U.S.-Iran tensions push Wall Street toward tokenized real-world assets and on-chain futures, expanding tokenized Treasuries and DeFi hedges to manage off-hours volatility and energy-supply risks. Abstract: The article assesses how the U.S.-Iran conflict is accelerating Wall Street’s adoption of tokenized real-world assets and on-chain futures to manage geopolitical volatility. It notes a surge in tokenized U.S. Treasuries, broader institutional integration, and the use of blockchain pricing during market closures. IMF projections of higher oil prices and slower growth frame the case for tokenized oil and DeFi hedges as prudent responses to energy shocks and supply disruptions.

Gate News message, whale address 0xD91D established a new wallet (0xEb2a) and deposited 9,500 wstETH into Spark. The whale subsequently borrowed 9,500 ETH valued at $22.68 million, transferred the assets to a centralized exchange for sale, and withdrew USDE from the exchange to repay outstanding loa

Gate News message, April 22 — OP Labs announced the launch of Privacy Boost, a privacy product first deployed on OP Mainnet (formerly Optimism), designed to attract more enterprises into the Ethereum ecosystem. The product, offered as a software development kit and API interface, enables private tra

Volo on Sui reports a $3.5M breach in three vaults; freezes vaults; $28M TVL unaffected; investigation underway; Volo bears the loss and will publish a post-incident report. Volo, a BTCFi and liquid staking token protocol on the Sui network, disclosed a security breach affecting about $3.5 million across three vaults. The team froze all vaults and notified the Sui Foundation and ecosystem partners; the remaining vaults totaling around $28 million TVL remain secure. Volo will bear the loss and publish a comprehensive post-incident report and remediation plan after the investigation is complete.

Gate News message, April 21 — According to the latest weekly report, JUST protocol's total value locked (TVL) reached $11.4 billion, capturing 41.83% market share in Tron's DeFi ecosystem. The protocol's core lending business remains robust, with deposit volume exceeding $3.75 billion. Through

Gate News message, April 21 — DeFi depositors faced withdrawal issues over the weekend across major protocols including Aave, rsETH, and LayerZero, prompting Curve Finance founder Michael Egorov to publicly criticize the industry's architectural approach. "Are we an industry of clowns?" Egorov

Gate News update, according to the official Gate announcement on April 21, 2026 Gate Yubibao launches the second round of SWCH wealth management benefits. SWCH 7-day fixed-term wealth management products are now live, with an annualized yield of 200%. The total allocation for this round is 4.9M SWCH. Quantities are limited—first come, first served. The campaign runs from April 21, 2026 at 16:00 to June 30, 2026 at 16:00 (UTC+8). SwissCheese is revolutionizing stock trading through DeFi, providing an efficient and transparent decentralized platform for tokenized stock trading.

Michael Egorov, founder of Curve Finance, urges the DeFi industry to develop unified security standards to prevent centralized vulnerabilities. He highlights recent incidents affecting users and calls for collaboration among key organizations for proactive security measures.

Solana's Chief Product Officer bought $10,000 in XRP to showcase wXRP's utility, driving $1 million in liquidity within 24 hours. This highlights growing interoperability in DeFi and signals a shift in liquidity flows as ecosystems merge.

DeFi tokens have sharply declined due to a bad debt event affecting multiple protocols, with AAVE and LayerZero both dropping 22%. Contagion fears impacted even those without direct exposure, like Ethena and Compound.