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Aave founder Stani Kulechov surprised the DeFi community by announcing that ETHLend. The original peer-to-peer lending protocol that eventually evolved into Aave will return in 2026. The update sparked excitement among early crypto users who still remember the project’s 2017 roots. The major pivot that reshaped the lending landscape. Stani Highlights Real Bitcoin Collateral Stani Kulechov shared the update while commenting on a recent experiment involving Bitcoin collateral. He emphasized that the tests used real Bitcoin, not wrapped versions. This detail quickly caught attention because most DeFi protocols rely on synthetic or wrapped BTC for on-chain activity. Aave 创始人在 X…

Standard Chartered’s recent research warned that stablecoins could drain up to $1 trillion from emerging market (EM) banks over the next three years as savers flock to digital dollar assets. While that figure represents only around 2% of total deposits across the most vulnerable economies, the structural implications could be historic. Experts Weigh in on Standard Chartered’s $1 Trillion Stablecoin Warning The report, led by Geoff Kendrick, Global Head of Digital Assets Research, and Madhur Jha, Head of Thematic Research, flagged Egypt, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka as the most exposed. Their findings indicate a growing migration of banking functions…

Just one day after Mike Selig’s confirmation hearing on becoming President Donald Trump’s next chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Senate Agriculture Committee advanced his name toward a final vote by the overall Senate, moving him much closer to being a major regulator of the crypto industry. Nominee Selig, a senior official working on crypto policy at the Securities and Exchange Commission, will await that final confirmation vote before he can be sworn in to lead the U.S. commodities watchdog. In that role, it’s likely that Selig would lead U.S. oversight of much of the digital assets…

TL;DR Polygon will carry out a deep network upgrade that requires a temporary pause of deposits and withdrawals on Binance to ensure stability. Users will be able to continue trading normally on the exchange, although they will not be able to move funds on-chain while the network adjusts its validation logic. The upgrade will activate at block 80,084,800 and will introduce a hard fork with improvements in performance, security, and capacity for high-volume applications. Polygon is preparing a network upgrade that modifies the internal structure of the protocol and requires a temporary pause of deposits and withdrawals on Binance. Users…

A new report from decentralized exchange aggregator 1inch has shown a growing crisis in decentralized finance (DeFi): the vast majority of capital deployed in major DeFi liquidity pools is not being used effectively. According to data presented at Devconnect Buenos Aires, between 83% and 95% of liquidity in top pools, including Uniswap v2, v3, and v4, as well as Curve, remains idle for most of the year. That means billions of dollars sit in smart contracts without earning fees or generating meaningful returns. In Uniswap v2 alone, only 0.5% of liquidity typically falls within active trading price ranges, rendering nearly…

U.S. stocks opened higher on Friday as Wall Street set its eyes on a positive weekly close, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 180 points despite the government shutdown extending into day 10. Summary Stocks traded higher on Friday as Wall Street looked to end the week on a winning note. Dow was up 180 points in early moves, with Magnificent 7 stocks mixed. Gold rebounded to above $4,000 while Bitcoin recovered slightly to above $122,000. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up more than 180 points, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite were 0.20% higher. Gains mean…

During a period of sharp sell-off in the cryptocurrency market, a remarkable amount of assets moved from US government wallets. According to Arkham data, a total of $7.5 million worth of cryptocurrency was transferred to different wallets in the last 24 hours. Authorities transferred $300,000 worth of NEXO, $3 million worth of WETH, and $4.2 million worth of TRX in the last 24 hours. The NEXO and TRX assets were reportedly seized two years ago as part of Alameda Research investigations, while the WETH reportedly came from cryptocurrencies seized between 2022 and 2024 in the Bitfinex hacker Ilya Lichtenstein case.…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has reduced the crowded field for the Federal Reserve chair down to five contenders after a series of long interviews, some running for two hours. The cut from 11 candidates to 5, announced late this week, marks the most important step yet in a process that will stretch into early next year. The next Fed leader could be nominated by January, though officials stressed that the person may first be named as a governor before being elevated to chair. The five names left are Michelle Bowman, who is the Fed’s Vice Chair for Supervision, Christopher Waller,…

Over 65 crypto companies and organizations sent out a letter to the US President Donald Trump. The message to the White House called for clarity on multiple aspects of crypto activity. Major crypto organizations and smaller startups joined forces to call out to the White House for better coordination and clarity on applying crypto and financial regulations. Industry representatives focused on several fields, including DeFi, taxation, privacy, and developer protection. “As Congress continues its work, your Administration is engaged in significant efforts behind the scenes. As the President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets identified, there are other steps that…

The crypto industry moves fast and Coinbase now pushes the momentum further with a new lending feature. The exchange launches Ethereum backed loans for U.S users at a time when borrowing demand grows across retail and institutional markets. Many traders want short term liquidity without selling their assets and this service builds a clear path for them. Investors follow every major move in the crypto lending market because fresh options create new strategies. Coinbase steps into this space with a regulated product that focuses on secure borrowing. The feature arrives during a period of strong Ethereum activity and rapid DeFi…