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Constant Finance Opens Public Beta for Fixed-Rate, Fixed-Term DeFi Lending

Constant Finance Opens Public Beta for Fixed-Rate, Fixed-Term DeFi Lending

Constant Finance, a fixed-rate, fixed-term DeFi lending protocol, today announced that the public beta of its lending product is now available on Ethereum’s Sepolia testnet, giving borrowers and lenders a hands-on way to explore loans with an agreed rate and maturity.

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Constant Finance Opens Public Beta for Fixed-Rate, Fixed-Term DeFi Lending

Constant Finance Opens Public Beta for Fixed-Rate, Fixed-Term DeFi Lending

Constant Finance, a fixed-rate, fixed-term DeFi lending protocol, today announced that the public beta of its lending product is now available on Ethereum’s Sepolia testnet, giving borrowers and lenders a hands-on way to explore loans with an agreed rate and maturity.
Genius.fun Launches on BNB Chain to Bring Hostile Takeovers On-chain

Genius.fun Launches on BNB Chain to Bring Hostile Takeovers On-chain

Genius Foundation announced the launch of genius.fun, a new BNB Chain launchpad designed to help online communities coordinate capital and pursue ownership in publicly traded companies.
SMBC Nikko and Nethermind Plan Compliance Hooks for Uniswap Pools

SMBC Nikko and Nethermind Plan Compliance Hooks for Uniswap Pools

An MOU with Uniswap Labs, Base and Nyx Foundation targets a Japan-focused DeFi gateway for completion by mid-2027.
Kinetiq Ends kPoints With Paid Claim as KNTQ Drops 23%

Kinetiq Ends kPoints With Paid Claim as KNTQ Drops 23%

Points holders have 10 days to buy from a 50 million-token allocation at $0.26 per KNTQ, potentially generating $13 million in gross proceeds.
Onchain Perps Close Execution Gap With CEXs, Castle Labs Says

Onchain Perps Close Execution Gap With CEXs, Castle Labs Says

Hyperliquid held as much resting liquidity as the median of Binance, Bybit and OKX on four of five crypto assets and cost less to trade, a Castle Labs study of live order books found. The gap that remains sits in how venues price stocks and commodities when the underlying market is closed.
Drift Opens DFX Claims With Recovery Pool Covering About 1% of Losses

Drift Opens DFX Claims With Recovery Pool Covering About 1% of Losses

Redeeming burns the tokens and ends their claim on future deposits. Holders can instead wait for revenue-funded recovery or sell their DFX.
World Liberty Launches WLFI Staking, Plans $1.25M USD1 Pool

World Liberty Launches WLFI Staking, Plans $1.25M USD1 Pool

Holders must open a 180-day lock and cast governance votes to claim rewards, with no fixed payout rate.
Marinade Says Council Blocked DAO Takeover Attempt

Marinade Says Council Blocked DAO Takeover Attempt

The council vetoed two proposals within six hours, Marinade says. No funds moved, and its staking services were unaffected.
Sentora’s Morpho Vaults See Sharp Outflows Amid MetaMask Staking Incident

Sentora’s Morpho Vaults See Sharp Outflows Amid MetaMask Staking Incident

The RLUSD and PYUSD vaults had about $8.46 million and $2.38 million of available liquidity, respectively, in Morpho’s latest snapshots.
Uniswap Labs Plans OUSD Rewards Hook for Liquidity Providers

Uniswap Labs Plans OUSD Rewards Hook for Liquidity Providers

OUSD is already available across Uniswap's protocol, apps and API, while the planned rewards mechanism awaits its full design.