DeFi

DeFi
Balancer Proposes Shutting Down and Returning Its $9 Million Treasury to BAL Holders
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.

DeFi
Kraken Launches xStocks Vaults That Borrow Against Tokenized Equities
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.

DeFi
Pump.fun Drops Cashback for New Launches, Adds Holder Rewards
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.

DeFi
ANON Triples After Sesta Deploys AMM On Robinhood Chain
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.

DeFi
Standard Chartered Says SKY Token Will 5X to $0.325 by 2028
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.

DeFi
Spark Opens Its USDT Savings Vault To OKX Users
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.

DeFi
Uniswap Launches Dynamic Fees for Two Stable-Pair Pools
The two Ethereum launch pools pair USDC with USDT and USDG; corrective trades outside the price band face a fee that falls each block.

DeFi
Valinor Launches Tokenized BDC Fund On Superstate
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.
DeFi
Latitude Raises $35 Million For Local Stablecoin Off-Ramps
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.
DeFi
U.S. Bank Issues Its Own Stablecoin On Stellar
The bank said Wednesday it moved value between its North American and European entities with USBDC, a dollar-backed token it issued on Stellar. The pilot tested minting, redemption, freezing and clawback. XLM trades at $0.18, down 3.1% on the day.





