Elliott Dennis takes the day’s hardest crypto number and argues it against the grain, one beat at a time, after the other side’s best case.

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Lending protocols · Oct 19, 2026

Crypto Lending's Comeback Still Needs the Same Bridges

Lending protocols recovered 55 percent since July, but the bridges and oracles that caused April's $292 million hack still carry every loan.

“Crypto lending's total value locked climbed 55 percent since July to reach $56 billion by Oct. 18, Gokhshtein Media reported. Does that recovery prove depositors trust decentralized lending again?”

Ryan Elliott Dennis · 3 min

  1. Spot exchanges

    CoinPaprika Finds a Sevenfold Gap in Bitcoin's Volume

    A single day's trading data put Bitcoin's reported volume nearly seven times above the market's real turnover, raising doubts about September's record rebound.

    3 min

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