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Three months after a $51M raise, the LA-based stablecoin neobank lands unicorn status with SBI's Ripple, Circle and Morpho ties opening payment rails across Japan, Asia and emerging markets.
Ethena's USDe pays yield through ETH perp funding rates, not bank deposits. The mechanism is clever but the trade has real failure modes that can collapse headline APY.
Ondo Finance tokenizes US Treasuries into USDY and OUSG, gated to verified investors. Here's how each product differs and what ONDO the token actually does.
BFUSD, USD0, and USDF all pay yield but get it from very different places. Here is the structural breakdown of perp funding, RWA collateral, and synthetic dollars.
Aave is one of DeFi's biggest lending protocols — a place where you can earn yield on assets or borrow against them with no bank involved. Here is how it works.
BoJ at a 31-year high, BTC at $67K with an 81.9% meme-coin wipeout lurking underneath, and a covered-call ETF that sells volatility for income — liquidity is splitting.
USDe pays double-digit yield by going long spot crypto and shorting the same coin's perpetual futures. It works — until funding flips negative.
A Brent spike above $90, fresh Tokyo clarity, and a $105M ETH ETF day redraw the East-West rails just as Western risk-off sets in.
Strategy and MARA kept buying, but ETF outflows, a BOJ tightening shock, and thinning DEX volume suggest the structural bid is narrower than the price action implies.
BoA scales digital assets, Bitmine targets 5% of ETH, and long-term holders distribute into a stalled tape. The institutional tape tells one story.
Ethena's USDe dollar posts double-digit yield by going long spot ETH and short ETH perps, but the trade depends on funding rates staying positive and counterparty solvency holding.
Morgan Stanley greenlights ETH and SOL ETPs while the Fed forces a 33% rate-hike tail risk back into the conversation. Money is getting easier for some, tighter for others.
ONDO holders don't receive OUSG or USDY yield. The token gives governance rights while Ondo Finance keeps most fee revenue. Here's how the cashflow really flows.
A 1% allocation from Japan's pension giant collides with Hormuz shocks, ETF outflows, and a treasury-equity unwind — utility and speculation are pulling in opposite directions.
WLFI gives holders a say in the World Liberty Financial protocol, but the fine print caps that say. Here is what the docs actually say about rights and risk.
KAITO is the InfoFi token behind Kaito AI, with 1 billion supply and roughly 20% circulating at launch. Here is how attention, Yap leaderboards, and unlocks actually work.
WLFI raised hundreds of millions in a presale promising governance over a treasury tied to USD1. Here is what the token actually does, and what it does not.
USDY, OUSG, and USDC may all represent dollar value on-chain, but their yield, redemption, access, tax, and liquidity mechanics differ sharply.
Japan's pension fund sets a 1% crypto default while BTC bleeds under $64K and Hormuz headlines fly — the institutional bid is the only thing holding the chart together.
Compound v3, Morpho Blue, and Aave V3 make different liquidity trade-offs. Compare capital efficiency, bad debt, curators, isolation, and composability.
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Alex Morgan
Lina Haddad
Marco De Santis