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Finance

ETHZilla Buys 20% of AI Lending Platform Karus in $10M Deal to Tokenize Auto Loans

The companies plan to tokenize auto loans, with the first portfolios expected to be available by early 2026.

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Markets

Market Maker Flowdesk Says Crypto Credit Is Finding a Fragile Balance

DeFi lenders are deleveraging but not retreating, with borrowing demand for majors like SOL and BTC staying firm and yields compressing across Maple and JitoSOL.

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Advancing Private Credit with On-Chain Rails

Private credit — especially asset-backed finance — is plagued by inefficiencies, but blockchain and programmable money are now enabling faster, cheaper and more scalable solutions that could democratize access and disrupt traditional players, writes Ava Labs’ Morgan Krupetsky.

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Finance

Blockchain-Based RWA Specialists Bring $50M to Apollo's Tokenized Credit Strategy

Crypto credit infrastructure firm Grove commits $50 million to the Anemoy Tokenized Apollo Diversified Credit Fund (ACRDX) with help from Plume and Centrifuge.

Christine Moy, partner leading digital assets at Apollo Global Management (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Markets

WisdomTree Launches Tokenized Private Credit Fund

The fund has a low minimum investment of $25 and offers two-day redemptions.

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Markets

Asia Morning Briefing: Tokenized Assets Will Eclipse DeFi, Chronicle Founder Niklas Kunkel Says

In an interview with CoinDesk, Kunkel outlines how oracles are moving beyond price feeds to power real-time risk management for the next wave of onchain credit.

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Markets

Asia Morning Briefing: Architect Bets Credit Will Outshine Crypto Equities as It Builds a Web3 Moody’s

As crypto equity markets become overcrowded and illiquid, Architect bets on building a Moody's-like credit rating system to unlock new pools of institutional capital.

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Tech

Clearpool Expands to Payments Financing, Debuts Stablecoin Yield Token

The decentralized finance platform targets fintechs bridging fiat settlement gaps with short-term stablecoin credit.

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Markets

Chart of the Week: Bond Market Could Be Bitcoin's 'Canary in the Coal Mine' Signal

Widening credit spreads could be sign of further trouble for risk-on positioning.

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Finance

RWA Platform Credbull Rolls Out Up to $500M Private Credit Fund with Fixed High Yield on Plume Network

Private credit, a booming market in traditional finance, is a fast-growing sector in the blockchain-based real-world asset sector as well with $9 billion of assets, data shows.

Jason Delphi, Credbull CEO (Credbull)

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