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This Is the 'Best Investment Environment Ever', Says BlackRock’s CIO of Global Fixed Income
16.8.2025
Rick Rieder cited strong earnings, high yields and low volatility as drivers of today’s favorable investing climate, while warning complacency remains a risk
Metaplanet Aims to Channel Japan’s Fixed Income Market Into a Bitcoin Growth Engine
13.8.2025
Metaplanet Inc., Japan’s largest publicly traded bitcoin holder, is setting its sights on the country’s vast fixed-income market to supercharge its BTC treasury strategy. The firm, which controls 18,113 bitcoin, unveiled plans to issue perpetual preferred shares (Prefs) to bankroll fresh...
The Rate Renaissance: How Benchmark Rates Unlock DeFi’s Potential
23.7.2025
Forward rate agreements (FRAs) serve as a foundational tool in the fixed income market to allow participants to manage expected interest rate fluctuations, and ultimately provide structure and scalability to unlock the next evolution of DeFi, write Treehouse Labs’ Jun Yong Heng and Si Wei Yue
Fixed income could be DeFi’s ‘missing link’ says Treehouse CEO
20.2.2025
Treehouse CEO Brandon Goh says that fixed income could be DeFi's missing link to more widespread adoption, particularly at an institutional level, in the latest episode of Hashing It Out
Crypto tops fixed-income on ETF investor wishlist: Schwab survey
10.10.2024
Crypto is second only to equities and for millennial investors it tops the list, the survey said.
Building a Yield Curve for Defi
16.9.2024
While decentralized finance (defi) continues to innovate, it still lacks a critical component that has long been foundational in traditional finance: fixed-income products. I sat down for a great conversation with Jerry Li, co-founder and CEO of Term Structure, who introduced me to the idea...
Secured Finance Unveils Groundbreaking Multi-Chain Strategy to Empower DeFi Markets
9.2.2024
  In an era where decentralized finance (DeFi) is reshaping the financial landscape, Secured Finance emerges as a beacon of innovation with its latest multi-chain strategy. This move is not just a leap forward in on-chain fixed-income markets but a testament to the platform’s commitment...
Are Rising Yields Putting the Squeeze on DeFi?
25.10.2023
In this week’s “Crypto Long & Short,” Todd Groth investigates the interplay between TradFi and DeFi yields and why comparisons across markets are often overly simplified apples vs oranges
Fixed Income DeFi Platform Term Finance Readies for Business
28.2.2023
Term Labs, the platform's builder, raised a $2.5 million seed round led by Electric Capital with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Circle Ventures and others
Singapore Bank DBS Completes Fixed Income Trade on JPMorgan's Blockchain Network Onyx
23.11.2022
Singaporean bank DBS is the latest big bank to harness JPMorgan's blockchain-based fixed income trading network Onyx, becoming the first Asian bank to do so
Matrixport's BTC Fixed Income Product Affected by FTX's Collapse
11.11.2022
The firm faces no risks of insolvency, Matrixport's spokesperson told CoinDesk
Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission CVM Subpoenas Mercado Bitcoin on Fixed Income Token Investments
30.9.2022
The Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) has sent a subpoena to Mercado Bitcoin, one of the biggest exchanges in the country, to inquire about the services the company lends regarding cryptocurrency-related fixed return investments. The company will have to disclose the details...
Blackrock’s CIO: Bitcoin and Crypto Are Durable Assets — Prices Will Move Higher
19.6.2022
The chief investment officer of global fixed income at Blackrock, the world’s largest asset manager, says bitcoin and crypto are durable assets. “I think there’s a healthy recalibration going on,” he said, noting that “if you look two to three years hence, they...
BNP Paribas Joins JPM's Blockchain Network Onyx for Fixed Income Trading: Report
23.5.2022
The French bank will use the Onyx network for short-term fixed income trading
Position Exchange: Crypto Bonds Powered by Smart Contracts
30.1.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Position Exchange is pleased to announce the release of its Bonds feature. Dive deeper into this game changing DeFi product. What is a Bond? A bond is a fixed-income instrument that represents a loan made by an investor to a borrower (typically corporate or governmental). A bond...
ADALend: Protocol Efficiency on Cardano in Handling Interest Rates
16.12.2021
Crypto traders turn to fixed-income instruments like bonds and stocks to diversify their portfolios. The cryptocurrency market is a legitimate source of debt securities that are no less reputable than their equivalents and is a substantial economic force to reckon. With interest rate derivative...
If Crypto Is Anything Like Fixed-Income, It’s Going to Need a Fatter Textbook
16.6.2020
Expect digital assets investing to mirror fixed income investing and become more specialized and complex over time, says our columnist