Our story
DeFi Rate was founded in 2020 during the original “DeFi Summer” — a moment when decentralized finance was just beginning to reshape how money, lending, and ownership could work online. New projects were launching daily, yields were swinging wildly, and reliable information was almost impossible to find. We started with a simple premise: track and compare interest rates across DeFi lending platforms, and explain what we found in plain language. And we still do that today.
That early focus on rates gave us our name. What followed gave us our purpose.
At a glance
Publication
What DeFi Rate is today
Five years later, DeFi Rate has grown into one of the most widely cited independent publications covering prediction markets, DeFi analytics, and the regulatory landscape shaping both.
We operate a live prediction markets tracker that aggregates volume, pricing, and market activity across platforms like Kalshi, Polymarket, Robinhood, and others — giving traders and analysts a single place to compare odds, spot spreads, and track where money is moving. Alongside that, we maintain real-time dashboards for DeFi lending rates, crypto borrowing costs, decentralized exchange activity, and ETH staking yields.
Our editorial team includes journalists and analysts with deep experience in financial markets, crypto infrastructure, and regulatory policy. We don’t summarize press releases. We build and maintain our own data tools, run original research, and report with primary-source verification and fact-checking at every step. Our editorial guidelines are published publicly, and our decisions are never influenced by advertisers.
That approach has earned trust where it matters. More than 27,000 followers on X keep up with our coverage daily and we provide data to journalists.
📰 Cited by
New York Times · ESPN · Wired · Financial Times · Coinbase · European Central Bank
Mission
Why it matters
Prediction markets are one of the fastest-growing sectors in finance, and the regulatory environment around them is evolving in real time. New platforms are entering the space, the CFTC is actively shaping what’s permitted, and millions of dollars move through event contracts every week — on everything from Fed rate decisions to the Super Bowl.
Most coverage of this space is either too shallow or too promotional. DeFi Rate exists to fill the gap between hype and substance. We combine cross-platform data aggregation with accountability journalism, so readers and traders can make informed decisions based on what’s actually happening — not what a platform’s marketing team wants them to believe.
The same principle applies to DeFi broadly. We’ve covered every phase of this industry, from the euphoria of yield farming summer to the fallout of high-profile collapses. We believe the people putting real money into these protocols deserve reporting that treats accuracy as non-negotiable and transparency as a baseline, not a selling point.
💬 Industry validation
“Prediction market aggregators will emerge as the dominant interface layer, consolidating $600M+ in fragmented liquidity and providing a unified view of real-time event odds across venues.”
Jonathan King · Coinbase Ventures
CoinTelegraph sourced DeFi Rate data to illustrate this thesis.
Roadmap
Where we’re headed
We’re building a dedicated analytics platform for prediction markets that brings cross-platform data, arbitrage scanning, and portfolio tracking into a single interface designed for serious traders. It’s the natural extension of what we’ve always done: take complex, scattered data and make it usable.
As prediction markets expand into sports, politics, economics, and culture, and as regulators work to define the rules, DeFi Rate will be there documenting what happens — with the data to back it up and the editorial independence to call it straight.
Team
Meet the team
Our editorial team includes journalists and analysts with deep experience in financial markets, crypto infrastructure, and regulatory policy.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Cheryle Shepstone | Director of Content and Strategy |
| Valerie Cross | Reporter and Editor, Prediction Markets |
| Jason Brow | Breaking News, Contributing Writer |
| Dirk van Haaster | Crypto Reporter, Contributing Writer |
| Mike Breen | Predictions Reporter, Writer and Editor |
| Alejandro Miguel | DeFi Reporter, Contributing Writer |
| Illiana Mavrou | Crypto / Fintech Reporter |
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