DeFi

DeFi
Tether Gold Expands to BNB Chain as Tokenized Gold Market Approaches $5 Billion
The integration connects the dominant gold-backed token to BNB Chain's RWA ecosystem amid a volatile stretch for spot gold prices.

DeFi
Silo Introduces Silo v3, a New Class of Money Markets Designed to Remain Solvent Without Reliance on DEX Liquidity
Silo v3 replaces reliance on DEX liquidity with protocol-level insolvency protection, expanding onchain credit markets beyond highly liquid assets.

DeFi
Obex Starts Deploying $1B in USDS Into Mortgages, AI Hardware, and Solar Energy
The Sky-backed stablecoin incubator's inaugural class of eight projects marks the protocol's biggest push yet to diversify beyond crypto-native yield sources.

DeFi
Ondo Tokenizes Five Franklin Templeton ETFs
The partnership brings growth, large-cap, fixed income, equity income, and gold ETFs onchain through Ondo Global Markets.

DeFi
Coinbase Brings Exchange Data Onchain via Chainlink's DataLink
The integration gives DeFi protocols direct access to institutional-grade order book, spot, and futures data from the largest US crypto exchange.

DeFi
Whop Treasury launches with Aave, Plasma, and Veda integrations: Whop
E-commerce platform Whop has launched its Treasury feature, enabling creators to earn yield directly on balances through integrations with Aave, Plasma, and Veda.

DeFi
Balancer Proposes Winding Down Labs, Ending BAL Emissions in Sweeping Reset
Five months after a $128M exploit rocked the protocol, Balancer is proposing its most radical restructuring yet.

DeFi
Polymarket Tightens Insider Trading Rules
The prediction market is updating insider trading and manipulation rules days after inking an exclusive partnership with Major League Baseball.

DeFi
MoonPay Unveils Wallet Standard for AI Agents
The Open Wallet Standard aims to fill a gap in the rapidly growing agentic payments stack by giving AI agents a universal, non-custodial way to hold funds and sign transactions across blockchains.

DeFi
Aave V4 passes ARFC stage, moves toward mainnet launch: Aave
Aave V4 has successfully completed the Aave Request for Comments stage, with the protocol's team now preparing for final AIP deployment and mainnet launch.





