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Aave has reached a significant milestone, with its V4 protocol surpassing $900 million in deposits. This achievement reflects a growing confidence in the platform, especially among larger investors. The news was reported by the crypto commentator @aave on Twitter, marking a notable moment for Aave’s ecosystem as it continues to evolve in the decentralized finance space. This milestone could attract further investment and engagement from users. What Went Down The recent deposit milestone for Aave V4 comes at a time when the broader cryptocurrency market exhibits mixed signals, with varying momentum among major assets. Aave’s growth in deposits suggests a…
Solana treasury company shutters its SOL accelerator as a $27 million quarterly reversal forces deep cuts
DeFi Development Corp., which holds Solana’s $SOL token as a treasury asset, reported a $27 million second-quarter loss. It is also retrenching, closing its Treasury Accelerator to new deals, lowering costs, and repurchasing convertible debt below face value. The company said in an Aug. 12 shareholder letter that its net loss on digital assets was $21.519 million, reversing a $21.194 million gain a year earlier. The digital-asset line cannot be equated with quarterly cash burn because DFDV did not disclose its realized and unrealized components. Operating expenses plus cost of goods sold, excluding fair-value changes, fell 22.6% year over year…
The SEC has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the FDA to bolster regulatory cooperation aimed at enhancing market integrity and public health. This partnership will facilitate information sharing to improve the accuracy and timeliness of FDA-related disclosures, as highlighted in a recent tweet from the SEC. Such collaboration is expected to play a significant role in protecting investors and ensuring fair markets. What Went Down The recent collaboration between the SEC and FDA marks a pivotal step in regulatory oversight. By signing this MOU, both agencies aim to share critical information, enhancing their ability to monitor financial…
Binance has denied that a system or pricing failure caused more than $5 million in alleged trader losses as the AKEUSDT perpetual contract surged from about $0.0076 to nearly $0.045 on Sept. 3. Binance says $AKE liquidations followed market volatility X user xunlu alleged that more than 30 funding-rate arbitrage positions on Binance were liquidated within minutes at around 5:44 a.m. UTC+8 on Sept. 3. The trader estimated the losses at more than 5 million USDT and alleged that the sudden move resulted from coordinated activity in the $AKE market rather than ordinary trading. Responding to the complaint, Binance Customer…
Chainalysis has added support for HyperEVM, the Ethereum-compatible smart contract environment on the Hyperliquid Layer 1, the blockchain analytics firm announced on September 3, 2026. The integration brings Chainalysis’s compliance and investigation tooling to Hyperliquid’s growing onchain ecosystem, letting customers monitor activity across the network’s native token and the applications deployed on top of it. The announcement is the latest chain-coverage expansion from the analytics firm, which routinely adds automatic token support for emerging networks. Automatic Coverage for ERC-20 and ERC-721 Tokens Support extends well beyond the native HYPE token. Chainalysis said it will automatically add coverage for new fungible…
BlackRock, Coinbase, Strategy in group pledging $15 million to prepare Bitcoin for quantum threats
A total of nine companies have formed a consortium pledging a combined $15 million over three years to support Bitcoin BTC$65,171.29 security research and open-source development. Companies in the newly formed Bitcoin Security Consortium include major crypto market participants including BlackRock, Coinbase, Strategy, Anchorage Digital, ARK Invest, Block, Blockstream, Fidelity Digital Assets and Galaxy. The group will focus partly on preparing Bitcoin for advances in quantum computing and will publish material tracking the state of Bitcoin security work for investors and the public. The $15 million will not be held or allocated by the consortium, but instead member will choose…
Pendle has made a significant move by launching tokenized stock dividends for NVIDIA (NVDA) and Pfizer (PFE) on Robinhood, as reported by Twitter commentator @pendle_fi. This development allows investors new avenues for trading, including buying stocks at a discount or leveraging exposure to dividends. The potential for increased trading volume and interest in these assets could reshape market dynamics. What Went Down The introduction of tokenized dividends on Pendle sets the stage for innovative trading options in the crypto and stock markets. As of now, there are no significant price changes reported, but the move is expected to attract interest…
Ethena, the company behind the $USDe synthetic dollar, has entered into an institutional lending partnership with FalconX, a prominent crypto prime broker. Under the agreement, Ethena will deploy a portion of its institutional lending capital to provide overcollateralized stablecoin loans to FalconX, according to a statement from the company. Partnership details and mechanics The partnership allows FalconX to access stablecoin loans backed by collateral exceeding the loan value, a structure designed to mitigate credit risk. Ethena will use part of its institutional lending capital to fund these loans, which are intended for FalconX’s institutional clients. This move integrates Ethena’s stablecoin…
A Regulated Lane Opens News of the law’s start spread quickly earlier today. The legislation, formally Bill No. 1194918-8, cleared the State Duma in its second and third readings on July 21 before President Vladimir Putin signed it into law in early August. The rules put the Bank of Russia in charge of the country’s regulated crypto market, with exchanges, brokers and custodians now having to register as licensed intermediaries and join a financial market self-regulatory organization before they can legally serve customers. The central bank also decides which digital assets those intermediaries are permitted to offer, giving Moscow direct…
Crypto trading terminals settled more than $1 billion of volume in a single day on Sept. 2, the first time they have done so since January 2025, according to a Dune chart published by the analyst who goes by Adam on X. The venue mix behind that number has changed since the last billion-dollar day. GMGN, the multi-chain terminal that took $479.7 million of the $1.03 billion total on Adam’s count, now does nine of every ten dollars of its volume on Robinhood Chain, the two-month-old network Robinhood built for tokenized equities. Its Solana volume was $9.5 million that day,…