PANews, July 1st - The Katana Mainnet incubated by Polygon and GSR has officially launched, with a pre-deposit exceeding $240 million. At the same time, a two-year liquidity mining incentive program of 1 billion KAT Tokens has been introduced, allowing users to participate in yield mining and other Decentralized Finance activities through the Katana application. Currently, users can bridge core assets (such as USDC, USDT, AUSD, and ETH) through the Katana beta application, and perform deposits, yield, and asset management on the platform. In the coming days, a native bridging function supporting assets like WBTC and WETH will be launched. Katana's core economic mechanisms include VaultBridge, on-chain own liquidity (CoL), and AUSD, aiming to provide deep liquidity and sustainable yields. Early deposit users have begun earning yields through the Yearn V3 vault, while

BlackRock's $3 billion tokenized treasury bond fund BUIDL collaborates with the Euler protocol on Avalanche to expand DeFi applications on-chain through the sToken framework. Users can collateralize sBUIDL on Euler to borrow USDC or AUSD, earning AVAX rewards and fund returns. BUIDL is the largest treasury bond fund in the world, holding $3 billion in short-term treasury bonds.

According to Gate.io News bot, TheBlock reports that BlackRock's nearly $3 billion sBUIDL tokenization government bond fund has completed its first direct DeFi integration with the Euler protocol on the Avalanche network. This integration is based on the sToken framework developed by Securitize and implemented by Re7 Labs. Through this integration, sBUIDL Token gains on-chain collateral and lending functionalities. Users can borrow USDC or AUSD and earn AVAX rewards while using sBUIDL as collateral, and simultaneously receive the basic yield from the BUIDL fund.

According to the announcement on January 8th, asset management company Galaxy and Stable Coinissuance party Agora completed the first Over-the-counter Trading involving Agora Stable Coin AUSD. "This transaction marks the transition of AUSD from conceptual validation to practical application," said Nick van Eck, CEO of Agora, in a statement. Agora positions AUSD as a "builder-centric" Stable Coin, aiming to attract traders and developers through "gas-optimized" smart contracts. It also stated that the Stable Coin is fully supported, with the collateral held by one of the world's largest asset management companies and subject to regular reserve audits. "As the regulation of digital assets in the United States gradually takes shape," Agora stated that its goal is to "AUSD".

According to official announcements, asset management company Galaxy and stablecoin issuer Agora have completed the first over-the-counter trading involving Agora Stable Coin AUSD. Agora CEO Nick van Eck said in a statement, 'This transaction marks the transition of AUSD from conceptual validation to practical application.' Agora stated that AUSD is a "builder-centric" Stable Coin, designed to attract traders and developers through "gas-optimized" smart contracts.

CoinWorld reported that recently, the SUI ecosystem released its 2024 annual summary, demonstrating its comprehensive rise in the field of Decentralized Finance (DeFi). The data shows that SUI's total value locked (TVL) rose from less than 250 million USD at the beginning of the year to 1.75 billion USD in December. At the same time, it completed over 7.5 billion transactions throughout the year and added four native stablecoins (USDC, AUSD, FDUSD, and USDY), significantly enhancing the Liquidity foundation within the ecosystem. In 2024, SUI launched several landmark products, including DeepBook V3, Sui Bridge, and Mysticeti. These innovations not only attracted traditional institutions such as VanEck and Franklin Templeton to follow, but also promoted user participation through DeepBook's on-chain order book and incentive mechanism. DeepBook

Agora launches AUSD Stablecoin as the native currency of the Polygon Cross-Chain Interaction Settlement network AggLayer, aiming to eliminate the need for Tokenbridge, simplify Liquidity for AggLayer community on-chain developers and end users, and achieve multi-chain transactions.

Odaily Planet Daily News According to official sources, Injective announced that it will launch the first native Stable Coin AUSD on its chain. AUSD is the fully collateralized digital USD of Agora, supported by VanEck and custodied by State Street, aiming to promote Injective

Golden Finance reported that the L2 network Mantle announced a partnership with Agora, intending to use the institutional-grade stablecoin AUSD to enhance ecosystem security and reliability, address the limitations of traditional bridging stablecoins, such as time locking and inefficient capital utilization. AUSD adopts an open model, allowing all ecosystem participants to benefit equally, and can support various applications in the Mantle ecosystem, including Decentralized Finance.

Odaily Planet Daily News According to official sources, Mantle announced a partnership with Agora to use the institutional-level Stable Coin AUSD to enhance ecological security and reliability, addressing the limitations of traditional bridging Stable Coins, such as time locking and low capital efficiency. AUSD adopts an open model, allowing all ecosystem participants to benefit equally, providing support for various applications in the Mantle ecosystem, including Decentralized Finance.

Golden Finance reported that the Sui lending project Suilend will provide over 277,000 SUI (approximately $576,000) in Liquidity rewards to users who deposit or borrow SUI, USDC, USDT, ETH, SOL, and AUSD in the next 2 weeks.

According to official sources, Stable Coin AUSD has been launched on the Sui Network. AUSD was previously supported by Ethereum and Avalanche, and currently has minted tokens worth nearly $60 million. With the integration of AUSD and the Sui Network, its usability, accessibility, and interoperability have been immediately enhanced.

Tether has launched the Alloy by Tether platform, which allows the creation of different tethered assets that track price stability strategies. The first token, aUSD₮, is over-collateralized by Tether Gold, supported by real physical gold. Users can use Tether Gold as collateral to create aUSD₮ tokens.

The Australian dollar continued its upward momentum on Friday, rebounding from a three-month low of 0.6508 hit on Thursday. U.S. economic data was mixed, and the U.S. dollar came under downward pressure. In addition, the AUD was supported by improved producer price index data. As a result, these factors together provide upside support for the AUSD pair. In addition, the strengthening of the Australian currency market also supported the strengthening of the Australian dollar. In a Reuters poll, analysts unanimously expect the RBA to keep Intrerest Rate steady at 4.35% at its February policy meeting. AUD/USD traded near 0.6580 on Friday, below the immediate resistance zone near the 23.6% Fibonacci retracement level of 0.6594. A successful break above the resistance area could see AUD/USD test the 21-day exponential moving average at 0.6614 and then the key resistance at 0.6650.