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Circle Adds Aave to Bitcoin-Backed Borrowing in Mint
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.
Stacks Opens Second Bitcoin Staking Bond as Liquid Staking Takes the Majority of Capacity
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.
Aave Raises Core GHO Borrow Rate to 4.5% Amid Thin Redemption Reserves
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.
Aave Activates LlamaRisk Agents for Pendle Collateral on Plasma
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.
Flying Tulip’s NFT Options Market Tops $5 Million in Volume, Cronje Says
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.
Compound Votes on Giving Governance Power to Cancel Treasury Operations
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.
OKX-ICE Plans Tokenized Stock Trading Through a Uniswap v4 Hook
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.
Tim Draper's Firm Leads Strategic Round In Bitcoin Wallet Xverse
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.
S&P Global Puts A Letter Grade On DeFi Lending Vaults
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.
Centrifuge Confirms Three Tokenized Funds Are Live on Arc
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.