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Borrowing & Lending

AlphaFi Winds Down After Oracle Error, With Sui Foundation Support

AlphaFi Winds Down After Oracle Error, With Sui Foundation Support

New deposits and loans are disabled, while Slush users are told to exit four strategies with immediate withdrawals.
EBA Floats Stablecoin Lending Restrictions for EU Crypto Firms

EBA Floats Stablecoin Lending Restrictions for EU Crypto Firms

The regulator wants the EU to examine rules for DeFi gateways, with leverage caps and certification of lending protocols among the options.
Paxos Labs Launches PAXGy, Adding Lending Yield to Tokenized Gold

Paxos Labs Launches PAXGy, Adding Lending Yield to Tokenized Gold

Holders bear borrower-default risk, while direct redemptions return PAXG through an approval-gated withdrawal queue.
Circle Opens Bitcoin-Backed USDC Borrowing To Mint Clients, Routed Through Morpho

Circle Opens Bitcoin-Backed USDC Borrowing To Mint Clients, Routed Through Morpho

The cirBTC market on Arc holds $14.3 million of USDC borrowed against 287 cirBTC, up from $1.37 million on Sept. 17. Galaxy and Keyrock supply nearly all the dollars. Circle issues the wrapper and the wallet; the loan terms sit with Morpho.
Lotus Taps WisdomTree Money Market Fund to Build Yield Floor into DeFi Lending

Lotus Taps WisdomTree Money Market Fund to Build Yield Floor into DeFi Lending

WisdomTree's WTGXX holds nearly $860M in distributed asset value, mostly on Ethereum.
SparkLend Sees Over $1B in Deposits Since Kelp Exploit as Aave TVL Plunges

SparkLend Sees Over $1B in Deposits Since Kelp Exploit as Aave TVL Plunges

Aave TVL has dropped by $10B since the Kelp attackers used the protocol to borrow $190 million in WETH, depositing unbacked rsETH.
DeFi Lending's Risk-Reward Ratio Sparks Debate Between Researchers and Curators

DeFi Lending's Risk-Reward Ratio Sparks Debate Between Researchers and Curators

An analysis of Morpho markets finds depositors are undercompensated by 5-10x. Curators counter that empirical loss data tells a different story.
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What Happened to Compound’s Crypto Lending Empire?

Compound was an OG of DeFi lending, but missteps have knocked it off its perch.
Crypto Lender BlockFills Halts Withdrawals

Crypto Lender BlockFills Halts Withdrawals

Contagion fears rise as the Susquehanna-backed lender and trading provider cites liquidity issues.
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Euler’s Founding CEO Steps Down as Protocol Refocuses on Institutions

The DeFi lending protocol staged a major comeback in 2025, rising to new TVL highs last year after it was hacked in 2023.