DeFi

DeFi
Wallet Shifts 150 Million USDT From Aave to Spark Savings
Aave’s Ethereum USDT reserve showed $169.54 million in available liquidity on Oct. 8, after withdrawals coincided with double-digit borrowing rates.

DeFi
GSR Commits $100 Million to Hare Vault Business
The first Aave-powered products will target stablecoins and tokenized gold, with outside investors expected to join GSR in the vaults. Opening dates are still to come.

DeFi
Lido Unveils Morpho-Based Lending Protocol for Staking Loops
Lido Lend targets a fourth-quarter launch, with collateral screening and reliable exits among its design goals. DAO votes and technical disclosures are still ahead.

DeFi
Moody's Rates Sky B3, Flagging Thin Capital Buffer
The stable-outlook rating puts Sky in Moody's speculative-grade category, with roughly $90 million in equity against $10 billion in managed assets.
DeFi
Coinbase Launches 15-Minute And Hourly Crypto Price Markets
Coinbase added short-dated up-or-down contracts on bitcoin, ether and eight other tokens to its prediction markets on Tuesday. Kalshi lists the contracts and already runs the same 15-minute markets on its own exchange.
DeFi
Firelight Begins Writing DeFi Cover Backed By Staked XRP
The protocol's first cover positions went to two Sentora vaults, with payouts standing behind 50.2 million XRP staked on Flare. Claims are decided by a five-firm consortium on a three-of-five vote, and the coverage contracts' audits are listed as coming soon.

DeFi
Tokenized Stocks Grew 395% in a Year While DeFi Use Stayed Under 3%
RedStone's report puts lending collateral at roughly $81 million against $3.17 billion of supply, with leveraged equity exposure onchain sitting almost entirely in perpetual futures

DeFi
Ether.fi Announces Dollar Stablecoin Powered by Ethena
Ethena will manage reserves, minting, redemptions and compliance for a platform reporting more than $300 million in existing stablecoin balances.

DeFi
Bloomberg Terminal Adds 24/7 Hyperliquid Perpetuals Pricing
The WSL HYPE worksheet pairs perpetuals with reference prices across commodities, indexes, equities, currencies and crypto.

DeFi
Arbitrum Adopts Paxos' USDG as Its Ecosystem Dollar
The stablecoin goes live on Arbitrum One with Fluid, Morpho, GMX, Maple and Kraken behind it. A proposal published the same day asks ArbitrumDAO to add 100 million ARB to an incentive program that still has about 63.7 million ARB unspent





