Balancer Labs, the corporate entity behind the Balancer DeFi protocol, will wind down operations following a Nov. 3, 2025 exploit that drained an estimated $128 million. Co-founder Fernando Martinelli said the protocol will keep running through a restructured, "lean" model, with core contributors expected to move to a new entity, Balancer OpCo, pending a governance vote.

Balancer Labs will shut down following financial strain and a $116 million exploit in November, while executives propose that the Balancer Foundation and Balancer DAO take over ongoing operations. The team says the company has been running without revenue and spending heavily to attract liquidity, which it says diluted BAL holders. Balancer’s TVL has fallen from a $3.3 billion peak in November 2021 to $158 million, after dropping to $800 million by October 2025 and then sliding another $500 million in the two weeks after the hack.

BaneLabs has released the Neo Oracle Gateway, enabling Neo X smart contracts to request and receive external data via Neo N3's built-in oracle on both MainNet and TestNet. Using the Message Bridge, Neo X contracts can send oracle calls to Neo N3 and receive results back without leaving the EVM environment. The launch also includes 3vm, a tool for monitoring and debugging bridge activity and testing oracle requests end-to-end.

Kalshi and Polymarket announced new restrictions on Monday aimed at limiting insider trading and market manipulation in prediction markets. Kalshi said it will bar political candidates from trading on their own campaigns and restrict people tied to college or pro sports, while Polymarket outlined broader bans for trading on stolen confidential information, illegal tips, or for users able to influence outcomes.

On Mar 23, 2026, the Balancer Foundation submitted governance proposals that would overhaul BAL tokenomics and reorganize operations to extend the protocol's runway. The plan would halt BAL incentives, end veBAL, route 100% of protocol fees to the DAO treasury, and offer a BAL buyback for holders who want to exit. It also calls for winding down Balancer Labs, moving work into a new operating company, and cutting headcount from 25 to 12.5 while reducing the new entity's budget by 34% to $1.9M.

Polymarket said in a Monday announcement it updated market integrity rules for its global DeFi platform and its US exchange to better match regulatory expectations. The company outlined tighter market-design standards, clearer outcome resolution criteria, expanded surveillance, and limits on markets it considers easily manipulated or ethically sensitive.

Aave DAO has approved an Aave Request for Comment (ARFC) snapshot vote to kick off community discussion on deploying Aave V4 to Ethereum mainnet, with a rollout expected this year. The vote ran four days and closed with 100% support, starting a non-binding phase before any onchain Aave Improvement Proposal and deployment. V4 introduces a modular Hub-and-Spoke design and deeper integration of the GHO stablecoin, as the protocol navigates contributor changes including planned exits by BGD Labs and Aave Chan Initiative.

Resolv paused its protocol after a private key compromise let an attacker mint about $80M in uncollateralized USR, sparking a sharp depeg. The team said roughly 9M USR linked to the attacker has been burned, and the only confirmed loss so far is about $0.5M from redemptions processed before the pause. USR later traded near $0.19, down over 56% in 24 hours, while Resolv reported holding around $141M in assets as it prepares a redemption plan for pre-incident holders.