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Lending protocols form the backbone of the decentralized money market, allowing users to lend or borrow digital assets without intermediaries. Using smart contracts, platforms like Aave and Morpho automate interest rates based on supply and demand while requiring over-collateralization for security. The 2026 lending landscape features advanced permissionless vaults and institutional-grade credit lines. This tag covers the evolution of capital efficiency, liquidations, and the integration of diverse collateral types, including LSTs and tokenized RWAs.

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The Only New DeFi Crypto Under $0.05 That Investors Say Could Hit a 20x by 2027, Here’s Why

The Only New DeFi Crypto Under $0.05 That Investors Say Could Hit a 20x by 2027, Here’s Why

Investors have put the spotlight on a fast-emerging DeFi altcoin that is priced below $0.05, and they consider that it could have one of the least messy long-term structures going into the next market cycle. As the development updates morph in line and the demand increases in Q4, Mutuum Finance (MUTM) is gaining popularity as […]

Author: Cryptopolitan

2025/12/09

California Man Pleads Guilty to Laundering Millions in Stolen Bitcoin from Gaming Scheme

California Man Pleads Guilty to Laundering Millions in Stolen Bitcoin from Gaming Scheme

The post California Man Pleads Guilty to Laundering Millions in Stolen Bitcoin from Gaming Scheme appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The gaming-based Bitcoin theft scheme involved a social engineering operation that stole over 4,100 Bitcoin, valued at $263 million, from U.S. crypto investors. Perpetrator Evan Tangeman pleaded guilty to laundering millions, marking the ninth conviction in this RICO conspiracy case prosecuted by the U.S. Justice Department. Gaming friendships evolve into a criminal network using social engineering to target wealthy crypto holders. The group laundered stolen funds into luxury purchases like mansions, exotic cars, and private jets. Over 4,100 Bitcoin stolen, now worth more than $370 million, with nine guilty pleas and ongoing arrests including international suspects. Gaming-based Bitcoin theft scheme: Uncover how online friends turned a social engineering scam into a $263M crypto heist. Learn about guilty pleas, lavish spending, and FBI investigations. Stay informed on crypto security risks today. What is the gaming-based Bitcoin theft scheme? The gaming-based Bitcoin theft scheme refers to a sophisticated social engineering operation where a group of individuals, initially connected through online gaming platforms, targeted cryptocurrency investors across the United States. By posing as cybersecurity experts, they tricked victims into revealing wallet access, stealing over 4,100 Bitcoin valued at approximately $263 million at the time of the thefts. This RICO conspiracy, which began around October 2023, has led to multiple convictions, highlighting vulnerabilities in digital asset security. How did the gaming group execute the Bitcoin thefts? The scheme relied on stolen databases from hacked websites to identify high-value cryptocurrency holders. Group members then initiated phone calls, impersonating tech support to create urgency about supposed account breaches. Victims, trusting the callers, transferred control of their digital wallets, allowing thieves to siphon funds directly. According to details from the U.S. Justice Department, this method netted over 4,100 Bitcoin in a single major incident in August 2024, demonstrating the effectiveness of psychological manipulation in crypto crimes. The…

Author: BitcoinEthereumNews

2025/12/09

GoTyme and Alpaca Ally to Accelerate Crypto Adoption in Banking Sector

GoTyme and Alpaca Ally to Accelerate Crypto Adoption in Banking Sector

GoTyme shakes hands with Alpaca to bring secure multi-asset crypto support to millions of users which signals the rising global banking interest in crypto.

Author: Blockchainreporter

2025/12/09

Fintech Group CLAP Partners with BSP and SEC to Combat Lending Fraud

Fintech Group CLAP Partners with BSP and SEC to Combat Lending Fraud

The Consumer Lending Association of the Philippines (CLAP) is preparing to collaborate with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to curb rising financial fraud in the lending industry. The initiative aims to operationalise the Anti-Financial Account Scamming Act (AFASA), which CLAP President Arianne Ferrer designated as the group’s [...] The post Fintech Group CLAP Partners with BSP and SEC to Combat Lending Fraud appeared first on Fintech News Philippines.

Author: Fintechnews

2025/12/09

👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – The Wolf of safe streets

👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – The Wolf of safe streets

In today's edition: Kenya says Safaricom executives must be citizens || Community Wolf acquires Namola || Capitec agrees to buy Walletdoc || Starlink’s rebound in Kenya || Cool Stuff 😎

Author: Techcabal

2025/12/09

JuanHand secures a multimillion-peso credit facility in the Philippines

JuanHand secures a multimillion-peso credit facility in the Philippines

WeFund Lending Corp., operator of the JuanHand online lending application, has secured a multimillion-peso credit facility with HSBC in the Philippines. The proceeds will be deployed to expand financial access for underserved yet creditworthy Filipinos. The credit facility aims to strengthen financial inclusion by providing immediate and sustainable access to financing for individuals with limited […]

Author: Bworldonline

2025/12/09

If the US financial market were fully blockchain-enabled

If the US financial market were fully blockchain-enabled

Author: 0xLeoDeng , Partner and Head of Investments at LK Ventures On December 4, SEC Chairman Paul Atkins, in an interview with Fox Business’s “Mornings with Maria,” put forward the vision that “the entire U.S. financial market may migrate to the blockchain within two years,” which sounded so radical that it even resembled science fiction. But if we put aside our doubts about the timeline for now and consider this as a serious future scenario: if this really happened, how would the US economy be reshaped? This is not a simple technological upgrade, but a complete formatting of the underlying operating system of finance. Here are seven layers of structural reshaping: 1. Market Structure: A "Light-Speed Machine" That Never Sleeps The first thing to be perceived is the change in the market's heartbeat rhythm. * The T+0 era will see extremely rapid capital turnover. The traditional T+1/T+2 settlement cycle will become history. Transactions will be settled immediately, and funds will almost never be tied up. This means that the velocity of money will increase significantly, and the cost of capital for the entire economy will be structurally compressed. The demise of the "closing bell." Markets will operate 24/7, just like cryptocurrencies today. This also means that the transmission of emotions and volatility will no longer be physically interrupted. The buffer period of "closing the market after hours and talking about it tomorrow" is gone. Good news or black swan events from anywhere in the world will directly impact asset prices at millisecond speeds. * SEC oversight has become "real-time surveillance." On-chain means absolute transparency. Who is building positions, who is naked short selling, and where liquidity is drying up—regulatory agencies no longer rely on lagging reports but directly monitor on-chain data. For manipulators, this is a nightmare; for the market, this is a new fairness brought about by "embedded regulation." 2. Banking Industry: From "Black Box" to "Glass Room" The impact of blockchain technology on the commercial banking system is far more profound than on exchanges. * The "semi-publicization" of balance sheets. When government bonds and credit assets are tokenized, regulators and the market can gain real-time insight into a bank's liquidity and collateral quality. * Double-edged sword effect: Asset mismatch risks like those of SVB (Silicon Valley Bank) are easier to warn about in advance; but on the other hand, in a highly transparent world, the spread of fear has no resistance, and a "bank run" may happen more decisively and fatally. * Collateralization: A company's accounts receivable, inventory, and even future cash flows can be transformed into standardized on-chain collateral through smart contracts. Financing efficiency will be unprecedentedly improved, but the regulatory focus must shift from simple "on-balance-sheet lending" to monitoring the intricate web of "programmable leverage" on the blockchain. 3. The Real Economy: A Revolution in the "Granularity" of Capital This is perhaps an underestimated point—on-chain technology will bring about the "democratization of assets." * "Mini-IPOs" for SMEs. Just as internet advertising allows small businesses to reach users, on-chain finance gives SMEs the opportunity to issue compliant "micro-securities." Financing will no longer be the privilege of giants; the capillaries of capital will penetrate into more grassroots economic sectors through blockchain. * The release of liquidity in non-standard assets. Previously, only large institutions could afford to own an office building, a power plant, or even a patent. In the future, these assets will be fragmented, allowing global investors to purchase even a fraction of their value, much like buying stocks. For the United States, this means that its existing assets will receive a huge "liquidity premium," attracting global funds to actively flow in. 4. Geopolitics: The "Digital Reinforcement" of the Dollar Hegemony Many people mistakenly believe that "on-chain" means decentralization and the weakening of state power, but in fact, the opposite is true. If the United States takes the lead in tokenizing its Treasury bonds and money market funds (MMFs), allowing global funds to purchase dollar assets at the lowest cost, fastest speed, and without any entry barriers, this will be the strongest moat protecting the dollar's hegemony. In contrast, if regulation and infrastructure development in Eurasia fail to keep pace, capital will vote with its feet and flood into the more efficient and transparent on-chain dollar system. This is not a decline of the dollar, but a "generational upgrade of monetary infrastructure." 5. Risk Restructuring: Crises don't disappear, they only mutate. The financial crisis in the blockchain era will take on a completely new look. From "human panic" to "code glitches." Bugs in smart contracts, manipulation of oracles, collapse of cross-chain bridges, and the chain reaction of automated liquidation will become new sources of systemic risk. * The "pressure cooker" effect of crises. Future crises will be more "technical" and more "condensed." They may erupt and end in minutes, rather than spreading for months like in 2008. Market rescue will no longer rely on "weekend meetings and negotiations," but on "data-driven decisions" and "code patching." 6. Winners and Losers: The Reshuffling of Niche Markets Potential winners: - Infrastructure builders: On-chain hosting, Distinguished ID (DID) and compliant oracle service providers. - The next generation of investment banks: large asset management institutions that know how to match on-chain assets globally. - Multi-skilled talent: a rare talent who understands both financial compliance and Solidity code. Those experiencing growing pains during transformation: Traditional intermediaries—clearing houses, transfer agents, and brokers who profit from information asymmetry—will be replaced by smart contracts if they do not revolutionize themselves. - Gray industries: Any industry that relies on opaque and non-compliant fund transfers will have nowhere to hide under full-chain traceability supervision. 7. Realistic and Calm: The direction is certain; only the speed is variable. Finally, let's return to reality. Completely achieving this within two years? Almost impossible. The bottleneck of technological throughput, the lag in the legal framework, and the power struggle among vested interest groups are three major obstacles that cannot be overcome within 24 months. A more likely path is gradual: starting with government bonds, the repurchase market, and some OTC derivatives, with the old and new systems running in parallel, and then slowly eroding the old world. But regardless of the speed, the direction Paul Atkins points out is irreversible. This is not merely a technological iteration, but also an instinctive choice driven by capital's pursuit of greater efficiency. The future of the US financial market is destined to be on the blockchain.

Author: PANews

2025/12/09

Finance cluster aims to add $15bn to Abu Dhabi GDP

Finance cluster aims to add $15bn to Abu Dhabi GDP

Abu Dhabi has launched a finance initiative which is forecast to add AED56 billion ($15.3 billion) to the emirate’s gross domestic product by 2045. The FinTech, Insurance, Digital and Alternative Assets cluster, also known as Fida, is expected to generate 8,000 skilled jobs and attract at least AED17 billion in investment, the UAE state-run Wam […]

Author: Agbi

2025/12/09

Tether invests $81.6M in Italian Humanoid-Robotics firm as AI push accelerates

Tether invests $81.6M in Italian Humanoid-Robotics firm as AI push accelerates

The post Tether invests $81.6M in Italian Humanoid-Robotics firm as AI push accelerates appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Tether, known as the issuer of the stablecoin USDT, has made a major foray into robotics and physical AI by backing Europe’s up‑and‑coming humanoid robotics firm Generative Bionics with a contribution to a €70 million (approx. $81.6 million) funding round. Notably, this startup develops industrial robots utilizing research from the Italian Institute of Technology. This funding round was led by CDP Venture Capital, a company supported by the Italian government and operating through its Artificial Intelligence Fund. This information was made public following the release of Generative Bionics’s statement, shared by a reliable source. Some of the firms that participated in this round, apart from Tether, included AMD Ventures, the investment arm of the American chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices, and other industry investors. Tether aims to solidify its position as a leader with major investments in AI  Tether’s investment marks another significant milestone in the company’s ongoing series of deals. Concerning its role in issuing the USDT stablecoin, sources acknowledged that stablecoins, cryptocurrencies that are typically connected to traditional currencies such as the dollar, have recently gained popularity, preferred by many as a suitable alternative method of payment. These sources also elaborated that this type of cryptocurrency usually relies on cash reserves and US government bonds issued on a short-term basis to maintain its value.  Following this finding, Tether shared its forecast that the reserves supporting USDT will help it in attaining its target of generating approximately $15 billion in profit this year. The company made this prediction after noting high interest rates in the sector. Based in El Salvador, Tether has been utilizing these profits to expand its presence in various fields, including commodities, artificial intelligence, and sports. The firm also disclosed its growing interest in fields of AI and data. According to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Tether, Paolo…

Author: BitcoinEthereumNews

2025/12/09

Tether invested $81.6 million in Italian humanoid robotics firm Generative Bionics

Tether invested $81.6 million in Italian humanoid robotics firm Generative Bionics

Tether invested $81.6 million in Italian humanoid robotics firm Generative Bionics.

Author: Cryptopolitan

2025/12/09

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