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Hashdex to Close and Liquidate DEFI, the First Spot Bitcoin ETF to Shut Down, with $14.7M in Assets Hashdex announced that it will close and liquidate the Hashdex Bitcoin ETF (NYSE Arca: DEFI), making it the first spot Bitcoin ETF to shut down. The fund had approximately $14.7 million in assets under management as of July 30. Trading and new subscriptions will end on August 17, after which the fund will be delisted from NYSE Arca. Investors are expected to receive cash liquidation proceeds around August 28. Hashdex cited the fund’s size, liquidity, operating costs, investor demand and broader product strategy as factors behind the decision.
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DeFi TVL slides 14% since KelpDAO exploit as risk appetite retreats https://t.co/92mjmS15iS
KIP Launches Yield8: Your Onchain Gateway to Asian Private Credit Markets What if stablecoins could reach financing gaps that traditional markets often overlook and turn those inefficiencies into yield? Consider the current landscape: while US Treasuries account for nearly half (48.5%) of tokenized Assets Under Management (AUM), they make up only 2% of DeFi deposits. Conversely, private credit; which accounts for just 17% of tokenized AUM, dominates with 80% of DeFi deposits. The reason is simple: credit yields of 6% or higher enable sustainable onchain leverage structures, whereas 3.5% Treasury yields do not. Amidst this trend, Real-World Asset (RWA) deposits in the DeFi lending market have surged to $2.7 billion over the past year. The market is no longer driven by "what is tokenized," but by "what is actually utilized." This is the backdrop against which Kaia Investment Partners (KIP) sees the Asian private credit market as a prime opportunity to secure a first-mover advantage. This article breaks down Yield8, revealing exactly where your yield comes from, why Kaia’s private credit pipeline is differentiated, and how blockchain rails improve liquidity, transparency, and distribution compared with traditional private credit or money market structures. Yield8, Explained Yield8 is the tokenized fund representation built from the value of the underlying Kaia Multi-Asset Yield Fund. It is designed to capture mispriced credit premiums in underserved parts of the real economy. While the underlying fund targets 8%+ APR private credit opportunities, the true innovation lies in how this digital private credit is built to broaden access through compliant onchain product rails within the Kaia ecosystem. The SuperEarn Integration: How Your Funds Go to Work Historically, high-yield private credit has been locked behind closed doors. Through our integration with @SuperEarnX, the Kaia-incubated yield protocol, we are changing that. For SuperEarn users, the process is designed to be simple, but the backend architecture is built on rigorous institutional standards. Here is the exact, transparent flow of how your assets generate yield: Step 1: Risk-Managed Allocation: Users deposit into SuperEarn vaults. From there, SuperEarn determines the portfolio allocation to Yield8 based on a strict risk management and asset allocation strategy. The key focus here is portfolio stability, ensuring a balanced approach to yield generation. Step 2: Kaia’s Differentiated Pipeline: Capital is deployed into Kaia’s proprietary, differentiated pipeline of private credit opportunities. This is built through long-term strategic work and partnerships. This includes maritime financing with PT Pelayaran Korindo, MSME and payroll-linked financing via Grab JOOB channels, and gas station financing built with a leading traditional financial institution in Korea. These three portfolios form the base of the Yield8 fund, with gradual expansion planned to include more than ten carefully curated high-yield projects. Step 3: Compliant Tokenization: Tokenization is executed through the applicable digital asset framework in Indonesia. The route is designed around licensed infrastructure, structured to follow the relevant digital asset compliance pathway in Indonesia. D3 Labs’ Pruv Finance Platform serves as a key tokenization infrastructure partner in that process, operating under the OJK regulatory sandbox. The Underlying Assets Yield8 is designed to pursue 8%+ private credit opportunities by identifying financing gaps in niche Asian markets and managing risk through strategic partnerships and collateral design. When you deposit into SuperEarn, you are funding the following: Galactica (Maritime Financing): This initiative solves critical financing gaps in Indonesia’s maritime sector. We've partnered with PT Pelayaran Korindo, a major shipping company with nearly 50 years of experience. The returns come from long-term, fixed-rate rental contracts for these ships. For example, our first deal (Pegasus) provided $25 million for just 3 months to finance a massive natural gas vessel, targeting double-digit APR opportunities. The entire process is securely managed through InvestaX, a fully regulated platform in Singapore. YieldCore (Gas Station Financing): This project provides short-term funding to gas stations in South Korea so they can buy fuel inventory. It taps into the massive "Buy Now, Pay Later" market for commercial fuel. Our initial $500,000 pilot deal successfully generated APRs in the high teens. To manage risk, the investments are heavily collateralized; backed by both the gas stations' future sales and actual real estate, and structured with a trust arrangement managed alongside a major Korean securities institution. We are now expanding this to a $1 million deal over a 3-month period. Forest Jalan (Small Business & Employee Loans): This initiative supports small businesses and everyday workers in Indonesia. Through partnerships with Grab and the JOOB job platform, connecting us to over 21,000 businesses and 440,000 workers, we provide short-term loans to help businesses manage their supply chains and allow workers to access their earned wages early. The portfolio targets double-digit APRs, and the loans are directly backed by actual business sales and employee payrolls. Thanks to strict safety checks, the default rate during our pilot was incredibly low; just 0.2% for the business loans and 0% for the employee wage advances. The Yield8 portfolio is dynamic. While the fund will continuously expand to include additional high-yield projects and asset classes (with further details on future pipeline deals provided separately), the initial allocation is anchored by the projects above. Real-Time Transparency Trust in DeFi cannot be assumed; it must be verified. SuperEarn users shouldn't have to guess what is happening with their money. Within H1 2026, Kaia and KIP will launch the Yield8 Transparency Dashboard. This page will provide an "Always-On NAV" (Net Asset Value), allowing users to verify the fund's Mark-to-Market valuations, the exact breakdown of the portfolio (e.g., how much is in Galactica vs. YieldCore), and the real-time Staking APRs directly onchain. Alongside the dashboard, we will publish a dedicated explainer page focused on the Indonesia legal structure, tokenization path, and compliance logic, and then follow up with monthly portfolio updates over time. We are solving the traditional DeFi "black box" problem by proving that the off-chain assets backing Yield8 are secure, compliant, and performing exactly as expected. The Future of Digital Private Credit Yield8 is just the beginning. By successfully aggregating diversified, high-yield RWAs into a single, stable, tokenized portfolio, Kaia is positioning itself as the premier Layer 1 blockchain for compliant, high-yield digital private credit in Asia. Through SuperEarn, we have engineered the liquidity and infrastructure to let users finally "Earn like a Pro." Learn more about Kaia Investment Partners below:
Aave TVL Drops $8.45B in 2 Days as DeFi Loses $13.2B Aave’s TVL has dropped to $17.947 billion, down $8.45 billion over the past two days; meanwhile, total DeFi TVL across all chains declined from $99.497 billion to $86.286 billion, a decrease of $13.21 billion. https://x.com/lookonchain/status/2046060599483011173
The Funding: Why TradFi giants like BlackRock are buying DeFi tokens now https://www.theblock.co/post/390741/why-tradfi-giants-like-blackrock-are-buying-defi-tokens-now?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
Bitwise CIO says DeFi could lead market out of crypto winter as Strategy's Saylor predicts bitcoin recovery https://www.theblock.co/post/390292/bitwise-cio-says-defi-could-lead-market-out-of-crypto-winter-as-strategys-saylor-predicts-bitcoin-recovery?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
Amped on OpenClaw for Agentic Cross-Network DeFi. Last week our partners at @AmpedFinance launched on OpenClaw, allowing anyone to run DeFi operations using natural language. Want to swap 1000 USDC on Ethereum for WETH on Arbitrum? You just tell the agent 🦞 Behind the scenes, Amped routes these cross-network moves through SODAX infra. The AI handles the what, we coordinate the how, absorbing the fragmentation so the user just gets the result they asked for. DeFi results, minus the manual friction. A long time coming If you’ve spent any time in DeFi, you know the "dream" is often a lot messier than the reality. We’re told money is now programmable and networked, but in practice, it can be more fragmented and delayed. Jump between bridges, hunt for liquidity, and pray that your transaction doesn’t fail mid-flow. At SODAX, we believe infrastructure shouldn't pretend this mess doesn't exist, it should handle it calmly, make sure failures are recoverable when they happen, and that the user gets exactly what they request. This can be to deposit $USDC into a reward vault on @StellarOrg, but from a completely different network (you can see this in action with @hanawallet x @Defindex_). https://x.com/hanawallet/status/2011173513449873478 But with OpenClaw, Amped has taken this idea of a user request to another level with agentic intents. Enter the Agent Instead of navigating complex dashboards, you can now run full DeFi operations using natural language. Want to DCA into ETH, WBTC and AVAX, then take a loan? You just tell the agent. Composable Strategies: Tell the agent to DCA into a basket of assets every Monday and automatically supply them as collateral. Autonomous Protection: Set a rule to automatically repay 10% of your debt if your health factor drops too low. Cross-Network Efficiency: Borrow tokens on Network B against collateral you've supplied on Network A. The Engine Under the Hood While the AI agent handles the “what” (your intent), and Amped ensures you get the user experience you deserve, SODAX coordinates the “how” (the execution). Our infrastructure reasons across 12 supported networks to find the most reliable path for your trade. We absorb the technical friction, the routing, the slippage protections, and the cross-network settlement, so you just get the results you asked (the agent) for. Stay Liquid. 🥤
Keel, the Sky ecosystem's new Solana-focused capital allocator, has launched with a roadmap to deploy up to $2.5B into DeFi + tokenized RWAs. @sndr_krisztian reports https://trib.al/Oba7jS1
"AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM" SPAC BY CHAMATH TO TARGET DEFI AMONG FOUR AREAS: FILING https://t.co/yAv6rhNjNC
they touched grass they opened the mobile app they lost their minds early users realizing what they just got access to: cross-chain perps. mobile-native. no gas. no wallets. no bs. you’re either in the beta or watching history from the timeline https://go.defi.app/iOS-beta https://t.co/2mJoxKtHU9
🚨 another one, this time on Mainnet with $LQTY as collateral 👀 @DeFiDollarIO (fork #8) is now live. • Borrow $USDFI using 10 blue-chip DeFi tokens, including LQTY 🔵 • Pick your own interest rate ⚡️ • Mint, stake, or LP USDFI now to stack points for the upcoming $DEFI Community Bootstrap Event 💡💡 Provide liquidity on the BOLD / USDFI pool on @CurveFinance to earn $DEFI rewards
SEC Chair Paul Atkins said the agency is drafting an “innovation exemption” for DeFi, aiming to ease rules for launching on-chain products. SEC crypto lead Hester Peirce noted developers shouldn't be liable for code misuse, but centralized entities can't evade regulation by claiming decentralization. https://t.co/JNJiZ2glMx
On-chain student loans could boost DeFi, potentially quadrupling TVL by accessing the $3 trillion student loan market. At Consensus Toronto, Yat Siu emphasized EduFi's role in introducing the next generation to Web3, making crypto mainstream with real-world impact.
🚨SCOOP: President Trump is expected to sign Congress’s joint resolution to overturn the IRS DeFi broker rule into law imminently, according to two people familiar with the plans. @SenTedCruz, who introduced the joint resolution in the Senate, is expected to be present at the…
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