BlackRock Enters DeFi, $40B Ledger Error & the Rise of Agentic Finance

About this episode

This episode discusses BlackRock's entry into DeFi, a significant ledger error at Bithumb, and advancements in agentic finance.

Institutional DeFi is no longer theoretical — it’s operational. This week, BlackRock deploys its $2.2B BUIDL fund directly onto Uniswap, validating decentralized infrastructure for real-world assets. Meanwhile, a $40B phantom ledger error at Bithumb stress-tests centralized exchange controls, and Tether pushes “agentic finance” forward through LayerZero and AI-driven wallet infrastructure. In this episode: BlackRock lists BUIDL on Uniswap and purchases UNI Goldman discloses $2.36B in crypto ETF exposure Bithumb survives a 2,000 BTC “fat finger” incident $1.3B in ETH futures liquidations amid volatility Tether backs LayerZero to power omnichain stablecoins Visa launches the Pengu Card across 170 countries Backpack introduces IPO-linked anti-dump tokenomics DeFi is institutional. Exchanges are stress-tested. Token design is evolving.

Topics covered

• DeFi
• BlackRock
• Bithumb
• Tether
• LayerZero
• crypto market

Keywords

• institutional finance
• crypto ETF
• stablecoins
• tokenomics

Mentioned in this episode

Products: LayerZero, the Pengu Card, DeFi, Uniswap, BUIDL, UNI, Pengu Card

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