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Curve recorded 704 Soft Liquidation episodes involving 602 borrower addresses, with a median duration of 14.5 days and a 75th percentile of 38.9 days. LLAMMA progressively converts collateral while loans remain open, giving borrowers time to respond, although fees, losses and eventual Hard Liquidation can still occur. Curve reviewed 12 high-value episodes covering $15.2 million and argues liquidation performance should consider borrower response time alongside protocol solvency. Curve’s first-half 2026 lending data shows its LLAMMA system repeatedly kept borrowers inside a managed liquidation process rather than forcing immediate collateral sales during market stress. Across Curve lending markets, a third-party tracker…
Ethereum validators rely on independently built consensus clients to agree on the chain, and that diversity is a safety feature. If a defect affects a client used by too much of the network, Ethereum can stop finalizing blocks or, under more extreme conditions, finalize the wrong chain. Yet a Sept. 16 snapshot of one client-diversity dashboard offered three incompatible answers about which client had the largest share. Clientdiversity.org showed Blockprint estimating Teku at 99.83%, Miga Labs estimating Lighthouse at 51.32%, and Rated estimating Teku at 53.86%. Those are readings coming from different proxies, and one is attached to a tool…
After enjoying a 5.40% climb to its latest closing price of $61.47 over the last 30 days of trading, PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) stock suffered a sudden and steep reversal in the night between Thursday and Friday, August 28. Specifically, PYPL shares remained level in the latest after-hours session but collapsed 14.67% to $52.45 as the pre-market session started, effectively collapsing the company’s market capitalization from $52.58 billion to $44.87 billion. PayPal stock price one-month chart. Source: Google The sharp downward move was entirely driven by reports that Stripe and Advent decided to withdraw their offer to acquire PayPal for $60.50…
Bitwise, a renowned crypto investment firm and one of $XRP’s biggest ETF issuers, has made an unexpected move that has sparked concerns across the $XRP community. As of Thursday, August 6, latest onchain data has shown Bitwise selling off a portion of its $XRP holdings worth about $3.58 million as $XRP continues trading low. Is Bitwise bearish? The $XRP sale by Bitwise has sparked reactions across the crypto community as the move comes as unusual activity from the company, considering its consistent $XRP purchases since the $XRP ETFs launched late last year. Nonetheless, the move arrived amid $XRP’s prolonged volatility,…
Japan’s financial regulator is betting that blockchain and artificial intelligence will reshape how money and securities move through the country’s markets. The Financial Services Agency has confirmed that Japan on-chain finance policy will sit at the center of its 2026 program year, with plans stretching across payments, securities settlement, tokenized assets and cross-border transfers. The announcement, published in the agency’s 2026 Strategic Priorities on September 15, signals one of the most concrete regulatory pushes yet toward folding blockchain rails into Japan’s mainstream financial system. Key takeaways Japan’s FSA has named blockchain-based on-chain finance a 2026 policy priority, covering payments, securities…
Aave’s V4 has officially crossed the $1 billion mark in deposits, setting a new all-time high for the platform. This significant achievement highlights the growing interest in decentralized finance (DeFi) and the increasing trust in Aave’s capabilities. As reported in a tweet by Aave, this milestone could signal a positive shift in market sentiment toward DeFi solutions, as confidence continues to build in the sector. Source Inside the Move As of now, Aave V4 has hit an impressive milestone of $1 billion in deposits, a clear indicator of the rising interest and confidence in decentralized finance. This development comes amidst…
Michael Saylor’s Strategy (MSTR) stock is making a strong comeback, jumping nearly 40% in one month from around $82 to $140. The rally comes as Bitcoin recovered from the $60,000 range to above $80,650, giving a major boost to one of the market’s biggest Bitcoin-linked stocks. Strategy’s large $BTC holdings have also turned earlier paper losses into billions of unrealized gains. Bitcoin Rally Gives MSTR a Major Boost Strategy remains one of the biggest Bitcoin proxy stocks, meaning MSTR often moves more sharply than Bitcoin itself. Therefore, MSTR shares have jumped over 40%, while Bitcoin has recovered roughly 30%, showing…
According to Shibburn, just $7 worth of $SHIB was burned in the last 24 hours. 1.38 million $SHIB were burned in the past day, fewer than that seen the day before last. This led to the daily burn rate dropping 87.63%. The slowdown also triggered a reversal in Shiba Inu’s daily burn rate, as the day before last saw the burn rate rise as much as 706%. 17,464,058 $SHIB were burned the day before last, which saw a 706% surge in the timeframe. Shiba Inu’s token burn rate, however, took an unexpected turn, with the latest data from Shibburn showing…
The probe has since been extended into next year, while 4 million euros sitting in one bank account have been frozen according to local news outlets. The case is also tied to the disappearance of Suszek, who founded BitBay and served as its CEO before leaving the company. He disappeared in March 2022, several months after the rebrand. Prosecutors merged the Zondacrypto investigation with the inquiry into Suszek’s disappearance in August, saying the circumstances surrounding the creation and operation of BitBay could help establish what happened to him. Roman Ż., described by the Polish Press Agency as a former business…
BASIS, the institutional-grade crypto yield and staking platform, is rolling out three moves at once — an ecosystem partnership with $XDC Network, a technology collaboration with Zypher DAO, and the launch of an automated restaking tool called Auto Earn. Together, the announcements mark one of the more ambitious pushes yet to connect BASIS crypto yield infrastructure with real-world finance, AI-driven blockchain tooling, and everyday staking convenience. Key takeaways BASIS partnered with $XDC Network to explore how crypto yield connects to real-world assets and trade-finance infrastructure. BASIS is collaborating with Zypher DAO to pair verifiable AI and Zero-Knowledge technology with its…