Structured Credit Onchain: Ethena's $250M CLO Bet
Ethena's $250M allocation to Securitize's tokenized AAA CLO fund pushes DeFi reserves beyond T-bills into structured credit. We examine the mechanics and the risks.
DeFi about 13 hours ago
The Quantum Threat to Bitcoin's Exposed Coins
A technical analysis of how quantum computing endangers reused Bitcoin addresses, which UTXOs are exposed, and what post-quantum migration would require.
BTCFi 3 days ago
Ethena's $250M CLO Bet: Reserves Beyond Treasuries
Ethena is moving USDe reserves into tokenized AAA CLOs via Securitize's STAC. We analyze the structural credit risk this introduces and what it signals.
DeFi 5 days ago
Beyond Debt: Options as DeFi's Stability Primitive
A mechanism-level analysis of Vitalik's proposal to build index-tracking assets from options rather than debt, and what it implies for liquidation risk.
DeFi 8 days ago
Payments Layer, Attack Surface: The Gnosis Pay Exploit
A structural post-mortem of the Gnosis Pay incident — how card rails create novel attack surfaces and what full user reimbursement signals about issuer risk.
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Ethena's $250M allocation to Securitize's tokenized AAA CLO fund pushes DeFi reserves beyond T-bills into structured credit. We examine the mechanics and the risks.
DeFi 17 min read
The Quantum Threat to Bitcoin's Exposed Coins
A technical analysis of how quantum computing endangers reused Bitcoin addresses, which UTXOs are exposed, and what post-quantum migration would require.
BTCFi 16 min read
Ethena's $250M CLO Bet: Reserves Beyond Treasuries
Ethena is moving USDe reserves into tokenized AAA CLOs via Securitize's STAC. We analyze the structural credit risk this introduces and what it signals.
DeFi 13 min read
Beyond Debt: Options as DeFi's Stability Primitive
A mechanism-level analysis of Vitalik's proposal to build index-tracking assets from options rather than debt, and what it implies for liquidation risk.
DeFi 14 min read
Payments Layer, Attack Surface: The Gnosis Pay Exploit
A structural post-mortem of the Gnosis Pay incident — how card rails create novel attack surfaces and what full user reimbursement signals about issuer risk.
The Permissionless Perimeter: The Squid Module Exploit
A technical post-mortem of the $3.2M SquidRouterModule exploit and what it reveals about ambiguous ownership in modular DeFi architectures.