Polymarket traders are pricing the prospect of China legalizing onshore Bitcoin purchases at roughly 5%. At first glance, the number appears dismissive. Still, it raises the question of whether the Chinese government will explicitly permit citizens to convert renminbi into Bitcoin within mainland China by the end of 2026. That distinction matters because the regulatory […]
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A loan backed by approximately 2.3% of the total AAVE supply is slowly being liquidated on Thursday amid a major crypto market pullback.
Founders Fund and Galaxy-backed Citrea is aiming to unlock Bitcoin-denominated credit markets with a new mainnet and a Treasury-backed stablecoin designed for USD settlement.
Aave now controls 51.5% of the DeFi lending market share, the first time any protocol has crossed the 50% threshold since 2020. The milestone arrives not through competitor collapse but through steady accumulation: Aave's $33.37 billion in total value locked sits atop a $64.83 billion lending category that has consolidated around a single liquidity hub. […]
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Bitwise has joined Morpho as a vault curator, highlighting growing institutional demand for allocating capital onchain.
Risk managers Chaos Labs and Sentora will also operate the first three USDC vaults, allocating funds to protocols like Aave, Morpho and Sky.
Chainlink and Atlas will offer a loan liquidation auction tool for "non-toxic" MEV that pays both backrunning bots and protocols.
Anchorage tapped Spark to unlock onchain credit markets for its institutional clients who want to keep their assets in off-chain custody.
Galaxy Digital closed a $75 million tokenized CLO on Avalanche to finance Arch Lending’s crypto-backed lending facility.
The Trump family–backed crypto venture has rolled out World Liberty Markets, a new DeFi app built on Dolomite. DOLO rose by 57% following the announcement.
JupUSD is an Ethena whitelabel stablecoin backed primarily by BlackRock's tokenized USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund.
Loan settlements on Flow have been paused, freezing both repayments and defaults as ecosystem disruptions persist.
The lawsuit claimed Mark Cuban misrepresented Voyager multiple times prior to its filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
A dispute over who controls Aave’s brand and online assets has moved to a vote, sending the token sharply lower.
The firm holds about 6.8 million SOL tokens, more than the next three largest SOL DATs combined, according to The Block's SOL treasury data.
The partnership will focus on Tokenet, Digital Prime's institutional lending network, and introduce new features like regulated stablecoin collateral.
An AAVE token holder proposed that Aave DAO commandeer Aave Labs' IP and equity, essentially turning it into a DAO subsidiary.
The PYUSD Savings Vault generates returns in part by deploying deposits in lending strategies on SparkLend.
The collaboration introduces the first flash loan product built for intent-based infrastructure, enabling more programmable liquidity uses.
Babylon is also planning to introduce Bitcoin-backed DeFi insurance, letting BTC holders earn yield while underwriting risk against hacks and exploits.
Aave, the largest decentralized lending protocol, has historically taken a maximalist approach towards deploying on new blockchains.
Yearn Finance lost about $9 million in an exploit on Sunday, after an attacker was able to mint a near-infinite amount of yETH tokens.
The project utilizes a blockchain infrastructure developed with Tanssi's technology, enabling predictable transaction fees and reliability, rather than relying on public blockchains.
Coinbase now allows users to borrow up to $1 million in USDC against ETH, expanding its onchain loan product offered via Morpho.
Core claims that Maple used confidential information in their partnership to develop a competing product, violating the exclusivity clause.
The stablecoin issuer's investment comes as BTC-backed lending scales rapidly, with Ledn surpassing $1 billion in originations this year and positioning for global expansion.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The Aave App will support deposits and withdrawals to over 12,000 banks and debit cards as well as unlimited stablecoin transfers.
The expansion gives XRP holders access to BNB Chain DeFi, allowing them to earn additional yield on top of mXRP’s base strategy returns.
looped positions that rely on borrowing stables to buy sUSDe are at risk, Sentora Research said.