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Securitize's HINC Becomes Collateral on Solana's Loopscale

Securitize's HINC Becomes Collateral on Solana's Loopscale

Eligible investors can now borrow USDG against a fund holding high-yield corporate bonds and CLO tranches, collateral whose value moves daily with credit spreads.

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Securitize's HINC Becomes Collateral on Solana's Loopscale

Securitize's HINC Becomes Collateral on Solana's Loopscale

Eligible investors can now borrow USDG against a fund holding high-yield corporate bonds and CLO tranches, collateral whose value moves daily with credit spreads.
Bloomberg: Hyperliquid in Advanced Talks With Kraken Parent on US Perpetuals Push

Bloomberg: Hyperliquid in Advanced Talks With Kraken Parent on US Perpetuals Push

The reported plan would route U.S. traders through CFTC-regulated Bitnomial, while neither Payward nor Hyperliquid has confirmed a deal.
Bullish Provides USD.AI $100 Million Facility for GPU-Backed Loans

Bullish Provides USD.AI $100 Million Facility for GPU-Backed Loans

The commitment will fund more GPU loans; USD.AI’s API reported $265 million in loan reserves and $491 million in TVL.
Stellar RWA Assets Outgrow Its DeFi Markets

Stellar RWA Assets Outgrow Its DeFi Markets

RedStone puts tokenized real-world assets on Stellar above $3 billion in July, against DeFi value it measures at $213 million.
Ethena Plans Equity-Perpetual Basis Trades for USDe Backing

Ethena Plans Equity-Perpetual Basis Trades for USDe Backing

The announced rollout is still forthcoming, with the first partner exchange announcements and deployments expected in the coming weeks.
Coinbase Launches Tokenized Stocks On Base

Coinbase Launches Tokenized Stocks On Base

Four tokens covering Nvidia, Apple, Meta and Alphabet went live for non-US users, with about $4.5 million minted and $3 million of DEX liquidity on day one. Chainlink price feeds run 24/5 while the tokens trade 24/7.
SharpLink Plans $200 Million ETH Allocation to Lido’s wstETH

SharpLink Plans $200 Million ETH Allocation to Lido’s wstETH

Using Kraken’s displayed $1,889.84 ETH price, the planned allocation equates to about 106,000 ETH, roughly 12% of SharpLink’s reported holdings.
Sentora Opens A Lending Vault Against Wellington's First Native Onchain Credit Strategy

Sentora Opens A Lending Vault Against Wellington's First Native Onchain Credit Strategy

The Morpho vault holds $9.6 million of PayPal's stablecoin and lends against mWIN, a Luxembourg-issued token whose bond portfolio Wellington Management runs. Of the 8.31% headline yield, 7.61 percentage points come from a PYUSD reward stream.
Nomura’s Laser Digital Backs ZIGChain’s Emerging-Market Private Credit Push

Nomura’s Laser Digital Backs ZIGChain’s Emerging-Market Private Credit Push

Laser Digital bought ZIG tokens and will structure and risk-govern a pipeline of vault products with ZIG Markets, which says it has originated more than $50 million with no defaults so far. The investment size was not disclosed.
Cloudflare Launches Stablecoin Wallets for AI Agents, Opens cloudflare.pay Handles

Cloudflare Launches Stablecoin Wallets for AI Agents, Opens cloudflare.pay Handles

Account owners hold stablecoins and issue capped Virtual Wallets to their agents. Handle reservations open Tuesday; funding, onramps and agent spending arrive “in the coming months.”