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Constant Finance Opens Public Beta for Fixed-Rate, Fixed-Term DeFi Lending
Constant Finance, a fixed-rate, fixed-term DeFi lending protocol, today announced that the public beta of its lending product is now available on Ethereum’s Sepolia testnet, giving borrowers and lenders a hands-on way to explore loans with an agreed rate and maturity.

Genius.fun Launches on BNB Chain to Bring Hostile Takeovers On-chain
Genius Foundation announced the launch of genius.fun, a new BNB Chain launchpad designed to help online communities coordinate capital and pursue ownership in publicly traded companies.
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Constant Finance Opens Public Beta for Fixed-Rate, Fixed-Term DeFi Lending
Constant Finance, a fixed-rate, fixed-term DeFi lending protocol, today announced that the public beta of its lending product is now available on Ethereum’s Sepolia testnet, giving borrowers and lenders a hands-on way to explore loans with an agreed rate and maturity.

Genius.fun Launches on BNB Chain to Bring Hostile Takeovers On-chain
Genius Foundation announced the launch of genius.fun, a new BNB Chain launchpad designed to help online communities coordinate capital and pursue ownership in publicly traded companies.

Stacks Opens Second Bitcoin Staking Bond as Liquid Staking Takes the Majority of Capacity
Stacks (STX) announced Bond 2, its second Bitcoin staking bond, with the majority of its 500 BTC capacity allocated to Stacking DAO, the longest-running liquid staking protocol on Stacks. Holders who stake through Stacking DAO receive stBTC, a liquid token that earns BTC rewards.

Aave Raises Core GHO Borrow Rate to 4.5% Amid Thin Redemption Reserves
The GHO Risk Council also lifted Prime’s base rate, while Ethereum’s USDC conversion module remained nearly empty.

Aave Activates LlamaRisk Agents for Pendle Collateral on Plasma
The agents can adjust pricing and borrowing parameters for a principal token with $36.72 million supplied, subject to fixed step limits and cooldowns.

Flying Tulip’s NFT Options Market Tops $5 Million in Volume, Cronje Says
Buying an ftPUT NFT transfers its remaining FT tokens and redemption rights, while spot FT purchases carry no such protection.

Compound Votes on Giving Governance Power to Cancel Treasury Operations
Proposal 612 would extend treasury delays from two days to ten, while a wallet linked to Humpy has cast 1.75 million COMP votes in support.

OKX-ICE Plans Tokenized Stock Trading Through a Uniswap v4 Hook
The venue would restrict trading and liquidity provision to approved wallets on X Layer, with no current support for aggregators.
Tim Draper's Firm Leads Strategic Round In Bitcoin Wallet Xverse
Trust Machines and Draper Dragon joined the round. Terms were not disclosed, and Xverse has not said what it raised or at what valuation.

S&P Global Puts A Letter Grade On DeFi Lending Vaults
The Vault Risk Assessment scores a vault from AAA(v) to D(v), and the curator running it can cap the result. S&P has not assessed a vault yet.

