every week, $40 million is stolen from defi, routed through a series of mixers before ultimately being used to fund dark nation weapons programs the same defi that is supposed to be the shining star and real use case of our industry has lost over $750 million in the first 4ish months of 2026 and over $17 billion over the last 10 years in a sick twist of fate, this is our golden window. GENIUS Act has passed, CLARITY is around the corner, and the world’s largest institutions are paying attention for now in moments like these, it is important to know where you stand at @plumenetwork, comparing ourselves with defi was never right. we view capital protection as our main priority, and our real time monitoring controls can step in if something goes wrong. defi isn’t perfect, but the financial system isn’t either we have been building Open Finance: technology that leverages the best aspects of both cefi and defi Open Finance is smart contract programmability, fast innovation, open access, cross-chain composability, standardized, while maintaining regulatory licenses and safeguards, access to institutional assets, all going to create products built for scale allowing a global investor base to access the highest quality assets, with the licenses required to attract the best institutions, with a mandate of safeguarding capital if $900T of global assets are going to move onchain.. Open Finance is the only path forward more on this soon

Today, the Senate Banking Committee is voting on the Clarity bill. We endorse this policy and view it as a positive step toward open finance. Plume General Counsel @banamlas outlines the implications of this vote for Plume and the future of open finance development in the U.S.

"Supply wants global distribution. Demand doesn't want to get rug pulled. We're building the regulated infrastructure that solves both." @banamlas explains why @plumenetwork chose Bermuda as the regulatory home for @NestCredit: "We want to make sure that every institutional partner that comes in has more than a code promise, they have independent assurance. That the vault holds what it claims. That cybersecurity practices are followed. That AML risk is managed." "That's what it takes to actually unlock institutional capital onchain."

"Why Bermuda Will Punch Above Its Weight in the Next Decade of Onchain Finance" Plume General Counsel @banamlas on what Bermuda is getting right when it comes to the regulation of onchain finance.

Plume's @banamlas in Bermuda today for the @DigitalFinForum, where he spoke alongside industry leaders on digital asset regulation. Compliance is a core feature of open finance, and leading ecosystems are already building it into their foundations.

.@plumenetwork's Nest protocol recently surpassed $50M in vault TVL as demand grows for institutional-grade RWA yield across treasuries, private credit, and structured products. Our latest Pulse Report explores how Nest is positioning RWAs as composable yield infra across DeFi.

We just wrapped @consensus2026. The shift towards RWA is clearer, and institutional sentiment is at its highest in years. Some core takeaways we're taking home with us 👇 1. Tokenization is mainstream now. Institutional capital is actively bringing billions onchain, and conversations are no longer about "if" but "when and how". Our dinner with @WisdomTreePrime validated this thesis. 2. Stablecoins are the new institutional settlement layer. Hosting with @Stablecoin at Nikki Beach's Summer House yielded countless conversations that cemented the reality that stablecoins can no longer be ignored. They're the Trojan Horse for blockchain in global payments. 3. Liquidity infrastructure is catching up to the assets. RWAs are only as useful as the market structure around them. The same room, hosted alongside @Keyrock, was a working conversation on what it takes for tokenized assets to behave like crypto-native ones once they move onchain. 4. The builders worth watching are working on the unglamorous parts of onchain finance. Think: infrastructure that scales under real volume and the plumbing between capital and onchain product. That work doesn't always screenshot well, but it compounds significantly. Consensus was a whirlwind of progress. Plume is built for the version of the industry that showed up in Miami this week, and we couldn't be more bullish on the future of open finance.

The end of the week means an opportunity to reflect. As @consensus2026 comes to a close, @PanteraCapital says the $320 billion tokenization market is still early. We have a lot to review, so let's dive into this week's top RWA headlines. 🧵 👇

Compliantly processing $380 million worth of onchain transactions is less common than you might think. Security is foundational, and it's how we've hit this milestone. Learn more about why hundreds of millions of dollars trust Plume: