DeFi

DeFi
Circle Adds Aave to Bitcoin-Backed Borrowing in Mint
The new lending option extends the Morpho-based service, while borrowers remain exposed to liquidation under third-party protocol rules.

DeFi
Stacks Opens Second Bitcoin Staking Bond as Liquid Staking Takes the Majority of Capacity
Stacks (STX) announced Bond 2, its second Bitcoin staking bond, with the majority of its 500 BTC capacity allocated to Stacking DAO, the longest-running liquid staking protocol on Stacks. Holders who stake through Stacking DAO receive stBTC, a liquid token that earns BTC rewards.

DeFi
Aave Raises Core GHO Borrow Rate to 4.5% Amid Thin Redemption Reserves
The GHO Risk Council also lifted Prime’s base rate, while Ethereum’s USDC conversion module remained nearly empty.

DeFi
Aave Activates LlamaRisk Agents for Pendle Collateral on Plasma
The agents can adjust pricing and borrowing parameters for a principal token with $36.72 million supplied, subject to fixed step limits and cooldowns.

DeFi
Flying Tulip’s NFT Options Market Tops $5 Million in Volume, Cronje Says
Buying an ftPUT NFT transfers its remaining FT tokens and redemption rights, while spot FT purchases carry no such protection.

DeFi
Compound Votes on Giving Governance Power to Cancel Treasury Operations
Proposal 612 would extend treasury delays from two days to ten, while a wallet linked to Humpy has cast 1.75 million COMP votes in support.

DeFi
OKX-ICE Plans Tokenized Stock Trading Through a Uniswap v4 Hook
The venue would restrict trading and liquidity provision to approved wallets on X Layer, with no current support for aggregators.
DeFi
Tim Draper's Firm Leads Strategic Round In Bitcoin Wallet Xverse
Trust Machines and Draper Dragon joined the round. Terms were not disclosed, and Xverse has not said what it raised or at what valuation.

DeFi
S&P Global Puts A Letter Grade On DeFi Lending Vaults
The Vault Risk Assessment scores a vault from AAA(v) to D(v), and the curator running it can cap the result. S&P has not assessed a vault yet.

DeFi
Centrifuge Confirms Three Tokenized Funds Are Live on Arc
JAAA, JTRSY and HYB span US Treasuries and credit, with direct fund access limited to non-US professional investors.





