DeFi

DeFi
Arc Packages USDC Funding and Morpho Lending for Apps
Borrow Kit lets apps offer cirBTC-backed loans, while Onramp purchases require provider identity checks and regional eligibility.

DeFi
Aave V4 TVL Climbs 82% in September as Arc Reaches $181 Million
Active loans in DefiLlama’s tracked markets rose 76%, while V4 generated just 2% of Aave’s trailing 30-day protocol revenue.

DeFi
Standard Chartered Initiates ENA Coverage With $2 Target
Standard Chartered forecasts a 7x gain by end-2028 on the strength of Ethena's buyback program. The buyback switches on when USDe supply reaches $7.5 billion; USDe sits at $4.9 billion.
DeFi
Lighter Token Drops After Robinhood Perps Plan
Robinhood's in-app perpetual futures will be offered by its own futures commission merchant through Bitstamp. LIT is down 22% over seven days.
DeFi
Abracadabra Proposes Winding Down MIM at Four Cents on the Dollar
A Snapshot vote would liquidate the protocol, swap what collateral is left into ether and pay MIM holders pro rata. The team puts recoverable backing at about $900,000 against $21 million of bad debt.

DeFi
Balancer Sets Shutdown Dates After BAL Holders Approve Wind-Down
About $52.4 million remains in V2 and V3 pools. Withdrawals will stay open, while treasury redemptions are scheduled to begin in May 2027.

DeFi
Balancer Holders Approve Wind-Down, Reject Official Fork
Pausable pools begin moving to withdrawals-only on Oct. 30, while BAL holders can redeem for treasury assets starting at the end of May 2027.

DeFi
How Constant Finance Is Rethinking the Fixed-Rate Lending Experience
Fixed-rate lending is becoming a new focus of DeFi development, but fixing the rate does not necessarily align the needs of borrowers and lenders. How long the borrower actually needs the money, and how early repayment is calculated, still determine whether a loan is worth making.

DeFi
Coinbase Adds HYPE and ZEC as Collateral for Loans of Up to $100,000
The Morpho-powered borrowing product runs on Base and is available to eligible US users outside New York.

DeFi
Sentora Seeks Aave V4 Markets With 50% Revenue Share for DAO
The Ethereum instance would lend RLUSD, PYUSD and OUSD, with Sentora controlling risk outside the mandate of Aave's risk service providers.





