Tether Invests $20 Million in Mercado Bitcoin to Accelerate LATAM Tokenized Lending Expansion

Xapo Bank expands BTC-backed USD lending to $1M under 1:1 custody

Ledn to offer gold-backed loans using tokenized XAUT backed by a $23B bullion stockpile

Morgan Stanley-Galaxy lending deal turns BTC/ETH/SOL into ETP collateral, signaling a new institutional test

Ledn Sees Bitcoin-Backed Lending Growing to $1T, But Risk and Regulation Cast Shadow

Uphold settles CredEarn claims — what lenders should watch

Black Thursday’s 0‑bid auctions exposed fixed liquidation limits; governance and LP‑collateral risks persist

BIS flags stablecoins as tokenization's clear winner — and why lenders should take note

Aave launches v4 hub-and-spoke on Ethereum while v3 stays live — revealing how protocol design can partition liquidity

Aave rolls out v4 on Ethereum, splitting markets while keeping liquidity shared

Basel III proposal omits Bitcoin; 1,250% SCO60 risk weight exposes lender capital trade-offs

Aave goes native on X Layer — removing the bridge from DeFi loans

Tokenization push boosts Europe collateral mobility at WAIB Summit 2026

Coinbase and Cardless launch USDC-collateralized credit card

BitGo Prime’s financing rollout shows custody-first lending can live inside a single platform

Ripple’s $1.25B Hidden Road buy puts prime-brokerage plumbing center stage

Down-payment loans now accept Bitcoin and USDC as collateral — custody sits with Coinbase Prime, but broader terms are unclear

CLARITY Act would ban stablecoin yields — a direct hit to crypto lending models

Europe's Bitcoin treasuries win EUR 5B capital, EUR 100B credit; BTC AB tests demand with SEK 23.4m rights issue

Hayes warns of cascading liquidations as Bitcoin tests critical $60,000 floor

AWS KMS compromise let 80M USR be minted on March 22 — custody, not collateral math, failed

Resolv USR exploit minted 80 million unbacked tokens and exposed lender collateral risk

Minting mechanics and a key compromise drove an 80M USR mint and wide depeg

deUSD collapse and Stream Finance’s $93M loss exposed how fragile collateral chains can snap

Evernorth reports $233.7M XRP impairment and plans to lend holdings, exposing treasury collateral risk

Stream Finance breach and deUSD collapse expose custody concentration as a lending-system weak point