{
  "id": 3528945,
  "title": "Crypto Long & Short: Where DeFi yield really comes from (and why it broke this spring)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/crypto-long-short-where-defi-yield-really-comes-from-and-why-it-broke",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-26T15:00:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CoinDesk",
    "slug": "coindesk",
    "url": "https://www.coindesk.com/coindesk-indices/2026/08/26/crypto-long-and-short-where-defi-yield-really-comes-from-and-why-it-broke-this-spring"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In this week's Crypto Long & Short, CoinDesk's Joshua DeVos writes that demand for tokenized equities is accelerating fast, from $16 billion to more than $590 billion in perpetual futures in a single year, but that the headline growth hides the question that matters most. Two tokens can trade under the same ticker while granting entirely different rights, and the structure underneath, whether it…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}