DeFi

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.

Holders would burn BAL for a pro-rata share of the treasury starting May 2027. Pools move to withdrawals-only on Oct. 30. BAL's market cap is $7.7 million.

The product targets up to 2% APY by moving xStock collateral from Ink to Solana, while a 25% performance fee and DeFi lending risks apply.

Wallets holding more than $20 of an eligible token receive trading-fee payouts several times an hour, while existing Cashback coins must apply to switch.

Daniele Sesta says Equilibra, a custom automated market maker with adaptive fees and optional auto-repeg, is testing on Robinhood Chain and sits under the HeyAnon token, which set an all-time low a day earlier.

Geoff Kendrick calls Sky "DeFi's federal bank" and forecasts a five-fold rise in the value the protocol passes to token holders by end-2028. The thesis runs on USDS supply growth.

The exchange routes USDT deposits into a Spark vault on X Layer, OKX's own Layer 2 network, where the vault holds under $500 and Spark's risk reviewers noted the chain can be upgraded by its operator without delay.

The two Ethereum launch pools pair USDC with USDT and USDG; corrective trades outside the price band face a fee that falls each block.

The Valinor BDC Exposure Fund buys the listed equity of business development companies, charges 1.25% on top of the fees those BDCs already charge, and accepts daily redemptions capped at 7.5% of net asset value a day. None of its 499,157 shares have been tokenized.

Oak HC/FT led the round with NEA, Coinbase Ventures, Lightspeed Faction and OpenFX participating, taking total funding to $43 million. Latitude's own site breaks its "45 U.S. markets" into 39 money transmission licences, one state registration and five no-action letters.