.@fraxfinance and @GearboxProtocol are putting tokenized real-world assets to work onchain. Gearbox’s Institutional RWA markets use $frxUSD as their lending asset, with Midas assets mF-ONE and mGLOBAL providing exposure to institutional credit strategies managed by Fasanara Capital. Frax approved an allocation cap of $5M for this market through its $sfrxUSD strategy framework. The live dashboard shows $2.55M supplied to the $frxUSD pool, alongside $1.17M in mGLOBAL/frxUSD and $1.19M in mF-ONE/frxUSD leverage markets. The key mechanism is how the structure connects stablecoin liquidity with tokenized credit. Idle $frxUSD earns Treasury yield, while utilized liquidity can generate additional borrower interest. A concrete example of DeFi infrastructure connecting stablecoin liquidity with institutional RWA markets.

Mini 6 dof Arm. 3D printed planetary gearboxs & more… [📍GitHub link below ] A mini 6-axis arm driven by stepper motors with custom 3D printed split ring planetary gearboxs and an inverted belt differential wrist with custom bearings, driven by low-cost stepper motors and TMC5150 drivers. Custom firmware was written in C for the STM32 MCU on an BTT Octopus board, to allow for full closed loop PID control using AS5048a encoders daisy-chained over SPI. The controller takes joint targets and returns joint states to a Raspberry Pi 5 streamed over CAN bus. All credit to @JamesGullberg: 📍GitHub: —— Weekly robotics and AI insights. Subscribe free:

Hot take: putting real precision gearboxes and actuators into series production is the bottleneck. China is pumping out volume, yes. From what I hear, the high-precision things are mainly still not there. So now the question... do you think that’s where Europe’s hidden champions come in? Wrong answers only. (Video is mine. After all the Astra hype the last few days I just wanted to play around with it too. Not affiliated with Schaeffler or Bosch.)

HPDM-180R • Electric motor + inverter + reduction gearbox • 180kW (240hp) continuous • 3000rpm • 16.7kg What enables this performance + High thermal conductivity, low-AC-loss stator winding + >99% efficient integrated SiC inverter + In-house manufactured advanced magnetic core lamination stacks + DMLS additive housing with synergistic cooling architecture + Single-stage planetary gearbox with titanium carrier

The Borderlands series has passed 100 million units sold. 2K and Gearbox Software announced the milestone on the first anniversary of Borderlands 4. The franchise has been running since 2009. Borderlands 4’s Year 1 roadmap is now complete. It added two Story Packs, five Bounty Packs, and two new Vault Hunters. The team says it is already working on more Borderlands 4 content for 2027.

🚀 PRODUCT LAUNCH: HPDM-180R - Highly integrated system — Electric motor + inverter + planetary gearbox - 180 kW in a 16 kg package (11 kW/kg) - 3000 RPM shaft speed — ideal for propeller-driven applications - Peak system efficiency of 94.6% #deeptech# #electricmotors#

Tokenized assets need more than an onchain wrapper. They need access to liquidity. @fraxfinance and @GearboxProtocol are building that connection through automated RWA leverage using $frxUSD, starting with Midas mF-ONE, managed by Fasanara Capital and curated by kpk. KYC-verified borrowers can access frxUSD liquidity against tokenized real-world asset collateral, while borrowed funds remain restricted to approved strategies. For Frax, this creates a concrete use case for frxUSD in institutional RWA lending. The market has also been added to the $sfrxUSD strategy framework, with an initial allocation cap of $5 million. As tokenized funds move further onchain, borrowing against these assets could become an important part of the infrastructure. Frax is positioning $frxUSD to play a role in that market.