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#Institutional DeFi

10 Stories Found

Coins•Nov 11, 2026

Why the GENIUS Act’s Guarantees Fall Short of Covering DeFi Lending

Key Highlights: Stablecoins are gaining clearer guidelines and expanding into sovereign-scale use cases, including debt servicing and broader U.S. dollar distribution. Despite this growth, decentralized finance (DeFi) lending markets remain constrained by structural vulnerabilities tied to centralized decision-making, token-holder votes, and shared oracle feeds. The convenience introduced by curated vaults and standard risk managers has ...

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Coins•Nov 8, 2026

Canton Network DeFi TVL Hits $13.42 Million, Surging Nearly 65% Since August

Key Highlights The Canton Network’s low headline decentralized finance (DeFi) total value locked (TVL) stems directly from its underlying architectural focus on institutional privacy and enterprise settlement. Introduced in May 2023 by Digital Asset alongside major financial institutions like Goldman Sachs and BNP Paribas, the network uses Canton Coin (CC) to incentivize verifiable network activity ...

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Coins•Nov 4, 2026

Aptos Integrates Stablecoins, Tokenized Funds, and Payments into Unified Onchain Stack

Key Highlights: Aptos features institutional integrations including BlackRock’s BUIDL, Franklin Templeton’s BENJI, and Aave’s first non-EVM deployment supporting USDC and USDT. Despite stablecoin capitalization falling from an October 2025 peak of $1.49 billion to approximately $773 million by early November 2026, cross-border payment partnerships with Bitso and Yellow Card drove over $15 billion in 30-day ...

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Coins•Oct 9, 2026

Anchorage Digital Adds Two Routes for Bitcoin Treasury Firms to Access Sui’s Hashi

Key Highlights: Anchorage Digital is collaborating with the Sui network to unlock institutional Bitcoin deployment through its Atlas qualified custody platform and Porto self-custody wallet via the Hashi bridge. More than 20 institutions—including BitGo, Bullish, Cumberland, FalconX, and Ledger—have pledged over $500 million in commitments ahead of Hashi’s mainnet launch. Deposited BTC remains on the ...

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Coins•Oct 9, 2026

Babylon Integrates Bitcoin Vaults with HashKey Cloud to Expand Staking Ecosystem

Key Highlights: Babylon Labs and HashKey Cloud have announced an integration featuring Trustless Bitcoin Vaults (TBV) for institutional clients. The integration enables HashKey Cloud users to leverage native Bitcoin as collateral to borrow stablecoins and participate in yield strategies. Through TBV, capital can be borrowed via Aave v4 directly without the requirement to bridge or ...

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Coins•Oct 2, 2026

Binance Futures Lists CTUSDT Perpetual Contract for Concrete

Key Highlights: Binance Futures is adding a CT perpetual contract for Concrete, a protocol focused on institutional on-chain finance. CT has a maximum supply of 1 billion tokens and already trades on Binance, Coinbase, and OKX spot markets. The derivatives listing may expand liquidity and hedging options while exposing traders to leverage and liquidation risks. ...

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Coins•Sep 23, 2026

Frax Partners with Gearbox to Launch RWA Leverage Market

Key Highlights Frax Finance integrates frxUSD as the foundational stablecoin for Gearbox Protocol’s new real-world asset (RWA) leverage market, targeting institutional liquidity. The collaboration creates a one-click automated solution for DeFi users to gain leveraged exposure to RWAs, bridging traditional finance mechanisms with decentralized infrastructure. Market observers are monitoring frxUSD adoption rates and liquidity dynamics ...

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Coins•Sep 20, 2026

Fireblocks Explores Institutional DeFi Needs

Key Highlights Fireblocks Senior Product Manager Daniel Allon highlights compliance and trade approval complexities as primary barriers to institutional DeFi adoption on Solana. Institutions are actively evaluating Solana’s high-throughput, low-cost blockchain for DeFi integration but require simplified infrastructure to navigate regulatory requirements. The discussion, featured on The Stack podcast with host nocircuit, underscores a broader ...

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Coins•Sep 16, 2026

Kamino appoints Michael Weisz CEO as RWA strategy pivots to credit

On Tuesday, Kamino appointed Michael Weisz as chief executive and announced the formation of an institutional team in New York City. The move signals a strategic shift toward unlocking lending demand for the approximately $4 billion in real‑world assets (RWAs) now residing on Solana, rather than simply tokenizing them. Solana’s RWA Milestone and Kamino’s Next Step ...

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Coins•Sep 9, 2026

PENDLE Breaks Out as Updates Fuel Price Rally

Pendle Launches Institutional Strategy with Permissioned Markets Pilot and Robinhood Chain Expansion Pendle is making headlines today after unveiling an institutional strategy backed by new infrastructure designed to connect compliant participants with its growing yield-trading ecosystem. The proposed Permissioned Markets Pilot aims to create a controlled access pathway for institutions seeking entry into whitelist-gated PT/YT ...

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