vaults

According to Forward Industries (NASDAQ: $FWDI) in a public letter, the company's General Counsel Georgia Quinn officially responded to SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce's statement on July 22, 2026, titled "Headstands and Summervaults," and proposed a three-tier vault regulatory framework centered on "management freedom" as a core variable:• Type I - Use: Developers provide out-of-the-box software, and users configure parameters themselves without registration;• Type II - Follow: Referencing the SEC's 2013 no-action letter regarding AngelList, Angels set strategies for others to follow, meeting conditions such as co-investment and information disclosure, without needing to register as investment advisors;• Type III - Advised: Involves active management, requiring registration or applicable exemptions, suggesting that the SEC and CFTC jointly regulate to avoid dual compliance conflicts.The article also presents five baseline requirements applicable to all vaults, including conflict of interest disclosure, code public audit, exclusion of disqualified persons, applicability of anti-fraud rules, and state law preemption. The article specifically notes that Peirce's statement did not mention the CFTC, and the inter-agency regulatory issues regarding mixed-asset vaults urgently need to be addressed by the SEC and CFTC.

According to Decrypt, Michael Gubbins, the head of the Criminal Assets Bureau in Ireland, revealed to the Sunday Independent that organized crime gangs are renting private vaults to store cryptocurrency wallet private keys and mnemonic phrases along with cash, luxury watches, passports, and other valuables. This situation has been reported to the government's Anti-Money Laundering Steering Committee, which is preparing to implement new EU anti-money laundering rules in Ireland.The new EU regulations will take effect next summer, prohibiting cash transactions over 10,000 euros and requiring businesses to identify individuals for cash expenditures of 3,000 euros and above. Gubbins stated that crime gangs believe cryptocurrency offers anonymity, but the use of cryptocurrency in Ireland is still quite primitive, with cash remaining the primary form of payment for criminal activities such as drug trafficking.The bureau is handling its largest cryptocurrency seizure in history, involving 6,000 bitcoins confiscated from a cannabis grower in 2019, with the private keys written on paper and hidden in a tackle box, which was later lost. With the assistance of Europol, the bureau has cracked the first of 12 wallets in March, with over 130 million euros already liquidated from assets totaling 360 million euros.

The development team of Term Finance, Term Labs, announced that after the governance attack incident, all Term Meta Vaults have been permanently closed, DAO governance rights have been revoked, but the withdrawal channel remains open. In an update on August 23, Term stated that this closure is irreversible and permanently prevents subsequent deposits, but did not disclose the scale of the remaining assets in the vault, only indicating that it will "explore pathways" to address any gaps, and the amount that depositors can recover remains undecided.Blockchain security company PeckShield estimates that the attacker stole approximately 2,843 ETH (worth about $6.87 million at the time) and 1.68 million USDC (which was later exchanged for about 1.68 million DAI), with total losses estimated at around $8.5 million. On-chain records confirm the related transfers: one transaction transferred 2,841.74 WETH to an address labeled "Term Finance Exploiter 1" by Etherscan, while another transaction transferred 1.68 million USDC to an address labeled "Term Finance Exploiter 2".Yearn stated that Term's vault contract uses its V3 architecture, but the attack occurred on Term's custom governance wrapper, which is not applicable to standard Yearn vaults. Term indicated that, according to the current investigation, its underlying protocol and direct lending market were not affected and is working with external security teams for remediation and recovery, but did not provide any compensation commitments or timelines.

According to Cointelegraph, the European Commission is assessing whether to include crypto lending (including DeFi vaults) in the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). The relevant targeted consultation was launched on May 20, 2026, with a feedback deadline of September 30. MiCA originally excluded crypto lending and completely decentralized activities, but Brussels is currently reviewing these gaps.EU digital asset lawyer Yuriy Brisov stated that there is no category of "vault" in EU law, and lawyers need to define by function rather than label. Vaults decentralize economic functions such as lending across smart contracts and multiple participants (such as owners, curators, distributors, and sentinels in Morpho Vault V2), making it difficult to correspond to a single regulated entity. Cahill partner Jonathan Galea cautioned against treating "DeFi lending" as a single label, as products with different structures may be subject to a one-size-fits-all approach. Curve founder Michael Egorov noted that if included in regulation, they should be treated differently, as DeFi does not require all the protections of traditional lending and may need different rules.

According to the SEC official website, Commissioner Hester M. Peirce issued a statement highlighting the intersection of cryptocurrency vaults and on-chain lending strategies with federal securities laws. Peirce pointed out that migrating activities to the blockchain does not automatically exempt them from the regulatory scope of securities laws. Cryptocurrency vaults allocate user assets to yield activities such as staking and lending through smart contracts, and if the managers are involved in selecting yield strategies or reallocating assets, it may trigger compliance obligations under securities laws; some vault structures may be deemed joint enterprises or fall under the regulation of investment companies.Regarding on-chain lending strategies, management actions such as interest rate setting, asset admission, and liquidation thresholds may also involve securities laws, and related loans may be classified as securities under certain conditions. Peirce stated that the SEC welcomes proactive communication from market participants in the vault and on-chain lending space and seeks input from all parties to explore whether there is a need to revise rules to protect investors while allowing space for innovation.

Kraken Institutional announced a partnership with the on-chain yield platform Upshift, allowing qualified institutional clients to earn yields directly on idle Bitcoin, Ethereum, stablecoins, and other crypto assets within Kraken's compliant custody framework.Unlike traditional pooled vaults, Upshift will build a dedicated customized vault for each client, tailored entirely to the client's investment strategy, risk parameters, liquidity needs, and asset portfolio. Assets will be allocated to these non-custodial vaults and subsequently deployed to selected on-chain contracts, with the client's isolated Kraken custody account receiving a receipt token.

Aave announced that it has selected Chainlink CCIP as its cross-chain infrastructure standard. CCIP is currently delivering infrastructure a.DI through Aave to undertake cross-chain GHO transfers and multi-chain governance execution.Subsequently, cross-chain logic for the Aave App will be supported through Stable Vaults, covering scenarios such as vault rebalancing, yield optimization, deposits, and transfers. Relevant cross-chain operations will take place between Ethereum, Base, and Arbitrum.

Aave Labs announced the launch of Stable Vaults, which are open to third-party developers and enterprises. Stable Vaults can convert on-chain floating lending yields into fixed income and automatically complete cross-chain liquidity management, asset rebalancing, and yield distribution, enabling enterprises to quickly build stablecoin yield products.Aave Labs stated that this solution has been applied to the Aave App and is now available for integration by wallets, exchanges, neobanks, payment companies, and fintech enterprises, and it also supports the integration of any ERC-4626 yield strategy.

Summer.fi officially announced that it has suffered an attack and has suspended all vaults under the Lazy Summer Protocol. An investigation into the root cause is currently underway, and updates will be provided continuously.

Bitget announced a partnership with the U.S. licensed brokerage Atomic Vaults (AVS), which will provide underlying support for Bitget's recently launched U.S. stock direct connection service "Bitget U.S. Stocks." AVS is a registered broker-dealer with the U.S. SEC, a member of FINRA and SIPC, with a nominal monthly trading volume exceeding $20 billion, offering institutional-grade trading infrastructure and compliant access to the U.S. stock market.It is understood that Bitget's U.S. stock business has formed a dual-track layout. On one hand, it provides stock token (rToken) trading through the compliant RWA protocol Reality, and on the other hand, it offers real stock direct connection trading through AVS. This "tokenization + direct connection" dual-track model aims to meet the differentiated needs of different users regarding asset ownership forms and trading experiences, further consolidating its competitiveness in the multi-asset trading field.

Avalanche Treasury Company officially listed on Nasdaq under the code AVAT on Thursday, but faced a sell-off on its first day of trading, with the stock price dropping 16% from the opening to close at $1.85.The company completed its listing through a merger with SPAC Mountain Lake Acquisition, with a total transaction size of approximately $675 million, and received support from institutions such as Dragonfly, Pantera, ParaFi Capital, VanEck, Galaxy Digital, and Kraken.Avalanche Treasury holds approximately 15 million AVAX tokens, aiming to provide investors with exposure to the Avalanche ecosystem without the need to hold the tokens directly. CEO Bart Smith stated that this strategy is not a direct bet on price, but rather a long-term investment in the potential for institutional financial restructuring.Although the Avalanche ecosystem has attracted over 550 projects and more than $1 billion in institutional funds since its launch in 2020, its native token AVAX has recently faced significant pressure, with prices falling back to near five-year lows.Market data shows that AVAT's first-day performance continued the generally weak trend of crypto "Digital Asset Treasury (DAT)" companies. Previous related listings such as Strategy, Bitmine, and SOL Strategies have all experienced significant pullbacks, reflecting ongoing valuation pressure for such assets in the crypto bear market environment.

Coinbase announced on Wednesday the launch of two on-chain USDC lending vaults on Morpho, with Steakhouse Financial serving as the risk curator, providing users with lending options at different risk levels for the first time. The Prime vault adopts a conservative strategy, using blue-chip crypto assets like BTC and ETH as collateral, with yields ranging from approximately 3.5% to 4%. The High Yield vault accepts a broader basket of collateral, including assets issued by Ethena, with an annualized yield of about 8.79% supported by Ethena's government bond-backed stablecoin USDtb.Morpho provides a non-custodial lending infrastructure, with Steakhouse Financial managing approximately $2.03 billion in Morpho vault TVL, leading the second place by about $1 billion. Coinbase's collaboration with Ethena predates the launch of these vaults, as Coinbase Ventures purchased ENA tokens on the open market in June as part of a broader distribution agreement.

The Ethereum Foundation announced on platform X that it will deploy 3,400 ETH to Morpho Vaults, with 1,000 ETH entering Morpho Vaults V2.

Lido tweeted that the V3 Phase 3 has been launched. Now, all stVaults can mint stETH without permission, and the minting limits for identified node operators have also been increased. The initial deployment work for Lido V3 has now been fully completed.

According to Sentora, there are currently 368 entities holding crypto asset vaults, with a total scale exceeding $185 billion. Among them, publicly traded companies account for 59.3%, private companies for 13.7%, totaling 73%; government agencies hold 25.6%. DAOs, non-profit organizations, and other categories account for a smaller proportion.

According to Decrypt, influenced by the Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts and new FASB regulations, the crypto asset treasury (DAT) dominated by Bitcoin and Ethereum recorded a net inflow of $2.6 billion over the past two weeks, marking a seven-week high.Strategy Company purchased over 20,000 BTC in two separate transactions within a week, totaling nearly $2 billion. Market data shows that funds are primarily flowing into BTC and ETH, reflecting institutions' trend of "seeking safety in quality." Analysts suggest that the DAT structure may be more attractive in the long term due to the ability to earn staking rewards and participate in mergers and acquisitions, compared to spot ETFs.

According to CoinDesk, the Bitcoin staking project Babylon has partnered with the decentralized lending protocol Aave, allowing Bitcoin to be used as collateral directly without the need for wrapping or centralized custody.In addition to lending services, Babylon is also preparing to expand its treasury design into the DeFi insurance sector, enabling Bitcoin to serve as insurance coverage for collateral against protocol hacks. If no claims occur, the Bitcoin deposited in the insurance pool will generate returns; when a hacking incident occurs, this Bitcoin will provide liquidity for claims. Babylon is collaborating with Aave to combine Babylon's Trustless Vaults with Aave's "hub-and-spoke" architecture.Babylon will build a dedicated Bitcoin-backed "branch" within Aave's lending "hub," allowing users to deposit Bitcoin on its base chain while borrowing stablecoins and other assets in Aave's market. The testing plan is set to launch in early 2026, with the product expected to be released around April.

According to ChainCatcher news and the official blog, Aptos Labs has officially launched a unified multisig wallet solution called Petra Vault on the Aptos network. This product is designed to provide enterprise-level security and an intuitive design for teams and individual users.The main features of Petra Vault include: Compatibility: Supports direct import of vaults from existing Aptos multisig platforms such as Rimosafe and MSafe without the need to reset governance. Security: Built-in transaction simulation feature allows users to preview transaction results before broadcasting to mitigate risks; can also be used in conjunction with Aptos Keyless to distribute signing authority across different platforms such as Ledger, Google, and Apple accounts. Usability: Provides preset proposal templates for common operations like sending tokens and updating owners to accelerate execution speed.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Morpho Vaults V2 has officially launched today and is now live on Ethereum, with plans to deploy on other chains soon.This version retains the reliable experience of Morpho Vaults V1 while introducing several innovative enhancements: it allows users to allocate assets to current and future Morpho protocols, including Morpho Market V1 and the upcoming Morpho Market V2; it implements configurable separation of duties to support institutional-level compliance; it introduces a new ID system that allows curators to set absolute and relative limits based on shared risk factors; through optional gated contracts, Vault creators can implement complex access rules; users can redeem their holdings in the Vault via flash loans, even if the Vault lacks immediate liquidity.