{"id":598470,"date":"2026-05-13T06:53:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T06:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/legend-becomes-latest-defi-app-to-throw-in-the-towel\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T06:53:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T06:53:13","slug":"legend-becomes-latest-defi-app-to-throw-in-the-towel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/legend-becomes-latest-defi-app-to-throw-in-the-towel\/","title":{"rendered":"Legend becomes latest DeFi app to throw in the towel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy1pbWFnZXMuY3RtZWRpYS5pby9tZWRpYS9hcnRpY2xlLWNvdmVycy9zdG9wLWNsb3NlZC1yZWd1bGF0aW9uLWJhbi1iYW5rcnVwdGN5LXByb2hpYml0aW9uLWNvbGxhcHNlLWNyYXNoLmpwZw==.jpg\" alt=\"Legend becomes latest DeFi app to throw in the towel\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe product that wins isn\u2019t the one that explains crypto better, it\u2019s the one that hides it completely,\u201d said CEO Jayson Hobby.\n<\/p>\n<p>Decentralized finance mobile \u201csuperapp\u201d Legend has announced it is winding down after about two years of operation, adding to a string of crypto apps deciding to shut down this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Legend was a DeFi aggregator that aimed to bring DeFi to its users rather than forcing them to sign into multiple different wallets or applications to use their crypto.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believed the right interface could put DeFi\u2019s most powerful primitives in front of mainstream users.\u201d Legend co-founder Jayson Hobby <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jaysonhobby\/status\/2054253835003347306\">said<\/a> on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/legend-defi-app-announces-shutdown\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe product that wins isn\u2019t the one that explains crypto better, it\u2019s the one that hides it completely,\u201d said CEO Jayson Hobby. Decentralized finance mobile \u201csuperapp\u201d Legend has announced it is winding down after about two years of operation, adding to a string of crypto apps deciding to shut down this year.\u00a0 Legend was a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":598471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-598470","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}