DeFi

DeFi
World Liberty Opens WLFI Vote on 180-Day Governance Rewards
Payouts would have no fixed rate and come from a pool funded by the treasury and World Liberty Markets fees.

DeFi
Neutrl Opens NUSD Redemptions at 51 Cents as Strata Junior Tranche Faces Wipeout
Strata scheduled a 48-hour valuation update that would write jrNUSD to zero while withdrawals from its senior tranche settle in sNUSD at revised share values.

DeFi
Morpho Opens Borrowing Against Coinbase's Tokenized Stocks
Holders of five Coinbase stock tokens can pledge them for USDC loans on Base.

DeFi
Polymarket Hires Ex-Zora CEO for Onchain Product Push
The hire comes as Polymarket’s vice president of DeFi engineering says its existing central limit order book cannot be saved long term and is being rebuilt in Rust.

DeFi
Kraken Parent Plans Permissioned Hyperliquid Perps for US Traders
Bitnomial would deploy, administer, clear and settle the proposed markets, while NinjaTrader Clearing would carry approved customer accounts.

DeFi
Aave Labs Plans A Tokenized-Asset Credit Market On Avalanche With Tether's USA₮
The Aave V4 RWA Hub would let institutions borrow USA₮ against tokenized collateral on Avalanche. The hub and the USA₮ listing both go to an Aave DAO vote, and the release gives no launch date.

DeFi
0x Says Uniswap v4 Hooks Were A Mistake, Hayden Adams Says "Skill Issue"
The DEX aggregator found 54.2% of the 84,163 hooks it analyzed were malicious. Uniswap's founder and Paradigm's Dan Robinson said the failure is in 0x's routing.

DeFi
Balancer Proposes Shutting Down and Returning Its $9 Million Treasury to BAL Holders
Holders would burn BAL for a pro-rata share of the treasury starting May 2027. Pools move to withdrawals-only on Oct. 30. BAL's market cap is $7.7 million.

DeFi
Kraken Launches xStocks Vaults That Borrow Against Tokenized Equities
The product targets up to 2% APY by moving xStock collateral from Ink to Solana, while a 25% performance fee and DeFi lending risks apply.

DeFi
Pump.fun Drops Cashback for New Launches, Adds Holder Rewards
Wallets holding more than $20 of an eligible token receive trading-fee payouts several times an hour, while existing Cashback coins must apply to switch.





