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vlayer: vlayer’s Manifesto: The Verifiable Data Infrastructure

Explore vlayer's vision for bridging the gap between Web2 and Web3. Learn how vlayer leverages zero-knowledge proofs to make Web2 data actionable on-chain, empowering decentralized applications and enhancing privacy through verifiable claims.

January 1, 2025

24 Things From 2024

It's been a big year. We helped push forward education and adoption of tokenized assets while working to educate the wider industry so we can bring the next trillion dollars of assets onchain.

January 1, 2025

2024 Founder Letter

The numbers that are important tell a story about Maple’s growth in 2024. During the year, our Total Value Locked (TVL), the north star metric, climbed from $85m to a peak of over $600m. This growth is essential to Maple’s mission of becoming the world’s largest institutional lender, beginning with digital assets.

December 26, 2024

Spotlight Ep. 13: Virtuals Protocol - The Agentic Economy w/ Jansen

Digitized Spotlight hosts Amanda (Collab+Currency) and Winnie (BlockTower Capital) interview Jansen, co-founder of Virtuals Protocol, which enables the creation, ownership, and growth of tokenized AI Agents. We discuss Virtuals Protocol’s product offering and upcoming roadmap, what’s next for AI agents, and more!

December 21, 2024

Turning Vision Into Action: Scaling Maple in 2025

This article will explore where Maple stands post-SYRUP launch, the incredible opportunity ahead in 2025, and how we plan to capitalize on it. We will delve into the Maple Ecosystem, comprising Maple Institutional and Syrup.fi and outline our roadmap for the year ahead.

December 19, 2024

The AI revolution needs infrastructure. We're building it.

Looking for engineers who love solving complex problems and want to shape how AI agents interact with every website on Earth.

December 18, 2024

Ethena Rolls Out Stablecoin Backed by BlackRock's BUIDL Token

The protocol's governance token ENA rallied over the weekend as Donald Trump-affiliated World Liberty Financial invested in the token.

December 16, 2024

Pectra: What It Means For You

By enabling the consolidation of existing validators up to 2048 eth in size, this is a unique opportunity for node operators and staking protocols to reduce their validator count and migrate to distributed validators to future-proof their infrastructure.

December 16, 2024

Key Takeaways from OurNetwork’s Aptos Mega Issue (Q4 2024)

To close out 2024, leading onchain data newsletter OurNetwork has published yet another deep-dive report on the Aptos ecosystem.

December 16, 2024

Announcing the OBOL Token and Decentralized Operator Ecosystem

We’re excited to announce the introduction of the OBOL token and the formation of the world’s largest Decentralized Operator Ecosystem.

January 21, 2025

Into the Clanker-Verse

This memo will be a follow up on our previous Clanker post in November, exploring why Clanker’s ecosystem may have the strongest claim to Base proxy status.

January 17, 2025

Coinbase Launches Crypto-Backed Loans, Powered by Morpho

Today, Coinbase introduced its crypto-backed loans, powered by Morpho. This new, fully on-chain product allows millions of users to get a USDC loan directly through Coinbase’s main app. The integration combines Morpho’s efficient infrastructure with Coinbase's expertise in making crypto accessible globally.

January 16, 2025

Morpho: Institutional Grade Lending Infrastructure

Today, Coinbase announced the launch of crypto-backed loans, an on-chain integration allowing customers to borrow USDC using Bitcoin as collateral. Morpho is proud to see Coinbase integrate its platform into the app, and believes other fintech companies can benefit greatly from offering DeFi services to their users.

January 16, 2025

Trump-era policies may fuel tokenized real-world assets surge

As tokenized real-world assets surge amid TradFi’s pursuit of higher yields, a Centrifuge executive predicts new regulations under Trump and expanding DeFi options in 2025.

January 16, 2025

How to Make the United States the Crypto Capital of the World

Members of the crypto law bar lay out practical ways the new Trump administration can create the best environment for crypto development.

January 16, 2025