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Babylon announced a partnership with Aegis to develop a fixed-rate credit product backed by native Bitcoin, with no need to wrap assets, perform bridges to other networks or surrender custody. The solution will combine Babylon Trustless Bitcoin Vaults, Aave v4 and Aegis's fixed-rate lending infrastructure, and is expected to be available in Q4 2026, subject to development and testing.

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Bitcoin's crash to $58,000 confirmed a bear flag breakdown, setting a new price target of $54,000 or lower.

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Baillie Gifford's reported tokenized bond fund plans add another traditional asset manager to the race to bring regulated funds onto public blockchain rail

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Ripple's dollar-backed RLUSD stablecoin is now available in Japan through SBI VC Trade, adding a regulated Asian market to Ripple's stablecoin push.