Silo Launched V3, BasedOneX TGE, Earn 15%+ on Stable Assets

Mar 30, 2026

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Whop integrated DeFi yield through Veda vault infrastructure using Aave on Plasma, enabling more than 20M users and 2.5M businesses to earn 6% autocompounding USDT yield with instant withdrawals.
Balancer restructures after November 2025 V2 exploit, cutting team by 50%, reducing annual budget 34% to $1.9M, and 100% of protocol fees now go to the DAO Treasury instead of being split across holders and incentives.
Silo Finance launched Silo V3, introducing a dual-liquidation framework designed to maintain solvency even when DEX liquidity disappears, allowing the protocol to resolve bad debt without relying on external market liquidity.
Aave DAO approved the ARFC proposal to deploy Aave V4 on Ethereum, moving the upgrade to the next stage of governance. V4 will introduce a new dynamic risk pricing feature to adjust borrowing rates based on the quality of collateral used.
Fluid repaid about $70M of USR-related debt on BNB and Plasma after the Resolv incident, and markets remain operational, with users compensation plan to follow.
Neverland, a lending protocol on Monad, has launched E-Mode (Efficiency Mode), allowing users to borrow more against closely related assets.
Lido DAO has approved a $5M treasury allocation into its Earn vaults, with $3M in wstETH and $2M in USDC acting as a first-loss buffer that absorbs losses before other depositors are affected.

Tori Finance, backed by Delphi Ventures, is launching a yield protocol bringing institutional delta-neutral strategies on-chain via its strUSD token, targeting up to 15% APY with no crypto market exposure.
USDai is restricting direct minting and redemption to KYC’d institutions from April 6th, citing compliance and security concerns. Regular users can still access USDai via DEXs and stake freely.
PistachioFi launched Pistachio v2, enabling access to tokenized Brazilian and Mexican government treasury yields up to 13%.
Felix, a lending protocol on HyperEVM, launched tokenized stocks and ETFs using Ondo Finance infrastructure, enabling onchain trading of more than 250 equities
Franklin Templeton and Ondo launch tokenized ETFs with 24/7 onchain trading via crypto wallets

Katana acquired IDEX and launched a native perpetuals DEX focused on generating yield from trading activity rather than token emissions, with early access and Season 1 points program now live.
GMX launched two upgrades: on-chain buyback transparency and a new Staking Power system, where rewards are based on duration and amount staked
N1, a perps-focused chain, has launched Atomics on its 01 perp DEX, allowing traders to bundle up to 10 order actions into a single transaction that either fully executes or fully reverts
Variational discontinued loss refund rewards, redirecting associated revenue to the protocol treasury, and shifting incentives toward proactive trading rewards.

BasedOneX launches BASED , now listed on Hyperliquid, other major CEXes, with 36% of the fixed 1 billion supply allocated to traders using BasedOneX app for perps trading and prediction markets activity.

Hinkal launched Hinkal Pay on Solana, enabling private on-chain payments using zero-knowledge proofs that hide sender, recipient, and transaction amounts

Resolv Labs warned users not to trade or acquire USR after illicitly minted tokens mixed with the legitimate supply following the exploit, complicating recovery efforts while mitigation and resolution plans are being evaluated.
Moonwell faces governance attack as $1,800 token purchase enables proposal threatening $1 million in protocol funds, exposing risks in low-quorum governance systems where minimal capital can push high-impact decisions

NovaBay Pharmaceuticals announced it will rebrand as Stablecoin Development Corporation and change its ticker from NBY to SDEV starting April 3.
Bitmine launches MAVAN Ethereum staking platform targeting approximately $300 million in annual rewards by staking 3,142,643 ETH.
Strategy announced new at-the-market (ATM) programs to raise up to $21B in MSTR stock and $21B in STRC preferred shares.
Tether hires Big Four auditor for its first full audit of USDT reserves.
Securitize signed an MOU with NYSE to support a tokenized securities platform, becoming the first transfer agent eligible to mint blockchain-native securities.
Marathon Digital Holdings sold 15,133 BTC worth over $1B after revising its treasury policy to allow Bitcoin sales for operations and AI data center expansion, reducing holdings from 53,822 BTC to 38,689 BTC.

CLARITY Act draft would prohibit passive yield on CEX custodial stablecoin balances while allowing activity-based rewards, a compromise aimed at protecting bank deposits while leaving room for on-chain DeFi models. The proposal remains under Senate negotiation and has not yet advanced to committee markup.
SEC Chair Paul Atkins signals that an exemption for tokenization innovation could arrive within weeks for crypto firms. This regulatory clarity could accelerate institutional adoption of on-chain asset tokenization across multiple sectors.

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