DeFi

BitGo rolls out portfolio-based crypto lending platform for institutions

Circle mints $750M USDC on Solana as stablecoin flows pivot back on‑chain

S&P Dow Jones Indices and Kaiko bring iBoxx US Treasuries index onchain for first time

MiCA-licensed crypto asset manager Tesseract unveils compliance-minded yield vaults

FinChain Adopts Chainlink to Expand Tokenized Asset Distribution Across Asia

Ripple Prime Expands Hyperliquid Integration

Bitmine quietly amasses 4.7m ether as staking bet tops $6.3b

XRPL Eyes $100B Boost as Evernorth Prepares XRP Lending

ECB flags centralisation in major DAOs

Strive and Tuttle file for ETF to invest in Strategy’s preferred STRC stock and Strive’s SATA

Aave V4 launches on Ethereum mainnet with ‘hub-and-spoke’ architecture

Aave rolls out v4 on Ethereum, aiming to expand DeFi into real-world credit markets

Midas raises $50 million to tackle pain point for tokenized asset investors

Knowdit: Agentic Smart Contract Vulnerability Detection with Auditing Knowledge Summarization

StarkWare Co-Founder Defends ZK Technology Amid Canton, Ethereum, and Solana Rivalry

Sergey Nazarov Details How Chainlink Economics 2.0 Builds a Virtuous Cycle of Security and Fees

Pendle Joins Wall Street Giants to Shape Vietnam’s International Financial Center Future

Crypto's CLARITY Act could be a headwind for DeFi tokens ring-fencing yield, analyst says

Inside Aave’s governance battle as DeFi giant prepares for upgrade

Aave Founder Stani Kulechov Calls Whop Treasury a Landmark DeFi-Fintech Integration

Coinbase Crypto-Backed Down Payments Push Digital Assets Into U.S. Housing

Hyperliquid Policy Center’s Concerns Over CLARITY Act– Urges Fixes To Protect DeFi Developers

ECB paper finds DeFi governance concentrated, warns results could affect ‘regulatory anchor points’

ECB paper questions if DeFi DAOs are decentralized enough to sit outside MiCA

Flare’s billion-dollar XRP DeFi dream has just 80 new users a day

Flare's FXRP DeFi ecosystem, marketed as a billion-dollar XRP breakthrough, is experiencing disappointing adoption rates with only 80 new users joining daily. The platform has seen slow growth and largely stagnant user metrics, raising questions about the viability of its ambitious DeFi goals.