DeFi

DeFi

Markets

Lido DAO proposes $20 million LDO buyback to boost price after 95% slide

A proposed treasury buyback of up to 10,000 stETH for LDO highlights how thin DeFi governance token liquidity has become, forcing the DAO to route through centralized exchanges.

(Lido Finance)

Tech

Aave rolls out v4 on Ethereum, aiming to expand DeFi into real-world credit markets

The upgrade has been in development for about two years and is designed to make it easier to use Aave for a wider range of lending and borrowing activities.

Lending money, bills on a person's hands (Christian Dubovan/Unsplash)

Finance

Midas raises $50 million to tackle pain point for tokenized asset investors

The funding will support the introduction of an instant redemption system for onchain funds, a key hurdle for broader institutional adoption.

Dennis Dinkelmeyer, CEO and co-founder of Midas (Midas)

Markets

Crypto's CLARITY Act could be a headwind for DeFi tokens ring-fencing yield, analyst says

The proposed restriction on yield would shift value toward regulated players and away from decentralized finance' tokens, 10x Research's Markus Thielen said.

Yield (James Coleman/Unsplash)

Finance

Sky-backed Obex spreads $1 billion across credit, energy and AI assets to expand stablecoin yield

The stablecoin incubator is targeting tokenized assets tied to AI hardware, energy and housing to move Sky’s ecosystem beyond "circular" crypto yields.

Parker Edwards, partner at Framework Ventures (Framework Ventures)

Finance

Crypto finance is beginning to look at lot more traditional, Aave and Ethena founders say

Until recently, crypto users mostly traded tokens or borrowed against them, often chasing high, but unpredictable yields. New tools allow them to lock in returns, even in a market known for big swings.

Aave Labs founder Stani Kulechov and Ethena founder + CEO Guy Young (Margaux Nijkerk/ CoinDesk)

Finance

ParaFi defies crypto market downturn with $125 million raise for new fund: Bloomberg

The firm now manages about $2 billion, having already raised an additional $325 million for existing crypto investment strategies since last year.

Scattered pile of $1 bills (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)

Finance

Pharmaceutical firm pivots to stablecoins, holds nearly 9% of SKY's supply

Nanocap NovaBay Pharmaceuticals changed its name to Stablecoin Development Corporation.

Money on a printer (Clay Banks/Unsplash)

Opinion

How DeFi is quietly rebuilding the fixed-income stack for institutional capital

The real institutional prize isn’t about tokenized assets. It’s about programmable yield.

CoinDesk

Finance

Grayscale wants to bring the world's hottest crypto trading frenzy to your brokerage account

The Hyperliquid network has seen significant growth, with weekly derivatives trading volume exceeding $50 billion and 24-hour fee revenue of $1.6 million.

Grayscale's new ad campaign can be seen in New York's Penn Station. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)