3Jane Taps Consumer and Business Loans to Expand DeFi Yield Sources

Protocols such as USD.AI, Daylight, and 3Jane are now extending it into real-world yield sources, from infrastructure loans to credit receivables.

Morpho Unveils “Midnight” Whitepaper to Scale Fixed-Term Lending Onchain

Today, well over 95% of the $25 billion in outstanding DeFi loans are floating-rate loans with no fixed expiry date. It's a design not well suited for institutional allocators.

Whop Launches Stablecoin-Linked Cards as Category Gains Momentum

With the launch of Whop Cards, Whop becomes one of the first non-crypto-native companies to offer a stablecoin-linked card, a category that has seen tremendous growth over the past 12 months.

U.S. Asset Managers Position for Stablecoin Flows Ahead of GENIUS

Morgan Stanley, BlackRock, and JPMorgan are all building money market funds aimed at the regulated stablecoin reserve market under the GENIUS Act. The three differ sharply on how far the underlying infrastructure should be tokenized, and the OCC has not yet decided how far the rules will allow

State Street Launches Its First Onchain Cash Management Product

First announced in December last year and developed in partnership with Galaxy Asset Management, the Liquidity Sweep Fund (SWEEP) is a tokenized private liquidity fund designed to enable 24/7 onchain cash management via stablecoins.

Stripe-Backed Tempo Pushes Enterprise Expansion with New Upgrades

Over the past weeks, the Stripe-backed Layer-1 network Tempo has unveiled a series of key updates. First, the team introduced a new set of protocol features designed to support enterprise-grade payment workflows. Second, major financial players such as Visa and Zodia Custody have joined the network as its first external validators.

Inside the KelpDAO Hack: Dissecting DeFi's Biggest Crisis

Late Saturday night, the DeFi ecosystem was hit by another major exploit. But this time, the consequences reach way beyond just one protocol.

Will Aave Win? Unpacking the Major Changes at DeFi’s Largest Protocol

Over the last few weeks, DeFi's leading lending protocol Aave has undergone its most significant technical and organizational overhaul in recent years.

Ethena Moves Beyond Crypto in Search of Higher Yields

The plan is to expand USDe’s collateral mix beyond crypto-native yield sources such as DeFi lending into new asset classes like institutional lending and real-world credit to reignite supply growth.

Interview: Derive Co-Founder Nick Forster on "Building the Onchain CME"

In this interview, Nick Forster, co-founder and CEO of crypto’s leading onchain options exchange Derive, talks about why onchain options have lacked adoption so far, why they are gaining traction now, and why he expects 2026 to mark the entry of institutions into onchain options.

Lido Rolls Out v3, Bringing Liquid Staking Closer to Institutions

Gold and Silver Rallies Drive Breakout in RWA Perpetual Futures

Interview: Behind Bitwise's Move Into Onchain Vaults — with Bitwise and Morpho

In this interview, Bitwise’s Head of Multi-Strategy Solutions & DeFi Strategies Jonathan Man and Morpho CEO Paul Frambot discuss why Bitwise is launching its first non-custodial onchain vault, how vaults are emerging as a core primitive for institutional asset management, and what is still required for vaults to reach true institutional scale.

Figure Launches OPEN to Bring Public Equities Onchain — Interview with Co-Founder Mike Cagney

Last week, blockchain lender Figure announced the launch of its On-Chain Public Equity Network (OPEN), a new platform that allows companies to list and trade equity natively onchain

Figure Rolls Out OPEN to Take Public Equities Onchain — Interview with Co-Founder Mike Cagney