DeFi

DeFi
Morpho Launches Fixed-Rate Lending Protocol Midnight on Base
The DeFi lender also released a new Markets App that lets users set their own rates and terms, starting on Base with more networks to follow.

DeFi
Lynq Partners With Nonco to Enable 24/7 Stablecoin Liquidity for Institutions
Institutional settlement network Lynq has partnered with digital asset liquidity provider Nonco to give clients around-the-clock access to stablecoin liquidity.

DeFi
Lighter Makes Stock Tokens Eligible Collateral on Robinhood Chain
The perpetuals exchange now accepts Robinhood's tokenized equities as margin, expanding beyond the USDG stablecoin and delivering on a plan to broaden collateral in the third quarter.

DeFi
Hyperliquid to Open HIP-4 Prediction Markets Behind 500,000 HYPE Stake
Deployers can set fees of up to 50% but face slashing by validator vote for poorly defined or unsettled markets, under terms Hyperliquid calls preliminary.

DeFi
Tokenized Stock Lending TVL Reaches $23M as DEX Volume Climbs
Token Terminal data shows QQQ and SPY trackers gaining onchain trading and collateral use, but the totals remain a rounding error next to broader DeFi.

DeFi
Dune Study for 1inch Finds 85% of Concentrated Liquidity Idle
The onchain research, which 1inch commissioned, estimates out-of-range positions forgo about $150M a year in fees across seven chains.

DeFi
Quote Trade Raises $4 Million to Expand the First AI-Native Dark Pool DEX for Crypto Execution.
Funding will scale the platform’s private, stablecoin-settled dark pool DEX, built from the ground up for humans, bots, and AI agents to trade side by side

DeFi
SummerFi to Wind Down After Seven Years, Citing Exploit
Aave founder Stani Kulechov called the DeFi access point 'an OG' as its team said it would sunset the UI.

DeFi
Builder-Deployed Markets Overtake Crypto on Hyperliquid
The venue's HIP-3 markets for stocks, commodities and indices first topped its native crypto volume on July 8 and have led on several trading days since — though they fade on weekends, and single-name stocks alone still trail crypto

DeFi
ENS DAO Votes to Seat New Security Council Weeks After Founder Blocked Renewal
An onchain vote to grant the DAO's veto power to a freshly elected eight-member council is passing, with the current council's mandate set to lapse on July 24





