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Aave, the largest decentralized lending protocol, has proposed reducing its exposure to governance risks within the Ethereum layer-2 network, Scroll’s ecosystem. The initiative, submitted on Sept. 11 by the Aave Chan Initiative (ACI), comes amid mounting instability in Scroll’s decentralized governance model. The proposal outlines several defensive measures to protect Aave’s users and liquidity pools. These include raising the reserve factor for all listed assets to 90%, lowering supply caps to existing levels, and cutting borrowing caps for all borrowable assets. According to ACI, these steps will help contain exposure to Scroll-based assets, reinforce protocol safety through conservative risk parameters,…

HashKey Exchange has unveiled the STBL tokenized note on its wealth management platform. Cinda International Asset Management issues the note, which is a portfolio of AAA-rated money market funds (MMFs) underpinning it. This product offers professional investors a secure, high-quality digital asset investment vehicle. STBL allows daily subscriptions and redemptions, while also supporting 24/7 transfers between accounts. Trading in STBL/USD officially opened for subscription at 4:00 PM on August 28. It provides a new avenue for professional investors seeking exposure to stable, short-term financial instruments in tokenized form. Designed for Professional Investors The STBL note is exclusively available to professional…

Russia should create its own cryptocurrency bank, according to an advisory body consulting ministers and lawmakers on new legislation. Moscow should follow the example of Minsk, where this is currently under consideration, a member of the civil society institution suggested, highlighting the crypto experience of ally Belarus. Proposal to set up a crypto bank pitched in Russia The country needs a crypto bank, a representative of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation said in an interview with the official TASS news agency. According to Evgeny Masharov, member of the organization’s commission for public examination of bills and regulations, such…

Since the crypto and blockchain market is still dynamic with rapid innovation, the next week of September 8 to September 14 features a number of key events in different blockchain projects. Key Crypto Events This Week 🚀🔹 September 8:– @OriginProtocol: Community Call at 4 PM UTC– @LidoFinance: Dual Governance Vote– @dYdX: Prop #275 Vote🔹 September 9:– @dYdX: Prop #276 Vote– @tezos: Testnet Seoul Upgrade– @MetisL2: AMA with LazAI at 4 PM UTC🔹 September… pic.twitter.com/hmVHxy6Lsc — CryptoRank.io (@CryptoRank_io) September 8, 2025 Governance votes and token unlocks to hardforks, audits, and significant partnership announcements, these milestones may create a significant impact on…

As Ethereum claws its way upward this week, a looming challenge threatens digital asset treasury (DAT) companies as their mNAVs have come close to 1 or slipped below it, with experts signaling potential trouble for future capital inflows. mNAV, or market-to-net asset value, compares a company’s stock value to that of its assets. And for digital asset treasury companies, the value of their crypto treasuries can experience dramatic fluctuations. Data from Strategic ETH Reserve shows a steep drop in mNAV for key players. BitMine and SharpLink Gaming have seen their mNAV fall below 1, to 0.99 and 0.89, respectively. BitDigital…

UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL AUG 28 9AM ET A group of former Jump Trading, Coinbase (COIN) and Citadel Securities engineers said it raised $20 million in new funding for trading infrastructure startup aPriori, bringing the total capital raised to $30 million. The round included participation from HashKey Capital, Pantera Capital, Primitive Ventures, IMC Trading, GEM, Gate Labs, Ambush Capital and Big Brain Collective, according to a release. San Francisco-based aPriori is building what it calls an execution layer for on-chain markets, designed for high-performance Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) networks. The firm uses high-frequency trading practices in an attempt to reduce issues…

In a significant move poised to reshape the landscape of digital asset regulation, Ondo Finance compliance has taken a monumental leap forward. The company recently announced the strategic appointment of Peter Curley, a former Deputy Director at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), as its new Global Head of Compliance. This high-profile hire signals a clear commitment from Ondo Finance to navigating the complex world of cryptocurrency with utmost integrity and regulatory adherence, setting a new benchmark for the industry. Why Does This Matter for Ondo Finance Compliance? The cryptocurrency industry operates within a rapidly evolving regulatory environment. For…

SharpLink Gaming plans to explore staking an undisclosed portion of its $3.6 billion Ethereum holdings on Ethereum layer-2 network Linea, once it hits mainnet on September 10. Joseph Chalom, co-CEO of SharpLink, told Decrypt that the treasury company is currently staking almost the entirety of its holdings through its custodians, Anchorage and Coinbase. However, as the company matures, it will look to diversify the staking vehicles it utilizes as it seeks out higher-yield opportunities. “When you hold billions of dollars of ETH and you’re looking at a portfolio of staking, there is going to be an ability to deploy that…

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) beat earnings and revenue expectations for the past quarter yesterday, reporting $46.74 billion in revenue. However, the stock still slipped as much as 3.5% in extended trading as data center performance failed to meet investor projections. The chip maker remains confident, however, projecting revenue for this quarter to be even higher at $54 billion, “plus or minus 2%”, excluding any H20 shipments to China. Unsurprisingly, analysts are already adjusting their price target for the stock, which on average sits at $205 for the next 12 months as of the time of writing, implying a nearly 13% upside…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Jonathan Gould, in his opening weeks of running the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, left no uncertainty about his view of the systematic process to drop crypto people and businesses from banking relationships. “Debanking is real,” he told an audience Wednesday at CoinDesk’s Policy and Regulation event in Washington, D.C. “It is a real phenomenon,” he noted, adding that he was hearing stories as recently as last week about people with corporate accounts being told “we don’t want your business here.” In his push to make the U.S. the crypto center of the world,…