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From ETH to T-Bills: How Tokenized US Treasuries Are Redefining DeFi Collateral
Over just 18 months, tokenized US Treasuries and money-market funds have grown from about $2 billion to roughly $9 billion across 60 products and 57,000 addresses, offering average seven-day yields near 3.8%. As part of a broader $19 billion real-world asset (RWA) stack on public blockchains, these tokenized T-bills now function as the de facto base collateral layer—similar to their role in the $5 trillion U.S. repo market.

Keyword Financial
Dec 17, 202511 min read


Binance Powers TradFi: New Crypto-as-a-Service Solution for Institutional Adoption
Binance has launched Crypto-as-a-Service (CaaS), a white-label crypto trading toolkit that lets banks, brokerages, and stock exchanges offer digital asset services under their own brand while using Binance’s backend infrastructure. The turnkey solution provides access to Spot and Futures markets, deep liquidity, settlement, custody, and compliance tooling—helping TradFi institutions enter crypto without building systems from scratch.

Keyword Financial
Sep 29, 20253 min read



Makina Protocol Hack: Why Early 2026 is Seeing a Surge in DeFi Exploits
Makina, a DeFi protocol, reported a $4.2 million exploit on 20 January 2026 tied to liquidity providers in its DUSD/USDC Curve pool, adding to rising DeFi attacks in early 2026 with over $34 million in losses already recorded.


China Takes Custody of Alleged Pig Butchering Mastermind Behind Record BTC Seizure
Chinese authorities have taken custody of Chen Zhi, a businessman described by U.S. officials as a central figure in a major Bitcoin scam and money laundering operation linked to a record $15B bitcoin seizure. Chen, 38, is the chairman and founder of Cambodia-based Prince Group, a conglomerate that U.S. and U.K. authorities allege was used as cover for transnational criminal activity; Prince Group has denied the allegations.


CLARITY Act Update: DeFi Carve-Out, Digital Commodities, and the Next Phase of Crypto Market Structure
Washington is preparing a January markup for the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY Act) of 2025, a major U.S. crypto regulation proposal designed to reduce the long-running SEC vs CFTC jurisdiction fight and create clearer rules for digital assets trading.
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