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Aave founder and CEO Stani Kulechov on Tuesday outlined a master plan for 2026, wherein he detailed how Aave Labs intends to scale the protocol into a core piece of global on-chain financial infrastructure through three main initiatives: Aave V4, Horizon, and the Aave App. According to Kulechov, Aave V4 will introduce a complete redesign of the lending protocol, in a bid to address liquidity fragmentation and significantly expand capacity. The Three Pillars The upgrade is expected to introduce a Hub and Spoke architecture, where Hubs of capital are deployed on each network, and specialized Spokes are built on top…

While headlines have celebrated the IRS and Treasury’s recognition of staking for ETFs, a deep-dive into the guidance reveals more operational flexibility than many realize. The IRS permits trusts to adjust their liquidity reserves and utilize financing arrangements to facilitate redemptions. This is an unusual degree of flexibility within the normally rigid grantor trust framework. IRS Guidance Offers More Flexibility Than Many Realize Analyst Greg Xethalis describes the guidance as being in the best interest of the trust beneficiaries. It means institutions can now manage staking without overstepping compliance limits. Single-Asset Requirement Limits Participation A key nuance overlooked by many…

The increasing concentration of liquidity in a smaller number of centralized exchanges in the cryptocurrency markets has brought serious risks back to the forefront across the sector. According to a new report published by cryptocurrency data and research company Kaiko, excessive reliance on Binance, in particular, poses “significant structural, operational and legal risks” for the market. Kaiko noted that a “clear concentration risk” has emerged in the crypto markets, pointing out that the accumulation of a large portion of liquidity in a few centralized exchanges could lead to larger, on-chain losses during periods of volatility. The report stated that despite…

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the industry-owned clearing and settlement market infrastructure, has selected the privacy-focused Canton Network as a tokenization partner, the companies said on Tuesday. The partnership, which will enable a subset of U.S. Treasury securities custodied at DTC to be minted on the Canton Network, follows DTCC’s recent receipt of a No-Action Letter from the SEC to implement and operate a new service to tokenize real-world, DTC-custodied assets. The organizations are working towards an MVP in a controlled production environment during the first half of 2026, with plans to expand the project’s size and scope…

One out of 10 Russians is open to buying cryptocurrency, according to a new survey, with the majority pointing to its high profitability as the main motive. Other features of decentralized digital money that appeal to potential investors in Russia include crypto holders’ independence from banking restrictions and political risks. Crypto awareness is high among Russians, ownership is yet to catch up About 10% of all Russian citizens are prepared to put money into crypto assets at this point in time, a recent poll has established. While awareness about cryptocurrencies is very high, at 80% currently, only 3 to 5%,…

OKX is still oriented at the global usability. The exchange markets its peer-to-peer platform as the quickest method to digital dollars. Users are able to purchase USDT in a few minutes. The platform provides over 100 local currencies. Hundreds of payments methods are also accept. This flexibility eliminates the barriers of users who are constrains in banking. OKX places P2P as a direct intermediary between fiat and crypto. The system operates without any trading costs. The Escrow security guarantees all transactions. Both buyers and sellers are in direct contact with each other as OKX protects the transaction. This would be…

Brazil is testing blockchain technology to overhaul its public-sector real estate auctions. In a first for the country, the Court of Auditors of the State of São Paulo (TCE-SP) will oversee an initiative to log all documents from a public property sale on-chain, aiming to eliminate tampering and reduce legal disputes in high-risk asset sales. According to the TCE-SP report, the system will record and time-stamp every document linked to the upcoming auction of ten state-owned warehouses. This process converts standard files into “cryptographically sealed technical evidence.” Once registered, any alteration to a file becomes immediately detectable, creating an immutable…

Bitcoin has been one of the most successful assets over the past decade, but crypto mining stocks may be the better opportunity moving forward. Bitcoin gained more than 25,000% over the past decade, but it now has a $2 trillion market cap. A higher market cap makes it more difficult to generate the strong price movements that Bitcoin investors saw in 2017 and from late 2020 into early 2021. Crypto Miners Are Pivoting To Artificial Intelligence Crypto mining stocks like IREN and Cipher Mining weren’t even around for Bitcoin’s 2017 surge. IREN and Cipher Mining were founded in 2018 and…

All news is rigorously fact-checked and reviewed by leading blockchain experts and seasoned industry insiders. Hong Kong began outlining a 10-year plan to modernize the way its digital asset market works. The strategy focuses on tokenization, regulation, and connecting digital assets with traditional finance. The Hong Kong government has released a 10-year plan to guide the development of the digital asset market. This document serves as a key guideline for building a more mature, connected, and viable ecosystem for global market participants. Its primary focus is on strengthening the foundations of integrating blockchain technology with traditional finance while maintaining stability…

Standard Chartered and Coinbase have expanded their partnership to build crypto infrastructure for institutional clients. As part of the partnership, the duo will explore offerings across trading, prime services, custody, staking and lending, the British multinational bank announced on Friday. “We aim to explore how the two organisations can support secure, transparent and interoperable solutions that meet the highest standards of security and compliance,” Margaret Harwood-Jones, global head of financing and securities services at Standard Chartered, said. The two firms said the partnership combines Standard Chartered’s cross-border banking and custody expertise with Coinbase’s institutional crypto platform. The goal is to…