Pendle TVL Reaches $8.1 Billion, Establishing Itself as Institutional-Grade DeFi Fixed Income Infrastructure

BlockBeats News, September 1st, Pendle Intern announced that the total issuance of Pendle PT ecosystem has reached $8.1 billion, equivalent to the market cap of a mid-sized bond ETF (such as iShares TIPS Bond ETF). Of this, $5.8 billion has been used as collateral in the lending market, accounting for 7.8% of the total collateral on the largest DeFi lending platforms. The PT scale now rivals that of a small sovereign debt market, such as Panama or New Zealand.

PT is no longer an experimental product but a core infrastructure. On-chain, PT provides fixed terms, known interest rates, and transparent settlement, serving a similar role to traditional finance fixed income, and can be directly integrated into treasury strategies, fund mandates, and risk frameworks.

In this regard, Pendle is launching a licensed platform and collaborating with Converge, Ethena Labs, and potentially Aave Horizon to jointly build regulated channels, guiding the next wave of institutional capital into DeFi.