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Morning Edition · Tuesday, October 27, 2026Published at 1:37 AM EDT · New York
Chainlink and Anchorage connect qualified custody to DeFi lending as Aave's native Bitcoin market still settles key payments in WBTC
CustodySync lets institutions borrow on-chain against assets that stay with a federally chartered custodian. Babylon's direct Bitcoin route to Aave bypasses pool funding but leaves fees and debt in BitGo's wrapped token.
Chainlink has launched CustodySync with Anchorage Digital Bank as its first partner. The service lets institutions borrow from decentralized lending markets against assets held in qualified custody. It connects custodians to on-chain lendin…
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Custodied Collateral Enters DeFi Lending
Institutions will keep reaching on-chain credit through chartered custodians and wrapped assets rather than trust-minimized collateral. DeFi lending grows by importing custodian counterparty risk that its audits do not cover.
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