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Lucille Rosario

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Lucille Rosario is a DeFi news writer and analyst at DefiLiban, where she covers decentralized finance protocols, yield strategies, staking ecosystems, and blockchain market trends. Her work focuses on translating complex DeFi mechanics, liquidity systems, and on-chain activity into accessible and research-driven content for crypto readers and market participants. She specializes in identifying meaningful protocol developments, yield opportunities, and behavioral patterns across decentralized finance ecosystems. Before joining DefiLiban, Lucille worked across DeFi research, crypto content strategy, and data-focused digital media roles involving protocol evaluation, token incentive analysis, and SEO-driven financial content development. She holds a B.S. in Information Systems from Ateneo de Manila University and has completed additional certifications related to blockchain technology, DeFi systems, and AI-assisted research workflows. Lucille’s writing combines analytical research with practical market interpretation, with a particular interest in yield models, staking infrastructure, and sustainable DeFi growth trends.

Risk

Moonwell Investigates Base Lending Market Exploit

Moonwell is investigating a lending market issue on its Base deployment after security firms flagged what they characterized as a suspected multimillion-dollar exploit, with one report putting the figure near $8. 7 million.

Aug 27·3 min read·By Lucille Rosario

Protocols

Bitwise Launches Self-Custodied Tokenized Stock Portfolio on Base

The launch pairs two distinct design choices, a self-custody model and a Base deployment, into a single tokenized equities product. It is a product-launch story rather than a broad tokenization thesis, and the details that matter are how the portfolio is held and where it settles.

Aug 25·3 min read·By Lucille Rosario

Risk

Pendle Oracle Shift Triggers $36 Million in Liquidations | DeFiLiban

An oracle configuration change on Pendle is being blamed for roughly $36 million in liquidations across leveraged positions tied to the protocol's yield markets, though the full on-chain accounting of the event remains unconfirmed.

Aug 25·3 min read·By Lucille Rosario

Protocols

Solana Cuts Mainnet Slot Time to 350ms in Push Toward 200ms

Solana has reduced its mainnet slot time to 350 milliseconds, activating the first concrete step in a staged roadmap aimed at eventually reaching 200-millisecond block production.

Aug 22·2 min read·By Lucille Rosario

Infrastructure

Solana Activates 350-Millisecond Slots on Mainnet

Solana has activated 350-millisecond slots on mainnet, tightening the network's core block-production interval and marking a direct change to how quickly the chain opens new opportunities to produce blocks.

Aug 21·2 min read·By Lucille Rosario

News

Shinhan Partners With Solana Foundation, Etherfuse and Orca on Tokenized Fund Issuance

The partnership pairs a major Korean asset manager with three Solana-aligned participants to pilot the issuance of a tokenized fund, according to Seoul Economic Daily . The arrangement is framed as a test rather than a live commercial product.

Aug 21·2 min read·By Lucille Rosario

Infrastructure

Arbitrum Activates Elara With Optional Compliance Filters for Dedicated Chains

Elara sits within Arbitrum's chain configuration layer, where operators of dedicated chains define validation behavior. The compliance filtering documentation describes the feature as part of how a chain's validation can be set up.

Aug 20·2 min read·By Lucille Rosario

News

Trump Bitcoin Reserve Policy: Federal Custody Can Expand, but Buying Power Is Limited

President Trump can widen the pathways through which Bitcoin enters federal custody, but executive action alone does not create a predictable, multibillion-dollar federal buyer of Bitcoin.

Aug 20·2 min read·By Lucille Rosario

Infrastructure

Nethermind exits LayerZero verifier role as Chainlink takes over

Nethermind is exiting its LayerZero verifier role, with Chainlink taking over the function in an infrastructure handoff inside the cross-chain messaging stack. The change is a swap of who operates a verifier slot, not a protocol exploit, outage, or yield event.

Aug 19·2 min read·By Lucille Rosario

Protocols

Securitize brings Neuberger fixed-income platform onchain with tokenized fund

The fund serves as an onchain wrapper for a fixed-income strategy that has traditionally been distributed through conventional channels. Securitize provides the tokenization and issuance infrastructure, while Neuberger contributes the underlying fixed-income platform and investment management.

Aug 18·2 min read·By Lucille Rosario

Infrastructure

SEC clears Franklin Templeton funds to use BENJI for onchain cash management

The clearance came through the SEC's Division of Investment Management, which issues no-action and interpretive letters that set the staff's position on how registered funds may operate. The development was reported by The Block .

Aug 12·2 min read·By Lucille Rosario

News

SEC Staff Clears Franklin Funds to Use Onchain Money Fund as Cash and Collateral

The clearance came through the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Investment Management, which published a staff no-action and interpretive letter addressed to Franklin Templeton. For related coverage, see Artificial Intelligence Summit –Malaysia 2026 .

Aug 12·2 min read·By Lucille Rosario