Browsing: DeFi News

The Senate gave DeFi a policy setback on Sept. 15. Then Aave founder Stani Kulechov used it to frame a new product challenge. Aave is a decentralized-finance lending protocol surrounded by consumer and institutional products built by Aave Labs.

Pendle has announced the introduction of tradeable RWA private infrastructure on its platform, allowing users to engage with tokenized assets. This is a significant development as it integrates traditional finance strategies into the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector. The announcement can be found on Pendle’s Twitter, marking a crucial step in expanding DeFi opportunities for traders.

Following June’s launch with Morpho and Steakhouse, Zama extends confidential access to 16 curated vaults across five curators and five asset classes, and opens the Zama Swap Protocol for confidential swaps between positions.

  coinfomania.com15 September 2026 19:39, UTC

Maple Finance has released a new memo detailing enhanced allocation strategies aimed at institutional lenders. This move is significant as it reflects the growing trust that lenders and partners place in Maple, which already manages billions in institutional lending. By widening its allocation engine, Maple aims to facilitate capital access to a broader range of…

Standard Chartered (LON: STAN) has opened coverage of Sky, the DeFi protocol formerly known as MakerDAO, with a long-dated bullish view on its governance token. Geoffrey Kendrick, the bank’s global head of digital assets research, put an end-2028 target of $0.325 on SKY—about five times the roughly $0.065 level used in the 11 September 2026…

SushiSwap is making a significant move by launching on Arc, marking the introduction of a new permissionless token launchpad. This development, shared by the CryptoTwitter account SushiSwap, enhances the platform’s capabilities in decentralized finance (DeFi). The launchpad will facilitate token launches and automated market maker (AMM) features, potentially attracting more users to the ecosystem.

Tokenized stocks have experienced a remarkable surge, with total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (DeFi) venues increasing by 1,960.8% over the past year to reach $247.8 million. This trend, highlighted by the influential account @tokenterminal, underscores the growing demand for tokenized equities in the DeFi space. As liquidity provision and lending generate significant yield…

On September 15, Marcus Hardt, co-founder of Balancer Labs, initiated a proposal on the protocol’s governance forum recommending an “Orderly Winddown” of the protocol—halting new business development, gradually transitioning liquidity pools to withdrawal-only mode, and ultimately shutting down the protocol.

Coinbase is accelerating its global crypto push, expanding its Everything Exchange vision as decentralized trading inside the Coinbase app opens to users across 84 countries, unlocking access to millions of onchain tokens beyond traditional exchange listings.