DeFi

DeFi

Finance

Swiss Bank Sygnum Unveils Bitcoin Yield Fund as BTC DeFi Demand Grows

The BTC Alpha Fund aims for 8%-10% annual returns through arbitrage while keeping full Bitcoin exposure.

Swiss flag in alpine landscape, symbolizing Sygnum’s Swiss roots (Janosch Diggelmann/Unsplash)

News Analysis

SEC's Bow to DoubleZero Carries Major Weight for Decentralized Infrastructure: Peirce

The U.S. regulator's decision to give the project's token distributions a pass represents the right get-out-of-the-way approach, Commissioner Hester Peirce said.

U.S. SEC headquarters in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin DeFi Project BOB, LayerZero Enable BTC Transfers Across 11 Major Blockchains

New gateway gives nearly 15,000 decentralized apps access to native BTC liquidity via wBTC.OFT.

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Finance

Keel Debuts as Sky's Solana-Focused 'Star' With a $2.5B Roadmap to Boost RWAs and DeFi

The new protocol will channel USDS stablecoin reserves into Solana-based lending markets and real-world asset strategies.

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Finance

Curve Finance Founder Michael Egorov Launches Bitcoin Yield Protocol

Yield Basis aims to unlock sustainable Bitcoin yield on-chain, starting with capped liquidity pools.

Curve founder Michael Egorov was liquidated, again. (Michael Egorov, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

PayPal Taps Spark to Boost PYUSD Liquidity by $1B Through DeFi Lending

Partnership targets deep liquidity for PayPal USD on SparkLend, with $100M already deposited

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Opinion

Wall Street Wants in on DeFi. Here’s How to Make It Happen

Programmable yield, automated compliance, and access to FedNow could bring decentralized finance, or “DeFi,” into the financial mainstream.

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Finance

DeFi TVL Rebounds to $170B, Erasing Terra-Era Bear Market Losses

After three years of rebuilding, decentralized finance has returned to pre-Terra levels with more measured growth and rising institutional adoption.

TVL recovery since Terra crash (DefiLlama)

Finance

Tether Co-Founder, Tokenization Pioneer Unveil Startup for GENIUS-Aligned Digital Dollars

STBL transforms tokenized securities such as money market funds into freely usable stablecoins, and allow-listed, interest-accruing NFTs.

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Finance

Curve Finance Pitches Yield Basis, a $60M Plan to Turn CRV Into an Income Asset

A Curve DAO proposal seeks to introduce Yield Basis, a protocol with a $60 million stablecoin mint that offers direct rewards to veCRV token holders.

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