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Tokenization News Roundup: Resource Extraction, Social Media Monetization and Real World Connections
A weekly digest of articles, reports and analyses about tokenized RWAs, the fast-growing financial instruments that merge traditional finance to the blockchain.
Curve Crisis Shows Pitfalls of Decentralized Risk Management
Top DeFi lenders allowed a crypto CEO to take a risky bet, raising key questions about how they manage risk.
As Curve Averts DeFi Death Spiral, Fiasco Exposes Serious Risks
Curve, a leading decentralized exchange on Ethereum, was hacked for more than $70 million in July. Questions continue to linger around the platform's long-term viability and potential contagion risk.
DeFi Platform Term Finance Brings Fixed Rate Lending to Ethereum
Short term, fixed rate loans can now work in harmony with Aave and Compound's "ultimate liquidity" model.
Crypto Lender Credix Brings Additional Private Credit Pool on Solana With 11% Yield
Decentralized finance platform Credix opens a trade receivables lending pool with the Solana Foundation among the investors.
MakerDAO Votes to Halt Lending to Tokenized Credit Pool After $2M Loan Default
The embattled Harbor Trade credit pool minted $1.5 million of DAI stablecoin secured with loans to a consumer electronics firm, which defaulted on $2.1 million of debt.
DeFi Lender MarginFi Fuels Growth With Loyalty Points, Spurring Talk of ‘Solana Renaissance’
MarginFi’s new points program has many users convinced it's the setup for a token airdrop.
A Second Round of the Lummis-Gillibrand Crypto Bill Elevates CFTC, Defines DeFi
Last year’s prominent U.S. crypto legislation from a bipartisan pair of senators is back for a reboot that imagines a less prominent role for the SEC than Chair Gary Gensler has in mind.
Maple Finance Expands to Direct Lending Targeting Web3 Firms
The firm aspires to fill the gap in crypto lending left by the implosion of centralized lenders such as BlockFi and Genesis.
Bitcoin Miner Hut 8 Secures Up to $50M in Loans From Coinbase
The first $15 million will be drawn shortly after closing the deal, while another $15 million is conditional on closing a merger.
