DeFi

DeFi
Electric Capital Maps 501 Real-World Yield Sources, Finds 93% Untouched by DeFi
A new taxonomy from the venture firm identifies seven barrier clusters keeping most traditional yield sources off-chain, and argues that stablecoin growth is pulling them closer.

DeFi
World Gold Council Proposes Shared Infrastructure for Tokenized Gold Products
The industry body co-authored a white paper with Boston Consulting Group outlining a "Gold as a Service" platform to standardize issuance and custody of digital gold.

DeFi
Privy Taps Deframe by Pods to Unlock DeFi Yield Strategies
The Stripe-owned wallet infrastructure provider has integrated Deframe's DeFi aggregation API, the latest in a string of yield-focused moves.

DeFi
EtherFi to Tap Plume's Nest Vaults for Real-World Asset Yield
The DeFi neobank will route customer deposits into a basis-trade vault powered by Superstate’s USCC fund.

DeFi
Amundi Launches Tokenized Swap Fund on Ethereum and Stellar
Europe's largest asset manager has launched its second on-chain fund, leveraging Chainlink oracles to publish NAV data.

DeFi
Polymarket Becomes MLB’s Exclusive Prediction Market Partner
The league also signed an information-sharing agreement with the CFTC, the first such deal between the derivatives regulator and a professional sports body.

DeFi
Bitcoin Gets Native DeFi Stack as OP_NET Goes Live on Mainnet
The execution layer's launch comes alongside a DeFi stack, including a Bitcoin L1 DEX, permissionless smart contract deployment, and OP-20 token launches.

DeFi
Visa Bets on Agentic Commerce With CLI Payment Tool for AI Agents
Visa Crypto Labs has launched an experimental product that lets AI agents make payments directly from the command line, without API keys or pre-funded accounts.

DeFi
Aster Deepens WLFI Partnership With USD1 Perpetual Markets
The perpetuals exchange is promoting WLFI's stablecoin as a trading asset ahead of the Aster Chain Layer 1 launch.

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1inch Launches Campaign to Push DeFi into US University Curricula
The campaign includes an open letter to the deans and faculty of major U.S. business and law schools, co-signed by 20+ leading DeFi orgs.




