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Affine Protocol Raises $5.1M From Industry Heavyweights to Develop DeFi Yield Offering
The round was led by Jump Crypto and Hack VC and included contributions from Circle Ventures and Coinbase Ventures.
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Explaining the Disconnect Between Bitcoin and Treasury Yields Post-US Inflation Data
Bitcoin and technology stocks rose Tuesday even as a hotter-than-expected U.S. CPI figure revived Fed angst and lifted Treasury yields.
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Aave Deploys Native Stablecoin GHO on Ethereum Testnet
GHO joins an increasingly competitive space as rival DeFi protocols also issue or are moving to release their own protocol-native stablecoins.
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DeFi Protocol Ondo Finance Sets Up Tokenized Corporate Bonds With Over 8% Yield on Stablecoins
The on-chain funds are directly invested in exchange-traded funds managed by BlackRock and Pimco.
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The permissionless vaults are part of a broader V3 plan, which aims to make Yearn wholly decentralized in the future in terms of products and services offered to users.  (Andre Taissin/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)
DeFi Protocol Yearn Finance Will Let Anyone Create Curve Reward Farms
Yearn was among the first yield aggregators in the now-mature decentralized-finance ecosystem.
The permissionless vaults are part of a broader V3 plan, which aims to make Yearn wholly decentralized in the future in terms of products and services offered to users.  (Andre Taissin/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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The Year Crypto Yields Blew Up
Centralized interest-bearing accounts stayed artificially high after DeFi yields programmatically went dry. Crypto can be competitive with TradFi, but it needs to remain trans...
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DAI holders may earn up to 1% in annual rewards depending on how the community votes. (Getty Images)
DeFi Giant MakerDAO Voting on Hiking DAI Stablecoin Rewards
Increasing the DAI savings rate would increase the Maker stablecoin’s competitiveness and help mitigate capital outflow from crypto to traditional financial markets, MakerDAO...
DAI holders may earn up to 1% in annual rewards depending on how the community votes. (Getty Images)

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Australia's Markets Watchdog Sues Fintech Company Block Earner
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission said the company offered fixed-yield earning products that should be licensed, leaving consumers without important protect...
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As more stakers rush in and more ETH is deposited, the yield gets spread out more thinly. (Shutterstock)
Surging Popularity of Ethereum Staking Keeps Lid on Yields
Over 14 million ether, worth more than $2 billion, are currently deposited on the Ethereum blockchain, data shows. But as the staked pool gets larger, it also lowers the yield...
As more stakers rush in and more ETH is deposited, the yield gets spread out more thinly. (Shutterstock)

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Bitcoin Unlikely to See Notable Recovery After Thursday's Short Squeeze: Traders
Treasury yields remain elevated after the U.S. CPI, offering a reality check to risky assets, including cryptocurrencies.
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