Decentralised finance is booming, with transaction volume expected to top $3 trillion across the sector by next year. That’s according to a new report by French fintech firm Next Generation NGPES, shared exclusively with DL News, which also predicts the total value locked across all blockchain networks to reach $500 billion in 2026. Fundraising by DeFi-linked projects is projected to rise to $40 billion next year, up from about $20 billion in 2025, reflecting “capital injections from token sale fundraisi ...

DeFi is set for a $2 trillion boom. That’s according to Geoffrey Kendrick, head of digital assets research at UK bank Standard Chartered, who expects Wall Street’s surging adoption of blockchain technology will drive the tokenised real-world asset market to increase by over 5,600% by 2028. That number is excluding the stablecoin market, which has ballooned to be worth just under $308 billion in 2025, fuelled by a friendlier US government. “Stablecoins are creating a platform for DeFi to continue its exp ...