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PENDLE Token Goes Live on Revolut, Reaching 20M EEA Crypto Traders
The yield-tokenization protocol's $233M-mcap token is now buyable inside Revolut's MiCA-licensed crypto app across the UK, EU, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein — the second on-chain yield protocol to land on the fintech's regulated rails after Maple's SYRUP in April.
BlackRock's BUIDL Pushed Avalanche's Tokenized Asset Total Past $1.16B
A single allocation of BlackRock's $2.85B USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund drove more than half of Avalanche's distributed real-world asset total on a 58% two-week jump, putting the network behind only Ethereum among institutional tokenization venues.
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PENDLE Token Goes Live on Revolut, Reaching 20M EEA Crypto Traders
The yield-tokenization protocol's $233M-mcap token is now buyable inside Revolut's MiCA-licensed crypto app across the UK, EU, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein — the second on-chain yield protocol to land on the fintech's regulated rails after Maple's SYRUP in April.
BlackRock's BUIDL Pushed Avalanche's Tokenized Asset Total Past $1.16B
A single allocation of BlackRock's $2.85B USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund drove more than half of Avalanche's distributed real-world asset total on a 58% two-week jump, putting the network behind only Ethereum among institutional tokenization venues.
Anchorage Digital Becomes Collateral Manager for Ethena's Institutional Lending
The OCC-chartered crypto bank will hold borrower collateral in segregated custody and run real-time margining for Ethena's overcollateralized loan book, configuring DeFi-native lending around bank-grade controls.
Coinbase Ventures Buys ENA on the Open Market as Coinbase and Ethena Strike Distribution Deal
The exchange's venture arm bought ENA tokens directly on the open market rather than through a private round, the first such disclosed purchase, alongside a partnership to push Ethena's onchain dollar and savings products into Coinbase's userbase.
Vitalik Buterin Proposes Options-Based DeFi to Replace Liquidation-Driven Debt Model
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin proposed splitting 1 ETH into two paired option assets that always sum back to 1 ETH, eliminating forced liquidations and letting synthetics rely on slow, prediction-market-style oracles.
Anchorage Digital Pushes Federally Chartered Settlement Into Non-Custodial DeFi With Coordinated Multiparty Layer
The OCC-chartered crypto bank is positioning its Atlas network as a coordinated multiparty settlement layer for institutional trading on Hyperliquid, Lighter, and Aave — letting funds touch live DeFi without moving assets offshore or prefunding venues.
Radiant Capital Winds Down to a $2M Husk, 20 Months After DPRK-Linked $50M Heist
The cross-chain lender that once held more than $300M in deposits now has $2.21M in total value locked, a sub-$2M market cap, and no remaining major-exchange listing — the slow end-state of an October 2024 exploit Mandiant traced to North Korea.
Circle Freeze on Zama's Confidential USDC Locks $12.6M of User Funds in DeFi 'Crossfire'
A court-ordered restraining order pushed Circle to blacklist Zama's cUSDC wrapper on Ethereum. The privacy protocol is not a defendant but every depositor in the pooled contract is locked out alongside the targeted funds.
ICE Chief Sprecher Calls Hyperliquid 'Bigger Than Nasdaq' as HYPE Run Draws TradFi Notice
The founder of the company that owns the New York Stock Exchange praised the small decentralized exchange and its SpaceX pre-IPO market, even as ICE presses regulators over how to police perpetual futures.
Base Launches MCP Agent Gateway for Onchain Portfolio Management
Base introduces Model Context Protocol integration enabling AI agents to execute swaps, trades, and portfolio management across leading DeFi protocols.