According to @Nick_van_Eck, AUSD (Agora) appointed @kate_onchain as Head of Engineering to lead onchain infrastructure and API initiatives, with the company stating it will lean heavily into these areas in the upcoming year; source: @Nick_van_Eck on X (Dec 2, 2025). According to @Nick_van_Eck, Kate spent the last five years at Coinbase overseeing the Coinbase Developer Platform portal, developer services, and APIs; source: @Nick_van_Eck on X. According to @Nick_van_Eck, over the past two years she built and led Base’s developer tools including the Base builder hub, Base Node, Paymaster/Bundler, Appchains, and OnchainKit; source: @Nick_van_Eck on X. According to @Nick_van_Eck, Base is described as one of the most active onchain ecosystems with 25K+ builders and 15M+ transactions per day; source: @Nick_van_Eck on X. According to @Nick_van_Eck, Agora reaffirmed its mission to transform money movement and said stablecoins will underpin a faster, more global financial fabric, while noting it is hiring; source: @Nick_van_Eck on X.

According to @Nick_van_Eck, Agora is partnering with @hizonpm and the Mu team to launch institutional-grade onchain credit products with stated capacity in the billions, indicating large-scale credit liquidity entering DeFi rails (source: @Nick_van_Eck on X). The announcement specifies product type (institutional onchain credit) and scale (“capacity in the billions”), which traders can monitor for effects on DeFi credit spreads, stablecoin utilization, and yield opportunities upon launch disclosures (source: @Nick_van_Eck on X). Near-term trading focus includes tracking the launch for details on chain selection, pool structure and tranching, underwriting standards, target APYs, and access controls to assess risk-adjusted returns and liquidity depth (source: @Nick_van_Eck on X).

According to @Nick_van_Eck, Agora is partnering at launch with @hizonpm and the Mu team to bring institutional-grade credit products on-chain with stated capacity in the billions (source: @Nick_van_Eck, X, Nov 21, 2025). According to @Nick_van_Eck, the announcement emphasizes working with high-integrity teams delivering unique on-chain products and includes a link to Mu Digital’s post for further details (source: @Nick_van_Eck, X, Nov 21, 2025). According to @Nick_van_Eck, the post does not disclose token tickers, blockchain networks, yield terms, or specific launch dates, indicating a high-level partnership update relevant to RWA DeFi credit markets (source: @Nick_van_Eck, X, Nov 21, 2025).

According to @Nick_van_Eck on Sep 8, 2025, USDH adoption is being driven by an inclusive, partner-first coalition at Agora, and companies are already reaching out to participate, source: @Nick_van_Eck. Based on this partnership-led approach, traders should set alerts for official Agora partnership announcements referenced by @Nick_van_Eck and watch five signals around those updates: USDH spot liquidity on exchanges, stablecoin swap spreads versus USDT and USDC, DeFi pool TVL, order book depth and slippage, and any issuance or supply disclosures, source: @Nick_van_Eck. Because @Nick_van_Eck indicated USDH will not be insourced to middle management at partners, attention should focus on integrations that can move quickly and the resulting effects on USDH peg stability during rollout communications, source: @Nick_van_Eck. Until specific partners and timelines are disclosed by Agora, treat USDH headlines as event-driven catalysts rather than confirmed fundamentals and manage position sizing accordingly, source: @Nick_van_Eck.