DeFi

DeFi
DeFi United Outlines Technical Path To Make Kelp's rsETH Whole
The coalition has secured ETH commitments to refill the bridge in tranches and will use Aave and Compound governance proposals to liquidate the exploiter's remaining positions.

DeFi
Ostium Launches Institutional Hedging Layer
The Arbitrum-based RWA perps protocol now routes net directional flow to Jump and prime brokers offchain, retiring the single-pool model that absorbed all trader risk.

DeFi
Pharos Launches Pacific Ocean Mainnet to Expand RWA Distribution and Reduce Liquidity Fragmentation
Backed by $52 million, the network addresses distribution and liquidity fragmentation in tokenized real-world assets within a compliance-ready framework.

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Sky Proposes to Streamline Treasury Management
With Genesis Capital fully deployed, the protocol looks to shift from governance-determined capital outflows to rules-bound expenses capped at a fixed percentage of revenue.

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DeFi United Hits Recovery Target as Consensys, Solana, TRON Pledge Support
The DeFi United coalition crossed its rsETH backing target after a flood of weekend commitments from across the Ethereum, Solana, TRON, Avalanche, and Bitcoin ecosystems.

DeFi
Maple Finance Surpasses $7B in Total Bridge Volume: Maple
Maple Finance announced it has crossed $7 billion in total bridge volume, signaling growing cross-chain demand for yield-bearing dollar assets.

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Aave DAO Asked to Commit 25,000 ETH to Industry-Wide rsETH Recovery Fund
The Aave DAO is voting on a proposal to provide funding to restore Kelp DAO's rsETH product backing after an April 18 bridge incident, as part of a broader DeFi United ecosystem recovery effort.

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DeFi United Fundraising Chips Away at Kelp Exploit Shortfall
Bybit CEO Ben Zhou pledged his support for Mantle's 30,000 ETH loan proposal.

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Lighter Unveils Multi-Asset Margin Starting With ETH
Traders can post non-USDC assets as collateral for perps through Unified Trading Accounts, with conservative supply caps at launch.

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Aave Announces 'DeFi United' Relief Fund to Restore rsETH Backing After Kelp Exploit
Lido is the first service provider to publicly announce its participation in the relief fund via a governance proposal requesting up to 2,500 stETH.





