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Constant Finance Opens Public Beta for Fixed-Rate, Fixed-Term DeFi Lending

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.

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Constant Finance Opens Public Beta for Fixed-Rate, Fixed-Term DeFi Lending

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.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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.