Crypto Superapp Legend Announces Shutdown As Industry Shakeout Continues
Legend, a DeFi mobile app aggregator founded by former Compound executives, is shutting down on July 12 after roughly two years. Despite a $15 million funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz and Coinbase Ventures in 2025, CEO Jayson Hobby stated the product failed to achieve the necessary scale for financial viability. The non-custodial app allowed users to earn, trade, borrow, and swap assets via integrations with major protocols like Aave and Uniswap from a single interface. Hobby noted mainstream crypto users care about benefits like better yield and control, not whether a product uses blockchain. Legend's closure is part of a broader sector shakeout, with over 20 DeFi, NFT, and crypto protocols announcing shutdowns this year amid a bear market and declining total value locked.
bitcoinist05/14 09:01
