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.
forming · confidence 40 · Emerging (watchlist) · tracking since October 27, 2026 · updated October 27, 2026
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Chainlink and Anchorage launched CustodySync, which lets institutions borrow on-chain against assets that stay with a federally chartered custodian. Separately, Aave's native Bitcoin market via Babylon still settles fees and debt in BitGo's WBTC. Both routes bring custodian counterparty risk into DeFi lending.
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Supporting · October 27, 2026
Chainlink and Anchorage connect qualified custody to DeFi lending as Aave's native Bitcoin market still settles key payments in WBTC
Chainlink and Anchorage launched CustodySync, which lets institutions borrow on-chain against assets that stay with a federally chartered custodian. Separately, Aave's native Bitcoin market via Babylon still settles fees and debt in BitGo's WBTC. Both routes bring custodian counterparty risk into DeFi lending.
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