r/defi is a subreddit with 201k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses defi, crypto, collateral, lending, and regulation, and they frequently recommend/review stable coin, portfolio tracker, and btc.
News, articles and discussions about decentralized financial protocols on any blockchain
Popular Themes in r/defi
#1
Advice Requests
: "Maker Fees Are Going Negative: A Guide to How Trading Venues Compare"
8 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Swap BTC for ETH, is this possible?"
4 posts
#3
News
: "RLUSD just hit 89% lending utilization against FXRP. Is XRP DeFi finally becoming a real thing?"
4 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "The tax and legal wall you hit after a good year in defi is exhausting"
1 post
#5
Ideas
: "Could a ranking where visibility is bought on-chain be more honest than an opaque algorithm?"
1 post
#6
Money Talk
: "money"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/defi
#1
Defi
: "RLUSD just hit 89% lending utilization against FXRP. Is XRP Defi finally becoming a real thing?"
34 posts
#2
Crypto
23 posts
#3
Collateral
: "Are tokenized Treasuries good DeFi Collateral?"
3 posts
#4
Lending
: "RLUSD just hit 89% Lending utilization against FXRP. Is XRP DeFi finally becoming a real thing?"
3 posts
#5
Regulation
: "Regulated investment funds are finally coming onchain"
3 posts
#6
Tokens
2 posts
#7
Worst
2 posts
#8
Fees
: "Maker Fees Are Going Negative: A Guide to How Trading Venues Compare"
2 posts
#9
Yield
: "Best Principal Token (PT) Stablecoin Yields (2026-09-22)"
2 posts
#10
Stablecoin
: "Best Principal Token (PT) Stablecoin Yields (2026-09-22)"
2 posts
Products Discussed in r/defi
Stable Coin
131 reviews
#1
Anchor Protocol
4.4★ from 11 reviews
#2
OUSD
4.1★ from 7 reviews
#3
UST
4.7★ from 6 reviews
Portfolio Tracker
26 reviews
#1
DeBank
4.3★ from 10 reviews
#2
Rabby Wallet
3.8★ from 5 reviews
#3
CoinStats
4.5★ from 2 reviews
Btc
15 reviews
#1
Thorchain
5.0★ from 3 reviews
#2
Netcoins
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
THORChain
5.0★ from 2 reviews
Flair Used in r/defi
#1
:discuss: Discussion
: "As wallets get better at delegated execution, where should we actually keep friction?"
31 posts
#2
:question: Help
: "What's your best hardware wallet recommendation?"
6 posts
#3
:strategy: DeFi Strategy
: "3 DeFi protocols, three reads: where does a per asset grade stop being useful for lending and yield?"
5 posts
#4
:dollar: Stablecoins
: "RLUSD just hit 89% lending utilization against FXRP. Is XRP DeFi finally becoming a real thing?"
4 posts
#5
Tokenized Assets
: "Are tokenized Treasuries good DeFi collateral?"
4 posts
#6
:news: News
: "AmericanFortress researchers propose a way to prove crypto wallet ownership across several addresses. The method shows they share one hidden origin, while the seed, private keys and other addresses stay private."
3 posts
#7
:ad: Self-Promo
: "Built a terminal that turns a market thesis into a live cross-protocol DeFi position, curious how others handle this manually"
3 posts
#8
:crosschain: Cross-Chain
: "Swap BTC for ETH, is this possible?"
2 posts
#9
:percent: Lend & Borrow
: "Do you move stablecoins when lending rates change?"
2 posts
#10
:dex: DEX
: "Maker Fees Are Going Negative: A Guide to How Trading Venues Compare"
1 post
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Yearly
+46k members(29.5%)
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Last updated: October 2, 2026