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Tokenized Stocks Grew 395% in a Year While DeFi Use Stayed Under 3%

Tokenized stocks onchain expanded rapidly over the past year, increasing 395% according to a RedStone report, while decentralized finance usage of those assets remained below 3%. The report also finds a large imbalance between circulating tokenized stock supply and the collateral held in lending protocols, and that most leveraged equity exposure occurs via perpetual futures rather than onchain margin positions.

Tokenized Stocks Grew 395% in a Year While DeFi Use Stayed Under 3%

Crypto lending rises again… but have they solved the risks?

GSR Commits $100 Million to Hare Vault Business

Crypto trading giant GSR's new vault business is a $100M bet on onchain credit

Ledger Launches Bitcoin Loans, Letting Holders Borrow Without Selling

Firelight Begins Writing DeFi Cover Backed By Staked XRP

Flash Loan Attacks Drained $1.2B From DeFi Between 2020 and 2024: Study

S&amp;P Global brings risk assessments to growing crypto lending vault sector

Aave founder says V3 unaffected after third-party adapter exploit drains $305K

SMBC Nikko and Nethermind Plan Compliance Hooks for Uniswap Pools

Dogecoin gets DeFi testnet as DogeOS bets miners will eventually secure its apps

NEAR Intents hit by $3.8 million exploit as crypto's rough year of hacks continues

Sentora’s Morpho Vaults See Sharp Outflows Amid MetaMask Staking Incident

Sentora Seeks Aave V4 Markets With 50% Revenue Share for DAO

Coinbase Adds HYPE and ZEC as Collateral for Loans of Up to $100,000

Balancer Holders Approve Wind-Down, Reject Official Fork

Balancer Sets Shutdown Dates After BAL Holders Approve Wind-Down

Aave leads DeFi higher as crypto shrugs off surging bond market

Compound Foundation Denies V2 Reserve Misuse Allegation

S&P Global brings risk assessments to growing crypto lending vault sector