Monad, a blockchain technology, is making significant advancements in the DeFi space with partnerships and funding. Ethena and Maker are set to benefit from a substantial investment, potentially doubling Ethena's size. Balancer joins the Monad ecosystem, bringing AMM technology and governance tokenomics. Additionally, Monad secures a $150M funding round from Paradigm for its unreleased L1 EVM with high TPS. Maker's 'Endgame' plan aims to scale Dai supply to 100B and beyond, leading the DeFi 1.0 pack. Mainframe achieves a Genesis milestone with the launch of SerpahNet and Keymaker, showcasing rapid progress in the blockchain space.