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DeFi
Aave Adds Coinbase Stock Tokens as Collateral on Base
Seven stock tokens back USDC loans in a dedicated V4 market with a 21 million USDC borrowing cap. Access is limited to eligible non-US investors.

Infrastructure
Binance-Owned CoinMarketCap Acquires CoinGlass
CoinGlass says it will keep operating independently, with its brand, website, app, API and pricing unchanged.

Infrastructure
Block Adds Bitcoin Lightning to x402 Standard
The Lightning payment specification has been merged into x402’s repository, while a Python implementation still awaits review and real-node testing.

Infrastructure
Ethereum Draft Proposes Compliance Controls for Confidential RWA Tokens
The draft keeps amounts confidential but preserves issuer enforcement powers, tackling requirements behind institutional interest in permissioned networks.

TradFi & Fintech
Tokenized-Stock Holder Count Reaches 4.3 Million, Led by BNB Chain
Robinhood Chain ranks second with 1.3 million holders, ahead of Solana’s 997,000, in Token Terminal’s latest update. The metric measures token balances, not distinct investors.

Regulation & Politics
KelpDAO Files BC Civil Claim Against LayerZero
LayerZero CEO Bryan Pellegrino says he is also named in the claim and calls it 'meritless,' promising to defend himself in Vancouver.

Tokens
Paxos Labs Launches PAXGy, Adding Lending Yield to Tokenized Gold
Holders bear borrower-default risk, while direct redemptions return PAXG through an approval-gated withdrawal queue.

CeFi
Bitget Suspends Withdrawals, Says $351.6 Million Affected In Hot Wallet Breach
The exchange said its cold wallets were unaffected and that the incident falls within a user protection fund holding more than $464 million.
DeFi
Morpho Founder's Vault Classification Draws Pushback From Aave's Kulechov
Paul Frambot proposed splitting onchain vaults into "noncustodial" and "discretionary" categories for regulators. Aave founder Stani Kulechov called the split "self-serving," and vault builders said a timelock does not remove the manager.

DeFi
Kamino Opens GPU-loan-linked sUSDai Collateral Market on Solana
The Allez Labs-curated market lets holders borrow USDC at up to 80% loan-to-value, with liquidations starting at 85%.





