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Constant Finance Opens Public Beta for Fixed-Rate, Fixed-Term DeFi Lending
Constant Finance, a fixed-rate, fixed-term DeFi lending protocol, today announced that the public beta of its lending product is now available on Ethereum’s Sepolia testnet, giving borrowers and lenders a hands-on way to explore loans with an agreed rate and maturity.

Genius.fun Launches on BNB Chain to Bring Hostile Takeovers On-chain
Genius Foundation announced the launch of genius.fun, a new BNB Chain launchpad designed to help online communities coordinate capital and pursue ownership in publicly traded companies.
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Constant Finance Opens Public Beta for Fixed-Rate, Fixed-Term DeFi Lending
Constant Finance, a fixed-rate, fixed-term DeFi lending protocol, today announced that the public beta of its lending product is now available on Ethereum’s Sepolia testnet, giving borrowers and lenders a hands-on way to explore loans with an agreed rate and maturity.

Genius.fun Launches on BNB Chain to Bring Hostile Takeovers On-chain
Genius Foundation announced the launch of genius.fun, a new BNB Chain launchpad designed to help online communities coordinate capital and pursue ownership in publicly traded companies.

SMBC Nikko and Nethermind Plan Compliance Hooks for Uniswap Pools
An MOU with Uniswap Labs, Base and Nyx Foundation targets a Japan-focused DeFi gateway for completion by mid-2027.

Kinetiq Ends kPoints With Paid Claim as KNTQ Drops 23%
Points holders have 10 days to buy from a 50 million-token allocation at $0.26 per KNTQ, potentially generating $13 million in gross proceeds.

Onchain Perps Close Execution Gap With CEXs, Castle Labs Says
Hyperliquid held as much resting liquidity as the median of Binance, Bybit and OKX on four of five crypto assets and cost less to trade, a Castle Labs study of live order books found. The gap that remains sits in how venues price stocks and commodities when the underlying market is closed.

Drift Opens DFX Claims With Recovery Pool Covering About 1% of Losses
Redeeming burns the tokens and ends their claim on future deposits. Holders can instead wait for revenue-funded recovery or sell their DFX.

World Liberty Launches WLFI Staking, Plans $1.25M USD1 Pool
Holders must open a 180-day lock and cast governance votes to claim rewards, with no fixed payout rate.

Marinade Says Council Blocked DAO Takeover Attempt
The council vetoed two proposals within six hours, Marinade says. No funds moved, and its staking services were unaffected.

Sentora’s Morpho Vaults See Sharp Outflows Amid MetaMask Staking Incident
The RLUSD and PYUSD vaults had about $8.46 million and $2.38 million of available liquidity, respectively, in Morpho’s latest snapshots.

Uniswap Labs Plans OUSD Rewards Hook for Liquidity Providers
OUSD is already available across Uniswap's protocol, apps and API, while the planned rewards mechanism awaits its full design.

