Lending
How a zeroed oracle signature unlocked $9M from Hedera DeFi lender Bonzo Lend
The verifier accepted identity inputs as proof, letting 250 SAUCE support $9.05 million in principal borrowing.
Liam 'Akiba' Wright 3 min read
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Tether’s $20 billion mountain of gold – equal to a national reserve – to be used for lending
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Taxes
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Ripple bets XRPL lending can give XRP a future beyond payments as price struggles
The XRPL upgrade would standardize loan execution while leaving risk checks, legal terms and compliance to institutions.
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Crypto lending turns to Wall Street credit rules to win back institutional trust after 2022 collapse
Crypto lending is coming back with Wall Street-style machinery, but Maple and Kraken’s new facility still has to prove that better structure can survive BTC and ETH stress.
Payments
DeFi’s next institutional wave may come from users who never see “behind the scenes” – CEO of Katana
Katana CEO Matt Fisher says DeFi’s next wave may come from products that hide the protocols underneath.
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Bitcoin is being packaged for income investors, but the yield comes with a trade-off
From DeFi vaults to BlackRock’s new income ETF and Metaplanet’s Japan push, finance is turning Bitcoin into a yield product, even though the yield still has to come from somewhere else.
Banking
Japan’s SBI is using XRP to solve a banking problem
SBI Shinsei’s crypto vouchers make XRP the visible hook while deposits, retention, and SBI VC Trade remain the real contest.
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