Balancer Governance Votes to Sunset Protocol Treasury and Reject Official Fork Plan
September 30, 2026
Balancer token holders have voted to initiate a controlled wind-down of the pioneering automated market maker protocol, setting key withdrawal timelines and rejecting plans for an official fork.
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Balancer Governance Approves Protocol Wind-Down: Operational Shutdown Dates and Treasury Distribution Details Announced
September 30, 2026
Balancer has announced official operational shutdown dates following a community vote to wind down the decentralized exchange. Pausable pools transition to withdrawal-only mode on October 30, with V3 Vault operations pausing on November 30.
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Tokenized Treasury Funds Face Yield Gap: Why Onchain Returns Lag Traditional T-Bills
September 28, 2026
Data from Dune reveals that top tokenized money funds yield less than the Treasury bills backing them, with issuers like WisdomTree trailing benchmarks due to expense ratios and liquidity management drag.
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ARK Invest Tokenizes Flagship Venture Fund on Ethereum to Expand Retail Investor Access
September 28, 2026
Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest has partnered with Securitize to launch tokenized shares of its venture fund on Ethereum, opening private market access to U.S. retail investors with a $500 minimum.
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Ethereum’s Next Frontier: Vitalik Buterin Outlines the Post-Hegota ‘Cryptographic World Computer’
September 28, 2026
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin outlines a vision post-Hegota, transforming the network into a 'Cryptographic World Computer' powered by proof aggregation and off-chain execution.
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THORChain Rejects Bitget Demand to Block Hacker Funds, Reaffirming Protocol Neutrality
September 28, 2026
THORChain has refused Bitget's demand to freeze addresses tied to a recent exploit, standing firm on its permissionless architecture despite growing industry debate over censorship and protocol compliance.
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IBM Connects Digital Asset Haven to Swift Ledger to Streamline Tokenized Deposit Movements
September 27, 2026
IBM has integrated its Digital Asset Haven platform with Swift's shared ledger in beta, allowing financial institutions to process tokenized deposit transactions using familiar payment messaging standards.
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Gnosis Pay to Retire Direct Consumer Cards as Strategic Pivot Targets B2B Infrastructure
September 27, 2026
Gnosis Pay will retire its direct-to-consumer payment cards on December 20 as part of a strategic shift toward providing B2B payment infrastructure. User funds remain secure in self-custodial Safes.
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Kamino Expands Solana DeFi Ecosystem with GPU-Backed sUSDai Collateral Vault
September 27, 2026
Kamino Finance launches an Allez Labs-curated sUSDai lending vault on Solana, allowing holders to borrow USDC at up to 80% LTV against GPU-loan-backed collateral.
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Morpho and Aave Founders Clash Over Proposed DeFi Vault Regulatory Framework
September 27, 2026
Morpho CEO Paul Frambot's proposal to divide onchain vaults into noncustodial and discretionary categories for regulators has sparked fierce pushback from Aave's Stani Kulechov and DeFi experts.
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