Pendle Finance unveiled its second-half 2026 roadmap on July 23, and the message is clear: real-world assets are the main course, not a side dish. The protocol is doubling down on RWA infrastructure, expanding listings, and actively courting issuers to grow its on-chain yield product suite.
Pendle’s numbers suggest it has already built the plumbing to make this work, with total value locked nearly doubling from $6.9 billion to $13.4 billion and $45 billion in settled value for Principal Token holders during 2025.
Boros hits $200M in open interest as Pendle expands beyond crypto-native yields
The most concrete proof point in Pendle’s expansion story is Boros, its rates trading platform. As of July 22, Boros reported $200 million in open interest. Boros has also been branching into commodities and equities, extending Pendle’s rate speculation concept across asset classes.
Pendle lets you split yield-bearing assets into their principal and yield components, then trade them separately. Boros extends that concept to rate speculation across asset classes.
