A security story about crypto infrastructure sits behind a browser verification wall. For platform leads making vendor decisions this quarter, that's the actual story.
Aave paid 2.32% to lend stablecoins while Treasuries paid 3.64%. Then a bridge exploit minted $292M of fake collateral and the market finally did the maths.
The BIS wants to treat Binance, Coinbase and Kraken like banks. The $6-8 trillion quarterly volumes and earn programs are why, and the capital math gets ugly fast.
Florida's SB 314 makes it the first U.S. state with a payment stablecoin framework. Here's what CTOs and platform leads need to decide in the next 90 days.
Fluid and friends shipped an Aave WETH exit route in under a day after the Kelp DAO bridge exploit froze the pool. $136M cleared in 48 hours.
Solana processed 9 billion transactions last month to Ethereum's 69 million. The real question for platform teams: how much of that is signal?
The BIS says USDT and USDC behave like ETFs, not cash. That reframing changes how every fintech and DeFi team should plan their next 90 days. ===END===
