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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 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.
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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 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.
STX Q3 Ecosystem Report: 735 BTC Enters Bitcoin Staking as STX Staked Climbs More Than 25% After PoX-5
Stacks published its Q3 2026 Ecosystem Report: Bitcoin Staking has brought 735 BTC into the ecosystem across two bonding periods, and STX staked has climbed more than 25% since the PoX-5 hard fork, from 392M to 493M STX.
Jupiter Says YOLO Hit $1 Billion in Volume in Under 24 Hours
The unaudited beta counts leveraged trading exposure, while winners depend on a separate house pool funded by trader losses.
Aave V4’s Arc Markets Connect Dollar-Euro Loans to Shared Liquidity
The deployment launched Sept. 16 with four reserve assets. Its Forex market lets borrowers pledge EURC, which is not eligible collateral in Arc’s Main market.
Firelight Adds $30.5 Million of Cover to Kraken USDC Vault
Depositors face a $100,000 cap per address per coverage period, with payouts handled by Sentora rather than guaranteed by Kraken.
Jupiter Launches Unaudited YOLO Beta With Up to 1,000x Leverage
Users trade against a house, and profits can be queued without a guaranteed payout time if its funds run low.
Lido Adds Direct ETH Staking From Four Layer 2s to Its Interface
Users receive wstETH from local liquidity pools, while ETH is bridged to Ethereum for staking and the pools are replenished in the background.
Rocket Pool Voters Back rETH Withdrawals, Keep 4 ETH Bonds
Voters chose random megapool exits and deferred an onchain governance expansion. The full Saturn 2 upgrade package still needs ratification.
Uniswap Launches ETH/USDC Pool With Separate Buy and Sell Fees
The VolatilePair Hook adds temporary charges on trades reversing large price moves, aiming to retain more arbitrage value for liquidity providers.