Compound bets $52 million, new leadership team in switch to institutional focus

AI Summary The protocol pioneered decentralized finance lending, but assets locked have tumbled from a peak five years ago. Now it's looking to attract institutions after retail traders lost interest. fulltext: 189 chars | fulltext source: rss-fallback | summary method: extractive Original: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/08/17/compound-bets-usd52-million-new-leadership-team-in-switch-to-institutional-focus Source: CoinDesk