Credit
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.

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.

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.

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.

WisdomTree Launches Tokenized Private Credit Fund
The fund has a low minimum investment of $25 and offers two-day redemptions.

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.

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.

Clearpool Expands to Payments Financing, Debuts Stablecoin Yield Token
The decentralized finance platform targets fintechs bridging fiat settlement gaps with short-term stablecoin credit.

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.

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.
