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European Banks Fully Embrace Cryptocurrency
A significant development took place in Belgium earlier this year. KBC, the country's largest bank-insurance group, enabled regulated Bitcoin and Ether trading for retail investors through its self-directed brokerage platform, Bolero. What's noteworthy is not just that a major European bank has provided access to digital assets, but how this access was introduced: within an existing regulated pla…
April 25, 2026, 1:30 p.m.
Opinion
European Banks Fully Embrace Cryptocurrency
A significant development took place in Belgium earlier this year when KBC, the country's largest bank-insurance group, enabled regulated Bitcoin and Ether trading for retail investors through its self-directed brokerage platform, Bolero. What's notable is not just that a major European bank has provided access to digital assets, but how this access was introduced - within an existing regulated p…
April 25, 2026, 1:30 p.m.
Opinion
European Banks Embrace Cryptocurrency
A significant development occurred in Belgium earlier this year. KBC, the country's largest bank-insurance group, enabled regulated Bitcoin and Ether trading for retail investors through Bolero, its self-directed brokerage platform. What's notable is not just that a major European bank has provided access to digital assets, but how this access was introduced: within an existing regulated platform…
April 25, 2026, 1:30 p.m.
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European Banks Make a Significant Push into Cryptocurrency
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April 25, 2026, 1:30 p.m.
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DeFi's 48-Hour Reckoning: A Market Awakening
The DeFi market underwent a significant transformation over the course of 48 hours, as the credit risk associated with lending stablecoins was drastically repriced. Prior to this shift, the annual percentage yield (APY) for lending stablecoins on Aave, a leading DeFi platform, was a mere 2.32%, despite the Federal Reserve's overnight rate being 3.64%. This disparity implied that the market viewed…
April 23, 2026, 4:30 p.m.
Opinion
DeFi's Sudden Repricing: A 48-Hour Market Correction
Until April 17, lending stablecoins on Aave yielded 2.32% APY, lower than the Federal Reserve's overnight rate of 3.64%. This mispricing implied that the market viewed an unregulated, open-source smart contract as a lower credit risk than the US Treasury. However, this changed drastically over 48 hours. The market repriced DeFi credit risk, with Aave's stablecoin deposit APY soaring from 3-6% to …
April 23, 2026, 4:30 p.m.
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DeFi's 48-Hour Reckoning: How the Market Repriced Risk
The DeFi landscape underwent a significant transformation over the course of just 48 hours, as the market rapidly repriced the sector's credit risk. This seismic shift was prompted by an attacker exploiting a vulnerability in Kelp DAO's cross-chain bridge, resulting in the minting of unbacked tokens worth approximately $292 million. The attacker then used these tokens as collateral to borrow an e…
April 23, 2026, 4:30 p.m.
Opinion
DeFi's 48-Hour Reckoning: How the Market Repriced Risk
Until April 17, lending stablecoins on Aave yielded 2.32% APY, lower than the Federal Reserve's overnight rate of 3.64%. This mispricing ranked dollar-credit options by yield, with Treasury overnight at 3.64%, Ledn's investment-grade Bitcoin-backed ABS senior tranche at 6.84%, and Aave at 2.32%. The market repriced DeFi credit risk after an attacker exploited Kelp DAO's cross-chain bridge, mintin…
April 23, 2026, 4:30 p.m.
Opinion
DeFi's 48-Hour Market Correction
Prior to April 17, lending stablecoins on Aave yielded 2.32% APY, despite the Federal Reserve's overnight rate being 3.64%. This discrepancy suggested that the market viewed an unregulated, open-source smart contract as a lower credit risk than the US Treasury. However, this mispricing was corrected within 48 hours. The catalyst for this change was an exploit on Kelp DAO's cross-chain bridge, whi…
April 23, 2026, 4:30 p.m.
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DeFi's Credit Risk Repriced in 48 Hours
Until April 17, lending stablecoins on Aave, a gold standard in DeFi, yielded 2.32% APY, despite the Federal Reserve's overnight rate being 3.64%. This implied the market viewed an unregulated, open-source smart contract as a lower credit risk than the US Treasury. However, this mispricing ended within 48 hours. The market repriced DeFi credit risk, a feat no regulator or commentator had achieved…
April 23, 2026, 4:30 p.m.