
Compound’s $52M Bet Tests DeFi’s Institutional Shift
Compound approved a $52 million, milestone-based development plan focused on institutional credit, testing whether older DeFi protocols can find a second growth model.
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Compound approved a $52 million, milestone-based development plan focused on institutional credit, testing whether older DeFi protocols can find a second growth model.

Solana’s real-world assets reached $3.73 billion, but falling fees and DEX activity show why tokenization still needs to prove it can create durable demand.

Tether now holds billions in physical gold behind its fiat tokens while XAU₮ grows separately, raising new questions about stablecoin reserves and tokenized gold.

RWA tokenization is growing, but real-world assets still need reliable data, custody records, legal rights, proof of reserves, and oracle infrastructure before they can scale safely on-chain.

Tokenized bank deposits may become the regulated-bank version of stablecoins as banks, central banks, issuers, and crypto platforms compete over the future of digital money.

Tokenized Treasuries are becoming one of crypto’s clearest Wall Street use cases as institutions explore blockchain-based settlement, on-chain funds, and real-world asset tokenization.