DeFi

On-chain tokenized real-world assets and equities collateral have reached a monthly high, according to DeFiLlama data, as institutional interest in blockchain-based asset representation continues to expand.

Arch Lending has added PAX Gold and Tether Gold to its collateral offerings, targeting gold investors and wealth advisors seeking to borrow against their holdings through a regulated lending structure.

Ripple Labs and SettleMint have launched a strategic partnership combining Ripple Custody with SettleMint's Digital Asset Lifecycle Platform, providing financial institutions with a unified system to custody, issue, and ...

Switchboard halted Move-based oracle deployments after a suspected compromise, causing confirmed losses at Full Sail, 47 liquidations at Virtue, and precautionary freezes at Volo across Aptos, Sui, IOTA and Movement.

Ripple and SettleMint have combined custody infrastructure with asset lifecycle management to offer regulated institutions an integrated system for issuing and managing tokenised assets, starting in Asia Pacific.

The Ethereum Layer-2 network, built on Arbitrum technology, generated over $1 million in revenue by the end of August, achieving a 20x increase in daily fees within ten days and recording $1.4 billion in daily DEX volume...

Chainlink recorded nine new integrations across five blockchains in its latest weekly ecosystem update, demonstrating continued adoption of its oracle and infrastructure services across the fragmented multi-chain landsca...

BlackRock's BUIDL has become the second-largest tokenized U.S. Treasury fund, narrowly surpassing Circle's USYC as competition intensifies in the $15.1 billion tokenized assets market.

The RAM token experienced a significant price increase following its deployment on Robinhood Chain, though analysts note the protocol's value-accrual mechanisms remain incomplete.

Robinhood Chain hit a record $875 million in decentralized exchange volume on August 30, with tokenized equities emerging as a major growth driver. The network processed 5.52 million transactions that day, while tokenize...

Lending protocol Aave and interoperability platform LayerZero are removing support for low-activity networks following major exploits. Experts debate whether the purge adequately addresses DeFi's deeper security challeng...

BlackRock's BUIDL fund has reached approximately $2.8 billion in assets, regaining its position as the largest tokenized U.S. Treasury product after briefly losing ground to Circle's USYC earlier this year.

Oracle infrastructure provider Switchboard has suspended operations on multiple blockchain networks following detection of a potential security compromise. The halt affects SUI, Aptos, IOTA, and Movement, though the unde...

Digital asset gambling is experiencing rapid growth as blockchain technology enables faster transactions, lower fees, and provably fair games compared to traditional online casinos.

The Cronos blockchain suspended operations following a price-manipulation attack on Tectonic, its largest lending protocol. Approximately $75 million in assets were affected, with $6.29 million bridged to Ethereum before...

Robinhood Chain logged its largest day since mainnet launch on July 1, with $874.8 million in DEX volume and 5.5 million daily transactions. Activity surged as the token launchpad Pons.family accounted for roughly half o...

Cronos blockchain halted operations after a significant exploit targeting the Tectonic lending protocol. Researchers estimate approximately $75 million was affected, with most funds remaining on the network.

BlackRock's tokenized US Treasury fund BUIDL has regained the top position with $2.8 billion in market capitalization, representing 18.5% of the $15.1 billion tokenized Treasury market.

The Stellar network's tokenized real-world asset market reached nearly $4 billion in August, growing 360% during 2026, even as the XLM token traded near $0.18 with limited price momentum.

Spectra is introducing fixed-rate interest markets and separable yield trading to the Stellar network, joining other protocols expanding the ecosystem's onchain financial infrastructure.