VanEck's VBILL tokenized fund goes live on Euler for DeFi lending
The move lets institutions post tokenized U.S. Treasuries as onchain collateral — and signals DeFi lending books are quietly being rebuilt for permissioned, compliance-bound capital.
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The move lets institutions post tokenized U.S. Treasuries as onchain collateral — and signals DeFi lending books are quietly being rebuilt for permissioned, compliance-bound capital.
VanEck's tokenized VBILL US Treasury fund has been integrated as eligible collateral on Euler, the decentralized…
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