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According to The Defiant, cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has announced the launch of the Flexline lending service, designed for crypto holders who cannot access traditional credit markets.It is reported that Flexline offers a fixed annual interest rate of 10%-25% and accepts cryptocurrencies as collateral, supporting scenarios such as operational funding needs and proof of funds for large transactions. The product aims to address the issue of crypto-native businesses and high-net-worth individuals having difficulty obtaining loans from traditional financial institutions using digital assets.

Global financial infrastructure giant DTCC (whose subsidiary processed $47 trillion in securities transactions in 2025) announced on Tuesday that it will integrate Chainlink as the data and orchestration layer for its upcoming tokenized collateral platform.DTCC's Collateral AppChain will utilize the Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE) and its data standards to support eligibility checks, valuations, margin calculations, collateral optimization, and settlement functions, with a target to go live in Q4 2026.Nadine Chakar, DTCC's Global Head of Digital Assets, stated that the goal is to achieve near real-time collateral management between global markets and blockchain through tokenization and distributed ledger technology, operating 24/7. Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov described collateral management as "the killer application that traditional finance has been waiting for." The platform is designed as a shared infrastructure for collateral providers, recipients, managers, third-party agents, and custodians, rather than a bilateral institutional chain. This collaboration continues the foundation of previous partnerships between the two parties, such as in the Smart NAV pilot project.

According to The Block, Coinbase has expanded its on-chain loan products supported by cryptocurrency, adding support for Solana, allowing users to collateralize SOL to borrow up to $100,000.The loans are provided through the Morpho integration on Base, similar to collateralized loan products for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and others. A company spokesperson revealed that since its launch last year, Coinbase's total issuance of cryptocurrency collateralized loans has exceeded $2.3 billion, with Bitcoin collateralized loans accounting for $2.17 billion and Ethereum approximately $110 million.

Coinbase has expanded its on-chain crypto lending product, adding support for Solana (SOL), allowing users to borrow up to $100,000 by collateralizing SOL. This lending service is based on the integration of Coinbase with the DeFi lending protocol Morpho on the Base network, which previously supported collateralized lending for crypto assets like BTC and ETH.Ben Shen, Head of Financial Services and Loyalty Products at Coinbase, stated that the addition of SOL collateral is an important step for Coinbase to become "the best platform for trading and holding Solana," and reflects its strategy to build an "Everything Exchange." Data shows that since the launch of this crypto lending product last year, Coinbase's cumulative loan issuance has exceeded $2.3 billion. Among these, Bitcoin remains the primary collateral asset, with a cumulative loan amount of $2.17 billion; ETH collateralized loans are about $110 million, and XRP is $31.6 million, followed by assets like cbETH, DOGE, ADA, and LTC.Last month, Coinbase also expanded this lending business to the UK market, continuing to advance its on-chain financial services layout. Although Coinbase announced a net loss of $394.1 million in the first quarter last week and laid off about 14% of its workforce, CEO Brian Armstrong still stated that in the future "all finance will migrate on-chain," and Coinbase is positioning itself around this trend. Several institutions, including Bernstein, Benchmark, and Rosenblatt, have recently maintained a "buy" rating on Coinbase stock, with Bernstein believing that Coinbase is gradually validating the feasibility of its "Everything Exchange" strategy.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced that its blockchain-based collateral management platform, Collateral AppChain, will integrate Chainlink infrastructure to drive traditional financial markets towards 24/7, near real-time collateral management and settlement. DTCC stated that the platform is built on the Besu blockchain and will utilize Chainlink's Runtime Environment (CRE) and data standards to support asset pricing, valuation, margin calculation, collateral optimization, and settlement processes. The platform achieves real-time collateral movement across institutions, markets, and time zones through asset tokenization and smart contract automation.

Decentralized USDD released its monthly transparency report for April 2026.The report shows that the total supply of USDD peaked at 1.558 billion in April, an increase of approximately 10.87% month-on-month; as of April 30, 2026, the total value of collateral assets reached 2.16 billion USD, with an overall collateralization rate maintained at 146% at the end of the month. Smart Allocator's cumulative earnings exceeded 16.24 million USD, with new monthly earnings of approximately 2.46 million USD.In addition, USDD achieved further optimization of its reserve structure this month, adding a WBTC Vault, which increased the proportion of non-endogenous collateral assets. At the same time, new MCP functionality and machine-readable documents for large language models (LLMs) were introduced to support the development of the AI Agent ecosystem.USDD officials stated that in the future, they will focus on strengthening stability, optimizing the earnings system, upgrading transparency, and expanding the ecosystem, and are committed to becoming a trusted stablecoin infrastructure in the AI Agent economy and decentralized finance scenarios.

SoftBank Group is scaling back a financing plan that used OpenAI equity as collateral, which was originally intended to raise about $10 billion in margin loans, and is now likely to be reduced to around $6 billion.It is reported that some lenders have expressed concerns about the transaction structure and the reliability of OpenAI's valuation as a private company, which has become one of the key factors hindering the progress of the financing. The loan was initially designed to use the OpenAI equity held by SoftBank as collateral, with a term of two years that could be extended by one year, aimed at further expanding its investment layout in the field of artificial intelligence.

According to market news, American Bitcoin Company (NASDAQ: ABTC) disclosed in its latest quarterly report that the company purchased approximately 11,298 S21 XP ASIC miners (with a computing power of about 3.05 EH/s) from Bitmain for $49,400,000 this year, of which 80% of the payment was made by pledging 314 BTC.Based on this calculation, the valuation of the pledged Bitcoin agreement is approximately $125,900 per coin, while the average market price of BTC at that time was less than $70,000, resulting in a discount of about 44%. According to the agreement, Bitmain cannot forcibly liquidate the pledged BTC during the approximately 24-month redemption period. If the BTC price at maturity is higher than the agreement valuation, ABTC can choose to repay in cash and reclaim the BTC, locking in the appreciation gains; if it is lower than the agreement valuation, ABTC can forgo redemption and leave the BTC to Bitmain. This structure essentially grants ABTC a long-term Bitcoin call option.As of March 31, 2026, ABTC has cumulatively pledged 3,090 BTC to Bitmain, with a fair value of approximately $210,800,000, corresponding to a mining equipment purchase liability of about $364,300,000.

According to CoinDesk, Aave Labs will rewrite the asset listing and collateral risk control rules. In addition to the existing price and volatility assessments, new reviews will be added for compatibility, network security, and underlying architecture, and minimum standard guidelines will be published for asset issuers.This move stems from the KelpDAO cross-chain bridge attack in April, where hackers minted approximately $293 million worth of unbacked rsETH and borrowed real wETH on Aave as collateral, resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars in bad debt for the protocol. Aave will also shift from a single pool perspective to studying systemic connections between different DeFi protocols to reduce cross-protocol risks and is calling on other DeFi projects to follow similar standards.

According to the official announcement, Binance will adjust the collateral rates for assets such as DOGE and SOL on May 8, 2026, at 14:00 (Beijing time); on the same day at 14:30 (Beijing time), it will update the leverage and margin levels for contracts such as CELO USDT and adjust the position limits for contracts such as HOME USDT.

Bitcoin mining company and energy infrastructure platform Hut 8 announced that its subsidiary has reached a $200 million Bitcoin collateralized credit agreement with FalconX, replacing the previous financing arrangement from Coinbase Credit. The new financing has an annual fixed interest rate of 7.0%, a decrease of 200 basis points from the previous 9.0% financing from Coinbase; during the period from December 2023 to March 2025, the financing cost was as high as 10.5%–11.5%, with a cumulative reduction of up to 450 basis points, demonstrating progress in continuously optimizing debt costs.After this refinancing, Hut 8 has approximately 3,300 BTC converted to an uncollateralized state, valued at about $260 million based on the market value as of May 1, 2026, significantly enhancing its balance sheet flexibility and liquidity. Meanwhile, the credit structure maintains key risk control terms, including a limited recourse structure, a no-rehypothecation clause, and a fixed LTV threshold design, preventing additional margin calls triggered by a decline in Bitcoin prices.Hut 8's management stated that this financing not only reduces financing costs but also releases more uncollateralized Bitcoin assets, helping to enhance capital allocation flexibility across different market cycles; FalconX emphasized that this transaction reflects its ongoing expansion capabilities in institutional-level Bitcoin credit solutions.

According to market news, Bitcoin mining company Riot Platforms has revised its $200 million Bitcoin collateralized credit agreement with Coinbase, changing the floating interest rate previously linked to the U.S. federal funds rate to a fixed annual interest rate, and introducing a continuous 2-day trigger mechanism to reduce the impact of short-term Bitcoin price fluctuations on additional collateral and forced deleveraging.The new agreement was signed on April 21, 2026, and can be extended for another year. Documents show that Riot previously sold 3,778 Bitcoins in the first quarter of 2026, generating approximately $289.5 million in revenue; as of March 31, its restricted Bitcoin collateral increased to 5,802 Bitcoins.

AAVE announced the technical implementation plan for the recovery of rsETH, which aims to advance the repair in three phases: supplementing ETH collateral, clearing affected positions, and restoring market parameters, in order to restore complete collateral support for rsETH and return the market to normal operations.The plan indicates that DeFi United has coordinated to obtain the ETH commitments needed for recovery, which will be restored through batch conversions and injected into the bridging locked contract to support rsETH; at the same time, it plans to clear the affected positions in Aave and Compound through a governance proposal, recovering approximately 107,000 rsETH related excess collateral and gradually lifting the freeze status on related assets.

The Avalanche Foundation stated on the X platform that it supports DeFi United. This is a coordinated effort aimed at restoring rsETH collateral support. DeFi is undergoing public stress testing, with transparent accounts and real accountability, while traditional financial systems often take months or years to complete such repairs.The Avalanche Foundation expressed support for Aave and the broader DeFi ecosystem.

The ether.fi community has released a proposal to "Utilize treasury funds to restore the collateral assets of rsETH." The proposal includes injecting 5,000 ETH into the rsETH special rescue pool to cover the collateral gap, protect user assets, and prevent bad debts from spreading in the DeFi system.

According to market news, SoftBank Group is seeking a $10 billion margin loan secured by its holdings in OpenAI, with a loan term of two years and an option to extend for another year. This move aims to provide financial support for SoftBank's continued investment in the artificial intelligence sector.

The Japan Securities Clearing Corporation (JSCC), a clearing institution under the Japan Exchange Group, has partnered with Mizuho Bank, Nomura Securities, and Digital Asset to launch a proof-of-concept trial aimed at exploring the use of blockchain technology for collateral management of Japanese Government Bonds (JGBs).According to a joint statement released on Monday, the trial will integrate existing systems from multiple institutions through the Canton Network to test the on-chain transfer and management of JGBs. This initiative aims to assess the feasibility of achieving real-time collateral trading while ensuring compliance with relevant financial instruments and trading laws. The trial will also investigate cross-border use cases involving clearinghouses, institutional investors, and other market participants.JSCC stated that this trial is part of a broader initiative under the Financial Services Agency's "Payment Innovation Project." As overseas markets like the United States make progress in testing similar infrastructures, advancing JGBs collateral management has become an "urgent priority." Previously, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) in the U.S. launched a pilot to tokenize U.S. Treasury securities, and South Korea is also conducting related tests.

Coinbase announced the launch of a crypto collateral lending service in the UK, allowing users to use BTC, ETH, and cbETH as collateral to borrow USDC within one minute. The service is supported by the open-source lending protocol Morpho on the Base chain.Coinbase stated that the product was launched ahead of 2025, and as of April 14, 2026, the total amount of loans issued through Morpho via Coinbase has exceeded 2.17 billion USDC. Users can check loan health, historical annual interest rates, and liquidation alerts within the Coinbase App, with rates dynamically adjusted according to market conditions.

Keone Hon from Monad Lianchuang stated: "I feel that the lending protocol for the liquidity pool should set rate limits on the supply of assets deposited as collateral. For example, if the current supply is 100 million and the supply cap is 300 million, then in the next 10 minutes, the maximum allowed increase should be to 110 million, rather than allowing a one-time deposit of the full 200 million. In reality, no one needs to complete such a large deposit all at once.This is important because when certain exotic assets are attacked, the impact depends on the scale of the exit channels for that asset. Especially in many cases where attacks belong to infinite issuance vulnerabilities, the scale of the exit that can be made essentially determines the upper limit of the attack losses. Lending protocols are often the largest exit channels. If a smart cap is introduced, where the initial cap is slightly above the current supply and is gradually adjusted to the real cap over several hours, it would have a huge effect. With such a mechanism, rsETH depositors could have avoided about 200 million dollars in losses.This also raises a point: the asset issuers themselves should support such mechanisms. If you are issuing redeemable tokens with redemption delays, you are not worried about hackers redeeming directly from you, but you need to compress the scale of external exit paths as much as possible without affecting normal users. Therefore, a high supply cap should be seen as a risk rather than a symbol of strength. For example, the Hyperbridge DOT attack did not result in a 100 million dollar loss because there were very few exit paths; the Resolv attack loss was 24 million dollars instead of 200 million dollars because the scale of the exit path limited the loss cap. This is an obvious principle, but there are still immediately actionable measures: audit the supply caps of all assets and lower the caps when unnecessary."

Venus Protocol posted on platform X regarding the Kelp incident, stating that the platform has zero exposure to rsETH, has not incurred any bad debts, and user funds are safe.As a precaution, based on the recommendations of the risk management party Allezlabs, the platform has temporarily adjusted the collateral factors for the following six types of assets to 0: USDe, sUSDe, SolvBTC, xSolvBTC, USD1, XAUM. Users can still directly repay and withdraw the above assets through the Venus UI, and updates will be released once the collateral rates return to normal.