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According to The Block, Laser Digital, a digital asset subsidiary of Nomura, has partnered with ZIG Finance to launch an on-chain investment product called zEMS Vault, aiming to raise $100 million to provide qualified institutional investors with exposure to a portfolio of loans for small and medium-sized enterprises in Saudi Arabia. The relevant loans are issued through Beehive's lending infrastructure.The vault is deployed on the BNB Chain, and investors can use stablecoins for subscriptions and redemptions. KAIO is responsible for tokenization and the management of the vault's entire lifecycle, with KYC checks performed at both the subscription and redemption stages; Zamanat is responsible for investment structure design and providing Shariah compliance consulting, while Laser Digital serves as the risk framework advisor.zEMS Vault is the first product under the strategic cooperation between ZIG Finance and Laser Digital, and both parties plan to expand this model to other emerging markets and credit strategies.

Stablecoin payment infrastructure provider Rain has launched the AI agent payment product Agent Vaults. Businesses can embed payment and receipt functions into applications using their own branding, allowing AI agents to collect payments, shop, and transfer funds on behalf of users or businesses within authorized limits.The product supports funding through bank transfers, payment cards, or stablecoins, with funds able to be stored as fiat currency in bank accounts or stablecoins in embedded wallets. Agents can make payments using Visa or Mastercard, as well as remit to bank accounts or directly transfer stablecoins. Users or platforms can set spending limits, designate merchants or payees, and restrict payment times.

According to Decrypt, Jupiter, the largest trading platform on Solana, launched four new products this week, expanding from token trading to a one-stop on-chain asset platform, and announced a new mission to make global assets universally accessible and usable.Jupiter aggregates liquidity across the entire Solana network to provide optimal prices for each transaction, with a cumulative aggregated trading volume exceeding $1.3 trillion; according to data from DeFiLlama in early November, its total locked value in the ecosystem is approximately $1.7 billion, and the active loan size in the lending market has surpassed $1 billion. Chief Operating Officer Kash Dhanda stated that aggregation applies not only to trading but to all aspects.Among the four products, Baskets allows users to deposit a single SOL or USDC to purchase a basket of tokens without the need to exchange them one by one, which can be allocated and automatically rebalanced based on market capitalization weight or fixed targets. Jupiter Vaults serve as a yield strategy center, covering stablecoin lending and strategies supported by real-world assets, managed by independent curators rather than Jupiter itself. Users can view the risk status, fund allocation, and historical returns of each strategy before depositing. Vaults went live on November 11 as a private beta for over 19,000 waitlisted users and eligible stakers of JUP.The launched Portfolio V3 upgrades the portfolio page to an actionable interface, providing quick access to trading, opening perpetual contracts, forecasting, and lending, and sends alerts when positions approach liquidation, while also adding cross-chain transfer functionality that integrates multiple cross-chain bridges. Pulse and the revamped token page provide market data for tokenized stocks and ETFs, token economic models for DeFi projects, and a token comparison sidebar.The aforementioned products will be gradually launched before the Solana Breakpoint conference opens on November 15. Jupiter stated that all Vaults strategies carry risks, and some strategies may not be available in regions including the United States.

According to Dialectic, its tokenized SpaceX stock yield vault Starloop has launched on Base, open to eligible regions outside the United States. The vault is powered by Makina and utilizes the Aave lending market.According to the strategy previously announced by Dialectic, after users deposit tokenized SpaceX stocks, the vault will use them as collateral to borrow USDC, and then allocate the funds to approved on-chain yield opportunities, with the earnings after deducting borrowing costs going to the depositors. This strategy involves collateral liquidation risks, and borrowing costs may also exceed the earnings.

According to market news, TenArmorAlert stated: its system detected suspicious attacks involving the InsurancePool and CoreVault contracts on BSC, resulting in a loss of approximately $112,300.

The founder of the cryptocurrency trading platform Gate, Han Lin, published an article sharing thoughts on fund security, proposing the Vault solution. The core principle is to prevent any party from having the ability to unilaterally access the funds. The private key is split into three shards through MPC, held respectively by the user’s device, Gate, and a disaster recovery party. The complete private key will not appear in any single location.Han Lin stated that since 2026, there have been over 600 security incidents, resulting in losses exceeding 8 billion dollars. In September alone, the losses amounted to 768 million dollars, and October is not yet over, with monthly losses already exceeding 6 billion dollars. More than 60% of the losses in the first half of the year were due to private key breaches and phishing, while code vulnerabilities accounted for just over 10%. In October, a hardware implant attack targeting distribution channels caused users to lose nearly 100 million dollars.The solution sets a 48-hour delay for Vault withdrawals, during which users can freeze their accounts at any time. If a user’s device is lost or the backup password is forgotten, Gate and a third party can assist in recovery after the user completes identity verification. If Gate services are unavailable, users can use device shards combined with third-party shards to recover assets through open-source tools. Han Lin expressed that the platform is willing to open up this architectural idea and the real user scenarios encountered for discussion among peers.

According to a report by Crypto in America, the cryptocurrency industry organization the Chamber of Digital Commerce (CCI) and members such as Bitwise, Galaxy Digital, and Morpho submitted a 238-page report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), urging the regulatory agency to clarify how existing securities laws apply to on-chain vaults and to develop a differentiated regulatory framework based on the level of control that human operators have over user assets and investment decisions.

Blockaid stated that it has detected that the Tranche Vault related to Valinor Digital on Avalanche is currently under attack. The attacker is using a flash loan to mint an inflated number of tiered shares, and then redeeming the remaining USDC from the vault.As of the time of posting, the attacker has transferred approximately $1.01 million from the vault through about 2 transactions.

According to The Block, the stock price of Nasdaq-listed company Datavault AI plummeted nearly 50% after the company stated that it has been unable to withdraw its stored BTC from the Biconomy cryptocurrency exchange since June 2026.The Bitcoin comes from a stock transaction with Scilex Holding in September 2025, where Scilex agreed to pay $150 million in BTC to purchase Datavault stock and warrants. The BTC was credited to Datavault's Biconomy wallet through an off-chain transfer.

Domain infrastructure company D3 announced the launch of the Frontier Hyperliquid Vault, a membership program that provides participants with priority access to a new round of top-level internet domains. Nasdaq-listed Hyperion DeFi (NASDAQ: HYPD) is listed as the launch partner for the vault. D3 is a core contributor to the Doma Protocol and one of the few ICANN-accredited Web3 registrars, with investors including Paradigm.At the launch of the program, ICANN opened the second round of new top-level domain applications in internet history in August 2026, receiving over 1,600 applications covering suffixes such as .agent, .crypto, .wallet, .sol, .robot, and .hype is also included in this round of applications. The last expansion occurred in 2012, resulting in approximately 1,200 new top-level domains, which are now used by tens of millions of websites.The participation process is as follows: users deposit qualified assets with supported custodians on Solana and Hyperliquid to earn Frontier Points, and then gain priority in registering domain names by committing points before formal registration. As part of the initial commitment, Hyperion DeFi will receive a distribution of DOMA tokens in future potential token generation events based on incentive arrangements with the Doma Foundation. The Doma Protocol is a DNS-compatible blockchain aimed at tokenizing the domain market, which is valued at approximately $36 billion.

The cryptocurrency wallet backup company Vault12 submitted a letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), pointing out that the proposed token safe harbor framework fails to adequately alleviate concerns about the listing of tokens on centralized exchanges. Trading platforms remain worried about the potential for the SEC to retroactively challenge the legal status of tokens in the future.Vault12 raised $17.45 million from 38 investors in 2018 through a future token agreement, and its issued Vault Guardian Token (VGT) has yet to be listed on any centralized exchange. The project has fulfilled or formally abandoned all commitments in its white paper, but the exchanges previously contacted still require confirmation that the SEC will not determine in the future that VGT continues to be bound by the original investment contract. The SEC's proposed "Regulation Crypto Assets" plan introduced in August of this year aims to provide exemptions for token financing and allows eligible projects to terminate the association between tokens and the original investment contracts through a safe harbor mechanism. Vault12 suggests adding a 60-day objection period, during which if the SEC does not raise any objections, eligible filings should have final effect on the agency, except in cases of fraud or significant misrepresentation.

According to Crypto Briefing, NEAR Protocol has launched a confidential multi-signature treasury management platform called NEAR Business, aimed at crypto-native teams and institutions. It supports handling payroll, vendor payments, cross-chain exchanges, and fund allocation within a single dashboard, covering over 35 blockchains including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, as well as more than 200 types of assets. Cross-chain transfers are completed through NEAR Intents.The platform operates on NEAR's private sharding infrastructure, with transaction details kept confidential but available for auditing; the platform is free to use, with a 0.35% fee for exchanges, currently limited to invite-only access.

According to The Defiant, the OUSD lending vault under Sentora holds $42.5 million in assets on the Tempo network. This vault is built on the Morpho protocol, allowing users to borrow against cbBTC as collateral.Despite the considerable size of the vault, the report points out that the vast majority of its assets are currently idle and have not been deployed into actual lending operations. This means that the vault's capital utilization rate is low and its lending functionality has not been fully realized.

On October 19, the decentralized stablecoin USDD released its treasury report for the third quarter of 2026. The report shows that the total treasury income for USDD during the quarter was $9.7 million, a month-on-month increase of 26.7%; expenses were $7,601; net profit was approximately $9.7 million; and the treasury balance reached $31.24 million, surpassing $30 million for the first time, setting a new historical high.The report pointed out that the performance of the USDD treasury experienced strong growth in Q3, driven by a significant increase in income during the quarter; Smart Allocator's asset allocation yield reached $9.11 million; quarterly expenses decreased by 69.4% month-on-month, further enhancing treasury operational efficiency. This quarter's performance demonstrates USDD's ongoing progress in sustainable revenue growth and efficient treasury management.According to data from the official website, the current supply of USDD is $1.78 billion, with a TVL of $2.48 billion, and Smart Allocator has generated and distributed a total yield of $32.16 million.

NEAR Protocol announced support for users to earn SOL rewards through confidential accounts. After users deposit funds into the vault, the vault cannot know their address, and there are no lock-up requirements, allowing for redemption or withdrawal at any time. The related vaults are deployed by Gauntlet on Kamino.

On October 12, 2026, the strategy and treasury infrastructure provider INFINIT launched a custodial trading treasury framework, with the first named treasury being APEX Multi-Strategy. The treasury is limited to qualified Hyperliquid markets with an open interest of at least $100 million. Depositors enter with USDC during the specified window and receive receipt tokens representing their shares. The strategy manager trades within a fixed period, and at the end of the term, holders can redeem their shares based on the treasury's USDC value after fees are deducted. The manager sets fees, lock-up periods, deposit windows, risk limits, and strategies before opening deposits.INFINIT states that deposits are held in a 3-of-4 multi-signature, with keys distributed between INFINIT and the operations team. Trading vouchers can be opened and closed, but depositor funds cannot be withdrawn. The company publishes a shared trading wallet and provides weekly performance reports to depositors. The shared infrastructure INFINIT OS covers strategy research and testing, treasury setup, share accounting, controlled execution, risk monitoring, and investor reporting, and can provide strategy managers with legal frameworks, regulated fund licenses, and fund management support.Managers must comply with INFINIT Standard to accept deposits, including completing identity verification and screening, co-investing with depositors in initial loss capital, demonstrating live trading records, and declaring market, leverage, exposure, and drawdown limits. The first treasury is operated by Apex Quantitative Capital, with a strategy based on a systematic CTA momentum model, covering stocks, commodities, and crypto through Hyperliquid perpetual contracts, maintaining a dollar-neutral book.

The cross-chain protocol Relay announced on platform X that it will be discontinuing Relay Vaults. Users holding funds need to go to the official portal to withdraw, which will close on December 31, 2026. After that, users can still withdraw directly from the contract.The official statement indicated that Vaults are optional products for users to provide liquidity and are being discontinued due to an upcoming improved version, with relevant details to be announced in the future. Swap, payments, and other integrations will not be affected and will continue to operate as usual.

According to The Defiant, the stablecoin issuer Tether has blacklisted four THORChain treasury addresses, which collectively hold approximately 1.45 million USDT.As a result, THORChain's Tron cross-chain exchanges and liquidity provider-related operations have been suspended. THORChain co-founder Chad Barraford stated that the team did not receive any prior notice before Tether took action.

According to official news, Chainlink announced the launch of CCIP Vault Adapters, allowing decentralized finance (DeFi) vaults on a single network to directly receive one-click deposits from over 80 supported blockchains, without the need to redeploy vaults across different chains.

Cryptocurrency trading and market-making institution GSR announced an investment of 100 million dollars to launch the on-chain credit business Hare, which is built in collaboration with the liquidity distribution platform Turtle, responsible for creating and managing on-chain vaults. GSR's multi-year commitment is primarily provided in the form of credit lines, with its own funds serving as anchor liquidity to enter Hare's products first, followed by the introduction of external investors.Hare initially launched two products supported by the lending protocol Aave: Hare USD Earn, which receives mainstream dollar stablecoins in a single vault, and Hare Gold Earn, which allows holders of Paxos tokenized gold products PAXG and PAXGy to earn returns, with Paxos Labs participating in the collaboration on gold products. Hare's CEO Connor Milner stated that GSR's commitment is considered deployed capital, allowing issuers to access liquidity from day one, and allocators can also see GSR's own funds in the same vault as theirs. Milner previously served as a senior director at London DeFi hedge fund Re7 Capital.Vaults are becoming an important component of on-chain finance, with investors depositing assets into smart contracts, and curators deciding how to deploy funds in lending markets and other strategies. According to data from Vaults.fyi, as of July, 788 curated vaults managed a total of 8.6 billion dollars in assets.