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The proposed curve change adds 13 to 89 basis points across a $323.8 million debt snapshot. The post Aave’s proposed interest rate hike threatens to crush Ethena’s most popular yield loop appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The proposal would grant bounded emergency roles now, but the current Risk Steward release cannot invoke their one-way safety calls. The post Aave crypto lending proposal would let emergency tools freeze markets – but not unfreeze them appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Most of its $89.3 million balance sheet remained tied to digital assets, staking and DeFi positions. The post BTCS used Ethereum to repay Aave debt and ended Q2 with just $317,000 in cash appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Galaxy's Aug. 7 snapshot of Aave V3 Core found 19,073 loans on the protocol after applying standard filters. Fewer than 9% of those positions are using Aave's E-mode setting, account for roughly half of all outstanding debt on the platform, and show an Ethereum correlation trade. Galaxy puts their debt-weighted loan-to-value near 90%, their average […] The post Half of Aave’s debt sits in just 9% of positions built around one Ethereum correlation trade appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Standard Chartered initiated coverage of Chainlink (LINK) with a $200 price target for 2030, laying out a staged path to get there: $13 by the end of this year, $41 in 2027, $82 in 2028, $133 in 2029, and $200 in 2030. LINK trades near $7.47 today, meaning the 2030 target implies roughly 27 times […] The post LINK could be next in line after Standard Chartered’s UNI and AAVE targets sparked sharp repricings appeared first on CryptoSlate.

LlamaRisk would freeze new activity, redirect nearly all interest revenue to the treasury, and reserve stronger unwind levers for later. The post Why DeFi giant Aave is pulling the plug on six hyped blockchains making less than $5,000 a quarter appeared first on CryptoSlate.

DeFi risk management service LlamaRisk recommended that Aave wind down every reserve on Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium and Aptos, but action against most of those instances was already taken. An Aave governance proposal would wind down the lending protocol’s V3 markets on six blockchains and retire dozens of low-use token listings, a cleanup covering $98.1 million in supplied assets and $15.6 million in debt. Risk service provider LlamaRisk, working with other Aave service providers, recommended offboarding 50 low-use reserves and 21 matured Pendle principal token listings across 11 deployments. It also proposed retiring all 25 reserves on Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium and Aptos. The balances were measured on July 28. An ARFC is a detailed proposal and precursor to an Aave Improvement Proposal; it is not, by itself, proof of a completed final onchain vote or execution. Read more

The deployment marks Aave V4’s first expansion beyond Ethereum and introduces lending infrastructure designed to support future markets for tokenized real-world assets. Decentralized lending protocol Aave has launched V4 on Avalanche, marking the first expansion of its latest lending infrastructure beyond Ethereum and setting the stage for future lending markets backed by tokenized real-world assets. The deployment introduces Aave V4’s Hub & Spoke architecture, which allows specialized lending markets to operate with their own collateral requirements and risk parameters while drawing on shared liquidity across the protocol. According to Aave, one of the first planned markets on Avalanche will support borrowing against tokenized assets. Read more

Aave launched its V3 lending protocol on Monad with 12 supported assets as the network commits $15 million in first-year incentives to build liquidity and adoption. Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Aave has deployed its V3 lending protocol on Monad, expanding the layer-1 blockchain’s lending ecosystem with support for 12 assets at launch.  On Thursday, Aave announced that the initial market supports USDT0, USDC, Aave’s GHO stablecoin, USDe, mUSD, AUSD, WETH, cbBTC, wstETH, weETH, syrupUSDC and sUSDe. It is also Aave's first deployment with Chainlink Smart Value Recapture enabled from day one, allowing part of the value generated from liquidations to be redirected back to the protocol. The deployment expands Aave’s multichain lending network while giving Monad users and developers access to an established borrowing market, Aave’s GHO stablecoin and liquidity incentives intended to support early adoption.  Read more

Aave's latest market move is becoming a referendum on how investors value DeFi lending as its economics begin to resemble those of financial infrastructure. The token rallied as AAVE traded around $94.32 on June 27, up 13.16% over 24 hours. At the same time, a reported Standard Chartered bull case described Aave in automated-bank terms, […] The post Aave rally makes DeFi lending look more like a bank to investors appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Tokenized stock trading fueled fresh momentum across the Solana ecosystem, while Aave founder hinted at token buybacks coming under new framework.

Solana (SOL) gained 4.5%, joining Aave (AAVE) as a top performer.

The DeFi lender is rebuilding after the fallout from April's KelpDAO exploit sparked a multibillion-dollar exodus of deposits despite Aave itself not being hacked.

Bitcoin Cash (BCH), up 5.8% from Wednesday, joined Aave (AAVE) as a top performer.

Internet Computer (ICP), up 2% from Tuesday, joined Aave (AAVE) as a top performer.

Geoff Kendrick said Aave has moved past April's cyberattack-related market disruption and is well positioned to benefit from growth in tokenized assets and DeFi.

Standard Chartered said tokenized assets moving into DeFi could drive deposits into Aave and help the protocol rebuild its position as a dominant onchain lending platform. Banking giant Standard Chartered has identified Aave as a potential beneficiary of tokenized assets as they move into decentralized finance (DeFi), saying the protocol could rebuild its position as a dominant onchain lending platform. In a Wednesday research note, Geoff Kendrick, the bank's global head of digital assets research, said active tokenized assets in DeFi could drive more deposits into Aave. “Despite recent setbacks, we are bullish on the outlook for Aave, the largest [DeFi] lending protocol,” Kendrick wrote. Read more

Aave handled $8.45 billion in withdrawals without freezing funds, but the episode raised fresh questions about hidden risks in DeFi lending. A stress test that showed both strengths and weaknesses When large sums leave a financial system quickly, hidden weaknesses often become visible. In traditional finance, such situations often lead to emergency lending programs, withdrawal limits or government-backed bailouts. Decentralized finance (DeFi) works differently. Read more

The founder of the largest DeFi platform blamed "third-party” entities for decentralized finance’s vulnerabilities, while independent data highlights severe gaps in Aave’s own risk architecture.

On May 28, Aave Labs announced that its UK subsidiaries Push Labs Ltd. and Push Virtual Assets Ltd. received FCA registration as cryptoasset exchange providers, layered on top of the group's existing Electronic Money Institution authorization. Combined with the MiCAR CASP license that Push Virtual Assets Ireland Limited secured from the Central Bank of Ireland […] The post Aave now has a regulated path from bank accounts to DeFi lending – The hard part is keeping users there appeared first on CryptoSlate.