Pendle has opened a new market enabling DeFi users to trade fixed and variable yields on tokenized private infrastructure assets through the NGI+ token, bridging institutional-grade infrastructure investments with decentralized finance.
The European Commission's current Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) review includes a question on page 36 about Europe's treatment of staking, raising concerns among crypto industry observers about potential regulatory impacts on staking yields and blockchain network security.
Blockchain finance platform Theo has launched thSLVR, a tokenized silver product that generates returns from silver lease commitments. The yield-bearing token is backed by $40 million in active leases, allowing investors to lend underlying silver to institutions and receive lease income.
Uniswap Labs has launched StablePair Hook, a Uniswap v4 dynamic-fee feature designed for stablecoin trading pairs like USDC/USDT. The hook enables liquidity providers to capture a portion of arbitrage profits generated from stablecoin trades, increasing their returns.
Canary Capital's TRXS began trading on Cboe on September 9, 2026, marking the first US exchange-traded fund that stakes Tron's TRX token for yield. The fund launched with $50.25 million in assets and stakes 90% of its holdings, though carries a 1.10% fee above competing staking funds.
Cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin has launched KCUSD, a new stablecoin product offering a base annual percentage rate of up to 4% with daily returns on eligible stablecoin balances. The company plans to expand KCUSD's functionality to include collateral and trading utility.
Grayscale filed an SEC prospectus supplement updating its $1.6 billion Ethereum Staking Mini ETF to stake nearly all of its 839,556 ETH holdings and distribute staking rewards as quarterly cash payments to investors, effective August 6, 2026.
BNY, the largest custodian bank in the US, announced a partnership with Galaxy Digital to add cryptocurrency staking services to its digital asset custody platform, allowing institutional clients to earn staking rewards without moving assets off the platform, pending regulatory approval.
Uniswap has expanded beyond token trading with the launch of Earn, a self-custodial lending feature that allows users to deposit USDC, USDT, and ETH into Morpho vaults to generate yield directly within the Uniswap app. The product uses vaults curated by Gauntlet and integrates with Morpho's $11.79 billion lending network.
South Korean police arrested three individuals behind a fraudulent XRP staking platform that stole 3.4 million XRP (worth $8.5 million) from 71 investors by impersonating Flare Network and promising fixed monthly returns.
Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has integrated xStocks tokenized equities into its Dual Asset structured product, offering fixed-return yield products backed by shares of SpaceX, Nvidia, Apple, Alphabet, Coinbase, and Amazon with investment periods ranging from 8 hours to 1 day.
Galaxy Digital launched Galaxy Curator, a Morpho-based vault curation service distributed via Fireblocks Earn, giving over 2,400 institutional clients access to curated onchain stablecoin yield strategies without managing DeFi infrastructure directly.
DeFi lending infrastructure provider Morpho has integrated its protocol into Robinhood's consumer app, allowing retail users to earn approximately 7% yields on USDG stablecoin through onchain credit markets accessed via the Earn feature.
BlackRock has filed what appears to be the final amendment with the SEC for its iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF (BITA), a covered-call product charging 65 basis points that will trade on Nasdaq. The launch sets up a race with Goldman Sachs to bring the first major yield-paying Bitcoin ETF to market.
Liquid restaking protocol ether.fi is allocating $100 million to Plume's real-world asset vault, enabling its customers with over $6 billion in deposits to access institutional RWA yield opportunities through the partnership.
Coinbase Ventures purchased ENA tokens on the open market and announced a partnership with Ethena to develop onchain savings products, with a Coinbase integration set to roll out next week targeting their combined user base of over 100 million.
The Senate's crypto market structure bill, known as the CLARITY Act, faces mounting pressure to advance after months of delays caused by negotiations over stablecoin yield provisions. Senator Thom Tillis signals readiness to move forward to hearings as available Senate floor time diminishes and political uncertainty around leadership grows.
Senator Tillis delayed the stablecoin yield draft for the CLARITY Act amid fresh concerns from banking groups, with the latest text reportedly maintaining a ban on rewards for idle stablecoin holdings while other yield-related provisions remain under negotiation.
Fireblocks introduced 'Earn,' a new platform enabling institutions to generate yield on stablecoins through direct access to Aave and Morpho-based lending protocols, incorporating institutional-grade approval workflows and policy controls.
