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🇸🇬 Next week, the Kiln team will be heading to the Singapore Fintech Festival! Meet Colin V., Aviessa Khoo, and Haruki S. to chat about all things DeFi and staking. 🎾 We’re also teaming up with Gibson Dunn and Talos to host the “Crypto and Compliance Padel Cup”, a friendly padel tournament and networking event bringing together builders, investors, and innovators across the ecosystem. Register here: https://lnkd.in/eMzAgGas And if you’re attending the Global Alts side events, we'll be around. Let’s connect!

🚨 This Week in Digital Assets ⤵️ This week, Chainlink launched the Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE), a unified orchestration layer that runs verifiable workflows across public and permissioned chains. It’s a turning point for how tokenized funds and stablecoins move from pilots to production. 2/ CRE bundles cross-chain messaging, data feeds, and compliance automation into a single runtime that institutions can plug into without rebuilding infrastructure. Think of it as the missing bridge between onchain workflows and existing financial systems. 3/ Recent live use cases: • JPMorgan’s Kinexys + Ondo Finance → cross-chain tokens-for-cash settlement using CRE • UBS + DigiFT → fund subscription/redemption run fully onchain, synced with custody systems These are production-grade fund ops, not demos. 4/ CRE is fast becoming a shared standard for institutional tokenization. Trials with DTCC, Swift, and Euroclear point to a model where common message formats trigger onchain actions via a single runtime, instead of every project building custom middleware. 5/ Network effects will define the winner. If CRE becomes the default runtime for onchain finance, reusable workflows will compound across chains, custodians, and issuers, just as Java standardized execution across web apps. 6/ At Kiln, we’ve adopted CRE to power our DeFi initiatives: enabling transparent, compliance-ready access to institutional yield strategies. This is how real infrastructure brings traditional finance onchain. Read the full breakthrough on our latest blog post: https://lnkd.in/em-pna85

Don’t miss our CEO & Co-Founder, Laszlo S., live today at 9:10 PM CET on CoinDesk’s livestream. He’ll be sharing insights on our new partnership with Chainlink Labs, Kiln’s vision for the future, and more.

Institutions want to manage assets and yield onchain, but operational complexity keeps them out. By integrating Chainlink Labs CRE + ACE, we've embedded programmable controls, cross-chain execution, and transparent NAV reporting into our vault infrastructure. Institutional yield that scales → powered by Kiln.

🚨 This Week in Digital Assets ⤵️ Altcoin ETFs are here, and they might be here to stay. This week, Solana, Litecoin, and Hedera ETFs quietly hit U.S. exchanges, led by Bitwise Asset Management, Grayscale Investments, and Canary Capital. The kicker? It all happened during a government shutdown. 2/ With the SEC’s staff offline, issuers used a procedural loophole: by removing the “delaying amendment,” filings went effective automatically after 20 days under Section 8(a). Canary leaned in first, others followed, and suddenly, a wave of altcoin ETFs were live before regulators could react. 3/ Here’s who’s in: • Bitwise Solana Staking ETF (with yield exposure) • Grayscale Solana ETF (now on NYSE Arca) • Canary’s Litecoin & Hedera ETFs • 21Shares’ HYPE ETF filing • Fidelity’s amended Solana ETF This marks the broadest expansion of crypto ETFs yet. 4/ Beyond timing, structural tailwinds are strong: The SEC’s new generic listing standards for commodity-based products mean fewer custom approvals, and faster crypto ETP launches. Expect a flood of altcoin ETFs in the coming weeks. 5/ Early flows show investors are selective. 💸 Bitwise’s Solana fund already attracted $150M+ since Oct 28, while Litecoin and Hedera remain quiet. We expect blue-chip alts like Solana, Chainlink, and Sui to lead this first wave. 6/ Shutdown or not, the ETF era for altcoins has begun. Regulated wrappers are now the new gateway for diversified crypto exposure, and Solana is leading the charge 🧭 👉 Read the full breakdown on our blog post: https://lnkd.in/ejN58yZK

🛡️ Security is a continuous journey. We’re releasing a 4th bug bounty program with Cantina and Immunefi to keep Kiln’s dApps and infrastructure as secure as ever. Security researchers can now earn bounties up to $100K for responsibly disclosing vulnerabilities. Help us make yield safer for everyone. 🔗 Cantina: https://lnkd.in/e8Xt2bV3 🔗 Immunefi: https://lnkd.in/eF-z4yxW

🗽 Our CEO & Co-Founder, Laszlo S., will join SmartCon 2025 to discuss how CRE bridges TradFi, DeFi, and tokenized assets. Alongside Cory Pugh from Bridgetower, and Aakar Shroff from Chainlink Labs, he’ll explore the infrastructure and partnerships driving real-world asset tokenization. Join us if you're around!