DeFi

DeFi
ONDO Surges 68% in a Week amid US Tokenization Push
A four-firm pilot settling the first cross-border, cross-bank redemption of tokenized U.S. Treasuries on the XRP Ledger extended a rally sparked by Ondo's seat at the DTCC’s tokenization table.

DeFi
Tydro Keeps Markets Paused After Chaos Labs Flags Suspected Nation-State Attack
The largest DeFi protocol on Kraken's Ink Layer 2 network is onboarding Chainlink and RedStone feeds before resuming its lending markets.

Education
BChat: A Decentralized Privacy Messenger Built on the Beldex Network
A metadata-resistant alternative to Signal and Telegram routes messages through 2,680 masternodes, doesn’t require a phone number to sign up, and ties identity to a portable .bdx domain.

DeFi
Bitwise to Take Over Superstate's $267M Tokenized Crypto Carry Fund
Bitwise will become the investment manager of USCC on June 1, marking its first tokenized fund and Superstate's second handoff to a major asset manager this year.

DeFi
1inch Resolver TrustedVolumes Drained for $6.7M on Ethereum
Blockchain security firm Blockaid linked the exploit to the same operator behind the March 2025 1inch Fusion V1 incident, though it stems from a different vulnerability.

DeFi
Gnosis Treasury Redemption Vote Swings as Whale Counters Cofounder
Votes in favor of a redemption proposal that would let GNO holders claim roughly $170 per token from a $223M treasury have retaken the lead on Snapshot.

DeFi
Coinbase Taps Centrifuge as Preferred Tokenization Partner
The exchange's strategic investment cements Centrifuge as the go-to issuance layer for compliant onchain assets, starting with a tokenized S&P 500 product for non-U.S. users.

DeFi
Kelp DAO Accuses LayerZero of Deflecting Blame for $300M Bridge Hack
The liquid restaking protocol argues that the 1-of-1 verifier setup at the center of the April 18 exploit was LayerZero's own documented default.

DeFi
Lighter Names USDC as Preferred Stablecoin in New Circle Partnership
The agreement spans spot and perpetual trading, settlement, liquidations, and onboarding flows on the decentralized exchange.

DeFi
Securitize Taps Jump and Jupiter to Launch Regulated Trading for Tokenized Equities
The three-way partnership pairs Securitize's broker-dealer rails with Jump's PropAMM liquidity engine and Jupiter's Solana-wide aggregation layer.




