DeFi Lending Becomes Tokenization's Financing Layer
As banks and asset managers tokenize funds and securities, they will keep treating established DeFi lending protocols as the place where tokenized assets are pledged and financed. Value and fee capture in tokenization then shifts toward a few large lending venues, and those venues inherit the question of where on-chain yield actually comes from.
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Citi Research named Aave as a likely financing layer for tokenized assets and called collateral mobility one of tokenization's most important uses. The article notes that the claim depends on where on-chain yield comes from.
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Supporting · October 20, 2026
Citi Research Names Aave as a Likely Financing Layer for Tokenized Assets
Citi Research named Aave as a likely financing layer for tokenized assets and called collateral mobility one of tokenization's most important uses. The article notes that the claim depends on where on-chain yield comes from.
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