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Constant Finance Opens Public Beta for Fixed-Rate, Fixed-Term DeFi Lending
Constant Finance, a fixed-rate, fixed-term DeFi lending protocol, today announced that the public beta of its lending product is now available on Ethereum’s Sepolia testnet, giving borrowers and lenders a hands-on way to explore loans with an agreed rate and maturity.
Genius.fun Launches on BNB Chain to Bring Hostile Takeovers On-chain
Genius Foundation announced the launch of genius.fun, a new BNB Chain launchpad designed to help online communities coordinate capital and pursue ownership in publicly traded companies.
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Constant Finance Opens Public Beta for Fixed-Rate, Fixed-Term DeFi Lending
Constant Finance, a fixed-rate, fixed-term DeFi lending protocol, today announced that the public beta of its lending product is now available on Ethereum’s Sepolia testnet, giving borrowers and lenders a hands-on way to explore loans with an agreed rate and maturity.
Genius.fun Launches on BNB Chain to Bring Hostile Takeovers On-chain
Genius Foundation announced the launch of genius.fun, a new BNB Chain launchpad designed to help online communities coordinate capital and pursue ownership in publicly traded companies.
Arcus Adds Stock Tokens and WETH as Perpetual Collateral
The early-access feature uses automatic USDG loans at 50% initial loan-to-value, with non-USDG deposits capped at $20,000 per account.
Sentora’s OUSD Lending Vault Holds $42.5 Million on Tempo
The Morpho vault lends against cbBTC collateral, but nearly all its assets remain idle rather than deployed into loans.
Pump.fun Adds Pre-IPO Tokens to Its Launch Pairings
The eight PreStocks assets offer economic exposure rather than shareholder rights and are unavailable to US persons.
Lighter Launches BTC and ETH Binary Options on Core
The Up/Down contracts pay winning shares 1 USDC and require full funding, with no leverage or liquidations.
Frax Announces Six-Currency FX Lineup on Aerodrome
The six Base pools held about $241,000 in liquidity and recorded roughly $20,000 in trading over 24 hours, according to GeckoTerminal data.
SharpLink Says It Deployed $400 Million Across Ether.fi and Lido
The company describes both allocations as deployed, following its August plan to stake $200 million through Lido and hold wstETH with Anchorage.
Echo Protocol Winds Down, Halting New Deposits and Borrowing
Withdrawals and repayments remain open, but the shutdown notice gives conflicting November deadlines before collateral liquidation.
STX Q3 Ecosystem Report: 735 BTC Enters Bitcoin Staking as STX Staked Climbs More Than 25% After PoX-5
Stacks published its Q3 2026 Ecosystem Report: Bitcoin Staking has brought 735 BTC into the ecosystem across two bonding periods, and STX staked has climbed more than 25% since the PoX-5 hard fork, from 392M to 493M STX.