Ethereum lending app Term Finance loses $8.5 million after attacker buys voting power
The exploit shows how lightly held voting tokens can become a means of attack when control of a protocol is cheaper than the assets it governs. Source：CoinDesk
MiCA is coming for DeFi vaults, but regulation will be difficult
Brussels is reviewing whether crypto lending should fall under MiCA, but DeFi lending vaults are making it harder to determine who, exactly, should be…
Ripple backs an RLUSD credit fund amid XRP's best week in months
Clearpool and Cicada Partners are building an institutional lending product using RLUSD, though the XRP Ledger features underpinning it are still awaiting…
FalconX, Ethena bring USDe backing assets into $1B institutional credit facility
The $1 billion facility will deploy assets backing USDe into overcollateralized institutional loans, expanding Ethena’s sources of returns beyond crypto basis…
America’s growing debt pile will be the big focus Wednesday as global bond rout deepens
How much will the U.S. need to pay to convince the world to keep lending it money? Source：MarketWatch
Compound bets $52 million, new leadership team in switch to institutional focus
The protocol pioneered decentralized finance lending, but assets locked have tumbled from a peak five years ago. Now it's looking to attract institutions after…
Bitcoin-backed lending is entering its institutional era: Two Prime
Public companies are increasingly borrowing against their bitcoin holdings to fund acquisitions and capital spending without selling the asset. Source：CoinDesk
Solana lending giant Jupiter now lets the same dollar earn twice
The new Lend v2 product turns deposits and borrowed assets into trading liquidity, tying higher returns to whether Jupiter’s router can send enough swap flow…
RWAs buck DeFi slowdown as tokenized assets gain traction: CoinShares
Tokenized realworld assets moved beyond issuance as RWA deposits more than tripled to $7.4 billion, while lending and trading activity expanded despite a…
Marex invests in Digital Prime to expand institutional crypto lending
The undisclosed investment will support the development of Tokenet, a digital asset lending platform, as institutional demand for crypto infrastructure…
Upstart’s AI upgrades pay off, as a pickup in loan growth helps send the stock higher
The AI lending company says it’s enhanced its model to better assess the risk of borrowers. Source：MarketWatch
XRP holders can now borrow RLUSD on Ethereum through $280 million lending pool
XRP holders can now borrow RLUSD against their coins on Ethereum without selling, through a $280 million vault that had never accepted an XRPlinked asset…