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Markets

Flux Finance Launches Lending Token Collateralized by U.S. Treasurys

Flux Finance invests in Ondo’s Short-Term U.S. Government Bond Fund (OUSG) a tokenized version of a Blackrock Treasury Bond ETF.

The U.S. Treasury Department is seeking public comment on the role of cryptocurrencies in illicit finance, and its own response to this issue. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Markets

MakerDAO Contributors Propose First Native Liquidity Market Focused on DAI Stablecoin

The proposed Spark Protocol will leverage MakerDAO’s DAI stablecoin and its crypto assets for liquidity, and would be based on lending protocol Aave’s upgraded smart contract system.

Spark Protocol would be a new liquidity market for lending and borrowing crypto assets focused on DAI. (Dawid Zawila/Unsplash)

Markets

Decentralized Lending Protocol Clearpool to Start Institutional Borrowing Platform

Clearpool Prime will allow institutional borrowers to create permissioned borrowing pools with their own loan terms.

Liquidity Pool (Unsplash)

Markets

Decentralized Lending Protocol Centrifuge Accrues $6M Unpaid Debt

1754 Factory, the originator of the debt pool with the most distressed loans, said it is liquidating the assets off-chain and negotiating with borrowers for repayments.

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Finance

Synapse Token Surges 44% as Cross-Chain Momentum Builds

The token has outperformed the broader DeFi sector since the turn of the year as investors flock to its cross-chain bridge.

Elliptic says RenBridge was used to launder $540 million in illicit funds. (Charlie Green/Unsplash)

Tech

DeFi Project Friktion’s Shutdown Said to Stem Partly From Founder Disagreement

The official reason given by Friktion officials for the shutdown was that costs outpaced revenue, creating challenging economics for the Solana-based project.

There was friction between the founders at Friktion. (DALL-E)

Markets

DeFi Protocol Aave Clears Bad CRV Token Debt from Exploit Attempt

The maneuver comes ahead of the activation of a major tech upgrade of the protocol called Aave v3.

(MidJourney/CoinDesk)

Markets

Maple Finance Plots Comeback With New $100M Liquidity Pool for Tax Receivables With 10% Yield

After defaults and a major overhaul, crypto lending protocol Maple Finance moves away from uncollateralized lending toward bringing yield-generating real-world assets to crypto investors.

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Videos

Uniswap DAO Members Vote for New Governance Process

Uniswap community members chose Wednesday to reform the voting process on the popular decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol in an effort to make it easier to change the way the system is governed. "The Hash" hosts discuss what this means for the Uniswap ecosystem in the latest move in the latest story illuminating the power of DAOs.

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Finance

Protocol Developer Archblock Aims to Bring US Community Banks to DeFi Through Partnership

Archblock and Adapt3r's joint effort highlights an accelerating trend in DeFi to cozy up with old-school banking.

The partnership aims to close ties between traditional banking and decentralized finance. (Getty Images)