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Aave has announced the launch of its first Real-World Asset (RWA) Hub on Avalanche, aimed at creating a dedicated credit market for institutional borrowing against RWAs. This development is significant as it positions Aave to enhance liquidity options and attract institutional interest, with Tether’s USA₮ serving as the primary liquidity source. For more details, check the official announcement here. What Happened The introduction of Aave’s RWA Hub represents a pivotal moment for institutional borrowing in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space. By utilizing Tether’s USA₮, a federally regulated stablecoin, Aave aims to provide a stable and compliant source of dollar liquidity.…

Ethereum ($ETH) declined nearly 4% toward $2,400 on Wednesday after the CLARITY Act failed to advance in the US Senate, triggering broad selling across the cryptocurrency market. Expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates at its next meeting have added to the pressure. However, declining exchange reserves, whale accumulation, and consecutive inflows into US spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds indicate that larger investors remain confident in $ETH’s longer-term outlook. Ethereum exchange reserves drop by 159,000 $ETH Ethereum withdrawals have exceeded deposits across cryptocurrency exchanges for five consecutive days, according to CryptoQuant data. The trend reduced exchange reserves by approximately…

Stripe and Advent International have walked away from their roughly $53 billion attempt to buy PayPal. Had it gone through, the deal would have been the biggest fintech takeover on record. The announcement sent PayPal’s stock down sharply before Friday’s open. Why didn’t Stripe and Advent acquire PayPal? Stripe, the privately held payments firm, and the private equity house, Advent, have abandoned their bid to acquire PayPal at $60.50 a share ($53 billion). Back in April, Block joined Stripe and Advent as a third partner, then exited before the formal bid was made. PayPal’s directors judged the Stripe-Advent bid as…

Zcash is preparing for one of its most significant governance events in recent years as coinholders will vote on the scope of the upcoming NU7 network upgrade. Scheduled to begin on Aug. 25 and run for approximately 18 days, the vote will determine several protocol-level decisions that could shape the network’s future development. The update in a nutshell However, the results will only be considered legitimate if at least 1,000,000 $ZEC participates in the process. The vote is being coordinated by Valar Group and Project Tachyon using a newly developed Tokenholder Voting Chain, replacing Zcash’s previous governance mechanism. $ZEC/USDT Chart…

Virtuals Protocol has made waves in the crypto community with the launch of Occupy, an AI Senate designed to enhance user engagement and interaction within the blockchain ecosystem. This initiative, highlighted in a recent tweet by the organization, marks a significant step in integrating artificial intelligence into decentralized platforms. As the crypto market evolves, innovations like this could reshape how users participate in governance and decision-making processes. What Happened The broader crypto market currently exhibits mixed signals, with various assets showing different momentum levels. The introduction of Occupy by Virtuals Protocol is noteworthy as it aims to redefine user interactions…

Bitcoin is once again trading near its previous all-time high of $69,000. Crypto analyst Ali Martinez says the world’s largest cryptocurrency is showing the same pattern that once led to gains of over 7,500% and 550% in earlier market cycles. At the same time, on-chain indicators are flashing familiar signals that could point to another major move. Bitcoin Is Close To Historical $69K Level Crypto analyst Ali Martinez says Bitcoin has only traded below the previous cycle’s all-time high a few times in its history, and every time it later turned into one of the best buying opportunities. During the…

Aave is betting on a new plan to attract more institutions into the DeFi space. The proposal, called custodied collateral lending, seeks to allow institutions to borrow stablecoins on Aave. The collateral backing the loan will be held by a regulated custodian, in this case, Anchorage. According to Aave, the plan would reach what it describes as the “currently unreachable collateral asset.” The integration onboards a class of collateral that is currently unreachable for Aave: assets held with a regulated custodian by institutional borrowers who cannot or will not self-custody. To achieve this, Aave wants to solve key bottlenecks. Unpacking…

Is ‘liquidity’ the catalyst for Ethereum to lead the next risk-on rally? According to data from DeFiLlama, $ETH has the largest stablecoin liquidity base by far on L1s, accounting for 50% of the $300 billion market; therefore, $ETH has a deep liquidity war chest to rotate into risk assets when the market turns risk-on. More importantly, liquidity rotation seems to have already started. According to Token Terminal, Ethereum processed over 203 million transactions in Q2, up 68.4% from Q2 2025. The result? $ETH has emerged as one of the top performers among large caps, gaining 52% so far in Q3.…

DeFiLlama data shows that many pre-IPO tech firms have witnessed their private valuations more than double in the past year, with AI companies now occupying the top two places on DeFiLlama’s board. The ranking sends a strong message to the worldwide AI industry. The largest sources of private capital are gravitating toward frontier model developers and the infrastructure that supports them. DeFiLlama is known for monitoring decentralized finance protocols and is now tracking 182 pre-IPO companies. Anthropic and OpenAI top the list, and other AI-involved companies make some of the biggest one-year valuation gains. AI names crowd the top of…

PayPal USD [$PYUSD] continues attracting new users even though the circulating supply remains low. Santiment data shows that $PYUSD recorded 863 new wallets in a single day. That was the strongest network growth since the 8th of April. However, despite growth in the network, the market capitalization of $PYUSD is roughly 24% lower from late May, near $2.73 billion. This divergence suggests adoption among users is recovering faster than the supply is circulating. Source: Santiment Holder counts continue to rise on major networks as well. This trend also suggests participation goes beyond short-term speculative demand. PayPal also continues to expand…