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Aave is a decentralized finance protocol for borrowing and lending, where users can participate as depositors or borrowers. Depositors provide liquidity to the market to earn a passive income, while borrowers are able to borrow in an overcollateralized (perpetually) or undercollateralized (one-block liquidity) fashion. AAVE is used as the center of gravity of Aave Protocol governance, allowing users to vote and decide on the outcome of Aave Improvement Proposals (AIPs). Additionally, AAVE can be staked within the protocol's Safety Module to provide security/insurance to the protocol and depositors. Stakers earn staking rewards and fees from the protocol.
Chainlink Launches 24/7 Market Data Service, Aave Becomes First Partner
According to the official announcement from Chainlink, Chainlink 24/7 is now live, providing 24/7 on-chain market data for real-world assets (RWA) such as stocks and commodities, covering weekends and holidays, and supporting tokenized asset trading, collateral valuation, and on-chain risk management. Decentralized lending protocol Aave has become the first partner and will utilize this service for 24/7 collateral management.
Grayscale Announces Crypto Asset Yield Rankings: HYPE Holders Lead in Yield, CAKE Ranks Highest in Adjusted Earnings Yield
According to BeInCrypto, Grayscale released a crypto asset valuation ranking evaluated based on two metrics: "Token Holder Yield" and "Adjusted Earnings Yield". HYPE topped holder yields at 8.0%, with Lighter (LIT) following closely at 7.9%, and PancakeSwap (CAKE) ranking third at 2.6%, followed sequentially by AERO, UNI, RAY, PENDLE, AAVE, JUP, and CRV. In terms of adjusted earnings yield, CAKE led at 14.4%, with LIT at 14.1% and HYPE at 9.8%, followed sequentially by RAY, AAVE, JUP, SKY, UNI, AERO, and PENDLE. The report showed that five assets on the list had negative holder yields, including AAVE, JUP, and CRV, with CRV at -5.5% and JUP at -2.6%. Grayscale calculates holder yield as staking rewards plus buybacks minus new token issuance, so holders face dilution when new issuance exceeds total yields. While JUP's adjusted earnings yield stands at 3.5%, its holder yield remains negative.
Aave Founder: Solar Energy, GPUs, Robots and Other Assets Will Be Added to Lending Landscape in the Future
Odaily reports: Aave founder and CEO Stani posted on X platform that his way of measuring Aave's potential market size is "addressable collateral" — the broader the range of assets that can serve as collateral, the greater the lending market space becomes.Stani stated that Aave initially started with crypto assets, then expanded into securities through Coinbase Tokenized Stocks and Horizon RWA, and in the future will also cover assets such as solar energy, batteries, GPUs, robots, and space infrastructure. He expressed his belief that this transformation will continue through 2050, and that Aave's goal is to accelerate this process by approximately 10 years by providing financing for the assets that will drive the "Age of Abundance."
Aave 将在 Avalanche 推出 RWA 专项借贷市场
Aave plans to launch a Real World Assets (RWA) lending hub on Avalanche, enabling institutions to borrow stablecoins using tokenized financial assets as collateral without liquidating their existing positions. Tether's USAT will serve as the primary source of USD liquidity. Within two months of Aave V4 launching on Avalanche, total deposits have exceeded $20 million.
Tare Completes $13.25 Million Seed Round, Led by Blockchain Capital
Odaily News — The funding round was led by Blockchain Capital, with participation from Janus Henderson, Strobe Ventures, Venture Dept, Neoclassic Capital, and the Avalanche Foundation. Aave CEO Stani Kulechov, Tether co-founder Phil Potter, and Privy CEO Henri Stern also participated in the investment. Tare plans to develop loan management software on Avalanche, creating digital records for loans and automating back-office processes such as record-keeping, payment distribution, and transaction verification, in order to consolidate fragmented private credit business processes and reduce intermediary and operational costs.
Analysis: PONS ranks 13th in revenue over the past 30 days, with a valuation-to-revenue ratio only about one-tenth of PUMP's
According to Odaily, Blockworks Research analyst AJC stated that over the past 30 days, PONS ranked 13th in crypto market revenue, yet its FDV/Revenue multiple stands at just 0.7x—the lowest among the top 15 tokens by revenue.For comparison, CARDS, PUMP, CAKE, AAVE, HYPE, and LINK have FDV/Revenue multiples of approximately 2.8x, 7.7x, 9.6x, 45.2x, 168.5x, and 212.2x, respectively. AJC believes that PONS' current valuation relative to its revenue level is significantly lower than that of other high-revenue protocols.
European regulatory proposal may restrict user access to DeFi, Aave founder Stani Kulechov criticizes
Odaily News: Stani Kulechov posted that he is disappointed with the European Central Bank and the European Banking Authority's response to the MiCA consultation. The related proposal advocates banning stablecoin payment yields, and suggests restricting crypto asset service providers from offering users access to DeFi, limiting the groups of users who can access DeFi through "suitability tests," and also considering implementing a certification system for DeFi lending protocols, but without clearly specifying an actual enforcement framework. Stani believes that having regulators decide which protocols are suitable for European users could create more closed ecosystems and weaken the liquidity and network effects of open financial networks; excessive restrictions may also increase resistance to innovation. He stated that stablecoins, DeFi, and tokenized securities are expected to reduce friction in financial services, improve transparency, and expand users' access to financial services, and called on European regulators to place users and their interests at the core of the regulatory framework, saying "DeFi will ultimately win."
Blockchain Association Launches Vaults Workflow, Uniting Dozens of Member Institutions to Drive Policy Formulation
According to a post by the Blockchain Association (@BlockchainAssn), the Blockchain Association has officially launched the Vaults Workstream, bringing together dozens of leading member organizations including a16z Crypto, Aave, Uniswap, Grayscale, dYdX Foundation, Ethena, Morpho, and Multicoin to participate in Washington-based policy discussions on on-chain finance. As an emerging component of on-chain finance infrastructure, Vaults can provide users with diverse asset exposure, support composable and personalized investment strategies, and offer high flexibility in manual control, governance, and risk management. Members of this workstream will engage directly with the SEC to assist legislators in understanding Vault mechanics and the applicability of existing regulatory frameworks, with the goal of aligning regulatory rules with technological development to ensure the United States maintains its leading position in on-chain financial innovation.
US equity exposure can now participate in DeFi on-chain, Coinbase natively launches tokenized stocks on Base
: Coinbase announced that its tokenized stocks have been natively launched on the Base chain, built on the B20 standard, with the underlying stocks actually held on a 1:1 basis by regulated custodian Alpaca through a bankruptcy-remote structure. Token holders directly own the corresponding stock ownership. Non-US users in globally compliant jurisdictions only need a wallet and an internet connection to gain US equity exposure without a brokerage account or waiting for settlement, and can trade in a 7×24 AMM pool. The first batch supports companies such as Apple and Nvidia. Tokenized stocks can be freely held, transferred, and traded, with no whitelisted wallets or platform lock-ups. Users can use tokenized Nvidia stock as collateral to borrow on Aave, or deposit Apple stock into a decentralized exchange to earn yield. Dividends and stock splits are handled through an on-chain multiplier mechanism. Ecosystem projects such as Aerodrome and Aave have publicly supported the B20 standard. Coinbase stated that more tokenized stocks will be listed in the coming weeks, and it will continue to bring other real-world assets on-chain.
Andre Cronje: DeFi No Longer Exists, Only On-Chain Finance Remains
Odaily News: Andre Cronje, founder of DeFi platform Flying Tulip and creator of Fantom Network, stated that most DeFi protocols are no longer truly decentralized, with only a few niche areas still qualifying as DeFi. He believes DeFi has evolved into "on-chain finance" or "open finance." He pointed out that true DeFi should possess characteristics such as decentralization, immutability, and the absence of intermediaries, whereas the intermediaries in most current protocols have become corporations, taking on traditional financial institution roles such as decision-makers and risk committees. Cronje noted that this does not mean true DeFi has completely disappeared, as some protocols are still innovating. Data from DefiLlama shows that the total value locked (TVL) in DeFi has dropped from $167 billion in early October 2025 to $75 billion at the time of the original report over the past 10 months, a decline of more than half. In a working paper published in March, the European Central Bank (ECB) analyzed Aave, MakerDAO, Ampleforth, and Uniswap, finding that based on holding snapshots from November 2022 and May 2023, the top 100 addresses holding governance tokens in these protocols each controlled over 80% of the token supply. The ECB consequently questioned the level of decentralization of these DAOs and whether they should continue to be regarded as "fully decentralized" services exempt from the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). (Cointelegraph)
Ethereum Staking Reward Cut Proposal Sparks Outrage: Community Fears Damage to DeFi and Weakened Decentralization
Odaily News - Ethereum Improvement Proposal EIP-8363 ("Tapered Issuance Burn") has triggered strong backlash from the community, becoming one of the most contentious debates over Ethereum's economic model since The Merge. The proposal, put forward by Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake, ETHCC co-founder Jerome de Tychey, and others, aims to gradually reduce validator rewards as the ETH staking ratio rises, ultimately bringing new issuance down to zero when staked ETH reaches 50% of the total supply.However, the proposal has drawn opposition from DeFi developers, staking service providers, and institutional investors alike. Critics argue that lowering staking yields could weaken the network's decentralization, disrupt Ethereum's DeFi ecosystem, and heighten market uncertainty around ETH's monetary policy. Opponents believe market mechanisms can already naturally regulate staking demand. Berryman noted that as yields decline to around 2%, new staking demand may naturally taper off, without the need for protocol-level changes to issuance policy.Ether.fi founder Mike Silagadze stated that the proposal is "detrimental to decentralization, Ethereum adoption, and the network's reputation." Bitwise Ethereum business lead Steve Berryman also pointed out that institutional investors require policy certainty, and adjusting the issuance mechanism could introduce additional uncertainty. Greg Koumoutsos, technical research lead at the Lido Labs Foundation, noted that Ethereum pays not only in "slashable ETH" but also in decentralization, node diversity, censorship resistance, and network resilience. Aave founder Stani Kulechov also warned that reducing ETH staking yields could impact the DeFi ecosystem, as a large volume of staking derivatives has become an integral part of lending and yield strategies.Additionally, the community is concerned that lowering staking rewards could paradoxically intensify centralization. Since individual validators lack economies of scale, declining yields may drive smaller nodes to exit, while large exchanges and institutional staking providers—backed by greater business demand—could continue expanding their market share.Currently, EIP-8363 involves not only staking reward adjustments but has also sparked broad discussions over Ethereum's long-term monetary policy, governance stability, and institutional confidence. The community believes that such a significant change to the economic model requires more thorough debate and a longer evaluation period. (Cointelegraph)
Staking yields fall to zero, Aave founder Stani questions Ethereum EIP-8361
Odaily News: Aave founder Stani Kulechov published a lengthy post stating that Ethereum's EIP-8361 progressive issuance burn proposal has systemic issues. The proposal aims to gradually burn consensus layer issuance rewards, reducing the net staking yield to zero when the total amount of staked ETH reaches 60.25 million, approximately 50% of the total supply. Stani Kulechov believes that the second-order ripple effects of this proposal have not been fully modeled and could damage the foundations of the Ethereum ecosystem across multiple dimensions. He stated that a zero-yield mechanism may exacerbate staking centralization, with home validators being the first to exit due to fixed costs such as hardware and electricity, while non-yield-driven entities like ETF issuers, exchanges, and corporate treasury funds will remain. MEV rewards, which are unaffected by the proposal, would also expand the advantages of top professional operators. He also noted that individual stakers could face tax and operational risks. If tax authorities calculate taxes based on the full issuance amount and classify the burned portion as a capital loss, home node operators could experience after-tax losses. With penalty standards for faults remaining unchanged, the node recovery period after a fault could be extended by up to 14 times as net yields decline. Stani Kulechov stated that staking yields serve as the pricing benchmark for on-chain ETH interest rates. A decline in yields could cause DeFi lending and fixed-income markets to lose their pricing anchor, potentially driving on-chain capital toward stablecoins offering 4% to 5% annual returns. For institutional investors, predictable yields are a core competitive advantage of ETH relative to BTC. If yields fall to zero while volatility increases, ETH's differentiation in the store-of-value track would diminish. He also pointed out that after the proposal is implemented, MEV's share of total validator revenue could rise from the current 7% to nearly 30%, potentially incentivizing operators to prioritize relay nodes that support censorship, thereby weakening Ethereum's credible neutrality. If an MEV burn mechanism is subsequently added, validator revenue could be nearly eliminated. Stani Kulechov suggested that the proposal's authors release after-tax yield assessments for individual node operators, tax opinions from major jurisdictions, and cascade risk models for the DeFi ecosystem, while setting a non-zero net yield floor. He believes that staking centralization should be addressed directly with targeted measures, rather than by suppressing validator yields across the board.
Trader 58bro.eth sold 8,000 ETH in the past hour, worth over $17.96 million
Odaily reports: According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, trader 58bro.eth (@0x58bro, 0xc24...FE8d) sold 8,000 ETH in the past hour. After redeeming over $17.96 million worth of ETH from Aave, the trader deposited ETH to OKX in batches and has so far withdrawn 10.5 million USDT to repay loans; 4,911.05 WETH remains staked in Aave with 2.51 million USDT borrowed, and the health rate is 3.69.
Kraken reports trading service issues; analyst says it may face liquidity pressure, with Aave-related exposure reportedly exceeding $130 million
Bitcoin News posted on X that Kraken says users are experiencing issues connecting to the platform and submitting orders via web, mobile, and API services. After the Aave market was paused, an analyst cited Kraken's reportedly over $130 million exposure and speculated that it may face liquidity pressure. No liquidity crisis has been confirmed so far.
Binance hacker has sold altcoins worth approximately $158 million, converting all into 70,480 ETH
Odaily reports: According to on-chain analyst The Data Nerd, the Binance hacker has sold altcoins worth approximately $158.25 million and converted all proceeds into 70,480 ETH.The specific sell-offs include: 7.02 million UNI (approximately $39.63 million), 217.5 million ENA (approximately $33.93 million), 7.77 trillion PEPE (approximately $31.66 million), 2.57 million LINK (approximately $26.05 million), 127,953 AAVE (approximately $14.27 million), 21.85 million ONDO (approximately $6.62 million), and 17.32 million WLD (approximately $6.09 million).Currently, all of the aforementioned altcoins held by the relevant address have been fully liquidated.
Binance hacker has completed the sell-off of 7 tokens including UNI and ENA, cumulatively converting to 70,480 ETH, worth $158 million
Odaily reports: According to Lookonchain monitoring, the Binance attacker has completed the sell-off of 7 tokens including UNI, ENA, PEPE, LINK, AAVE, ONDO, and WLD, cumulatively converting to 70,480 ETH, valued at approximately $158.25 million based on current quoted prices. Among them:UNI: sold 7.02 million tokens, worth $39.63 million, at an average price of $5.65;ENA: sold 217.5 million tokens, worth $33.93 million, at an average price of $0.16;PEPE: sold 7.77 trillion tokens, worth $31.66 million, at an average price of $0.0000041;LINK: sold 2.57 million tokens, worth $26.05 million, at an average price of $10.14;AAVE: sold 127,953 tokens, worth $14.27 million, at an average price of $111.55;ONDO: sold 21.85 million tokens, worth $6.62 million, at an average price of $0.30;WLD: sold 17.32 million tokens, worth $6.09 million, at an average price of $0.35.
Wallet Linked to Binance Hackers Holds About 253,000 ETH, Worth Approximately $570 Million
Odaily report: A wallet suspected to be associated with the Binance hack incident received tens of thousands of ETH through a Uniswap contract and borrowed 19,762 ETH on Aave using approximately $60 million in USDT as collateral. On-chain records do not show any vulnerabilities in Uniswap or Aave.As of 22:07 UTC, the two wallets held approximately 253,000 ETH, worth about $570 million, with no outgoing transfers recorded. Aave has paused the Ethereum mainnet V3 market, and Kamino has also paused borrowing in the SOL/BTC market; Ripple has frozen approximately $200 million in RLUSD, and more than $2 billion in USDT and USDC has been frozen by stablecoin issuers. (Decrypt)
Binance hacker is dumping PEPE, UNI, LINK and other tokens on-chain in exchange for ETH, and still holds multiple altcoins
According to Lookonchain monitoring, the Binance hacker is currently dumping PEPE, UNI, LINK and other tokens on-chain in exchange for ETH. Lookonchain states that the hacker still holds a large amount of altcoins that may face significant selling pressure, including 217.497 million ENA (worth $39.51 million), 7.579 trillion PEPE (worth $34.41 million), 2.575 million LINK (worth $28.07 million), 128,034 AAVE (worth $15.9 million), 74.56 million ARB (worth $11.54 million), 1.938 million UNI (worth $12.62 million), 21.852 million ONDO (worth $8.52 million), 17.318 million WLD (worth $6.73 million), 714.911 million FUN (worth $6.29 million), 87.853 million ZAMA (worth $6.02 million), 3.602 million ZRO (worth $5.69 million), and 3.382 billion RSR (worth $5.02 million).
Aave V3 and V4 have fully lifted market freezes, with some assets temporarily maintaining 0 LTV
Aave officially stated that the precautionary freeze measures taken following the Binance security incident have now been lifted, and all markets on Aave V3 and V4 have returned to normal. Previously, after receiving initial information about the incident, Aave paused new deposits and borrowings, but users could still withdraw assets and repay loans normally. Aave emphasized that its smart contracts were not affected by the incident, and user positions remained fully collateralized at all times. As an ongoing precautionary measure, the LTV of USDT, USDC, USDT0, POL, WAVAX, sAVAX, XAUT, PAXG, and OP will temporarily remain at 0, and these assets cannot be used as collateral for new borrowings.
He Yi: The 60 million USDT collateralized in AAVE falls outside the scope of the complete freeze; the hacker only stole $46 million worth of ETH.
Some users are concerned that freezing protocol collateral funds could trigger cascading liquidations in DeFi. He Yi's reply clarified the situation regarding AAVE-related collateral funds: currently, the 60 million USDT collateralized in AAVE falls outside the full freeze scope, and the hackers actually only stole approximately $46 million worth of ETH. Once these assets are unfrozen through the law enforcement system, an additional ~$14 million in recoverable assets will be available.
Binance hacker has sold altcoins worth approximately $158 million, converting all into 70,480 ETH
Odaily reports: According to on-chain analyst The Data Nerd, the Binance hacker has sold altcoins worth approximately $158.25 million and converted all proceeds into 70,480 ETH.The specific sell-offs include: 7.02 million UNI (approximately $39.63 million), 217.5 million ENA (approximately $33.93 million), 7.77 trillion PEPE (approximately $31.66 million), 2.57 million LINK (approximately $26.05 million), 127,953 AAVE (approximately $14.27 million), 21.85 million ONDO (approximately $6.62 million), and 17.32 million WLD (approximately $6.09 million).Currently, all of the aforementioned altcoins held by the relevant address have been fully liquidated.
Aave has frozen most markets across the network, with a phased unfreezing to follow
Odaily Report: LlamaRisk posted on the governance forum stating that after the attack on Binance's Ethereum hot wallet, LlamaRisk, Aave Labs, and others decided to have the guardian freeze markets across the network, freezing a total of 175 reserve types across 16 networks covered by Aave V3, as well as 117 reserves across four spoke categories in Aave V4. Aave will continue to monitor the attacker's wallets and price feeds, and once fund flows cease, it will coordinate with all parties to unfreeze in phases.
Binance hacker has completed the sell-off of 7 tokens including UNI and ENA, cumulatively converting to 70,480 ETH, worth $158 million
Odaily reports: According to Lookonchain monitoring, the Binance attacker has completed the sell-off of 7 tokens including UNI, ENA, PEPE, LINK, AAVE, ONDO, and WLD, cumulatively converting to 70,480 ETH, valued at approximately $158.25 million based on current quoted prices. Among them:UNI: sold 7.02 million tokens, worth $39.63 million, at an average price of $5.65;ENA: sold 217.5 million tokens, worth $33.93 million, at an average price of $0.16;PEPE: sold 7.77 trillion tokens, worth $31.66 million, at an average price of $0.0000041;LINK: sold 2.57 million tokens, worth $26.05 million, at an average price of $10.14;AAVE: sold 127,953 tokens, worth $14.27 million, at an average price of $111.55;ONDO: sold 21.85 million tokens, worth $6.62 million, at an average price of $0.30;WLD: sold 17.32 million tokens, worth $6.09 million, at an average price of $0.35.
Analysis: Arbitrage Window Emerges On-Chain During Binance Hack, Single Address Profits Approximately $3.47 Million in Two Hours
Odaily Report: During the Binance attack, an obvious arbitrage opportunity emerged on-chain. According to a community user's review, the attacker, in order to avoid Tether freezing, swapped a large amount of USDT for ETH through DEXs, causing the ETH price on Uniswap to briefly rise to $2,560–$2,750, with some individual trades exceeding $3,000, while Aave's ETH price obtained through the Chainlink oracle remained at $2,250–$2,290. A price gap of 15% to 30% appeared between on-chain and oracle prices, lasting nearly an hour.Arbitrageurs exploited this price gap by depositing USDC/USDT as collateral into Aave, borrowing ETH at the oracle price, then selling it at high prices on DEXs, and buying back ETH to repay the loans once the spread narrowed. According to the user's statistics, within 6 hours after the incident, a total of 61 addresses borrowed ETH on Aave mainnet (excluding the hacker's address). Among them, the most profitable address sold 12,289 ETH at an average price of approximately $2,580, then bought back 12,314 ETH at an average price of approximately $2,297, earning about $3.47 million. The top ten arbitrage addresses collectively profited approximately $6.36 million.The user stated that the arbitrageurs exploited the price disconnection between centralized exchanges and DEXs, and that the Aave contract itself had no vulnerability. As DEX prices fell back and Aave froze the mainnet V3 market, the arbitrage window gradually closed. The above profits are based on transaction-by-transaction on-chain statistics and have not yet deducted Gas fees.
Analysis: Arbitrage Window Emerges On-Chain During Binance Hack, Single Address Profits Approximately $3.47 Million in Two Hours
Odaily Report: During the Binance attack, an obvious arbitrage opportunity emerged on-chain. According to a community user's review, the attacker, in order to avoid Tether freezing, swapped a large amount of USDT for ETH through DEXs, causing the ETH price on Uniswap to briefly rise to $2,560–$2,750, with some individual trades exceeding $3,000, while Aave's ETH price obtained through the Chainlink oracle remained at $2,250–$2,290. A price gap of 15% to 30% appeared between on-chain and oracle prices, lasting nearly an hour.Arbitrageurs exploited this price gap by depositing USDC/USDT as collateral into Aave, borrowing ETH at the oracle price, then selling it at high prices on DEXs, and buying back ETH to repay the loans once the spread narrowed. According to the user's statistics, within 6 hours after the incident, a total of 61 addresses borrowed ETH on Aave mainnet (excluding the hacker's address). Among them, the most profitable address sold 12,289 ETH at an average price of approximately $2,580, then bought back 12,314 ETH at an average price of approximately $2,297, earning about $3.47 million. The top ten arbitrage addresses collectively profited approximately $6.36 million.The user stated that the arbitrageurs exploited the price disconnection between centralized exchanges and DEXs, and that the Aave contract itself had no vulnerability. As DEX prices fell back and Aave froze the mainnet V3 market, the arbitrage window gradually closed. The above profits are based on transaction-by-transaction on-chain statistics and have not yet deducted Gas fees.
ACI Founder: Binance Hacker's Debt Accounts for Only 0.9% of Aave's Total wETH Reserves, Easily Absorbed by Liquidation Mechanism
Odaily Report: Marc Zeller, founder of the Aave Chan Initiative (ACI), posted on X stating that the Aave protocol is fine.The Binance hacker injected 60 million USDT into the protocol within just 3 minutes and borrowed 19,762 wETH (approximately $44.9 million), at which point Tether had not yet frozen the address, nor had the Aave Guardian frozen the Aave V3 Core pool's reserves (this operation occurred 46 minutes later).However, USDT is backed by real dollars, and from the protocol's perspective, although this position is the proceeds of crime, it is overcollateralized — with a health factor of 1.04, holding $59.9 million in collateral against $44.9 million in debt.Of course, the protocol now has a large borrower with little incentive to repay the loan, but the liquidation mechanism will still operate as usual. If the ETH price rises above approximately $2,365 (+4%), the position will be liquidated just like any other position.Currently, the Aave V3 Core pool's total wETH reserves stand at 2.16 million wETH, and the hacker's debt accounts for "only" 0.9% of that, so Aave does not need to take any special action against the hacker. There are currently 345,000 wETH available (capital utilization rate of 81.6%), so if wETH depositors wish to withdraw, liquidity is fully sufficient. There is no reason or need for a bank run to occur.This situation is far less alarming than the Kelp hacker incident (which involved zero-value collateral). In theory, a governance proposal could be passed to force liquidation of the hacker by upgrading the pool (if the USDT liquidation threshold were lowered, it would affect all USDT depositors), but there is no practical benefit to doing so, as the normal liquidation mechanism can easily absorb this debt.
Wallet Linked to Binance Hackers Holds About 253,000 ETH, Worth Approximately $570 Million
Odaily report: A wallet suspected to be associated with the Binance hack incident received tens of thousands of ETH through a Uniswap contract and borrowed 19,762 ETH on Aave using approximately $60 million in USDT as collateral. On-chain records do not show any vulnerabilities in Uniswap or Aave.As of 22:07 UTC, the two wallets held approximately 253,000 ETH, worth about $570 million, with no outgoing transfers recorded. Aave has paused the Ethereum mainnet V3 market, and Kamino has also paused borrowing in the SOL/BTC market; Ripple has frozen approximately $200 million in RLUSD, and more than $2 billion in USDT and USDC has been frozen by stablecoin issuers. (Decrypt)
Chainlink Launches 24/7 Market Data Service, Aave Becomes First Partner
According to the official announcement from Chainlink, Chainlink 24/7 is now live, providing 24/7 on-chain market data for real-world assets (RWA) such as stocks and commodities, covering weekends and holidays, and supporting tokenized asset trading, collateral valuation, and on-chain risk management. Decentralized lending protocol Aave has become the first partner and will utilize this service for 24/7 collateral management.
Grayscale Announces Crypto Asset Yield Rankings: HYPE Holders Lead in Yield, CAKE Ranks Highest in Adjusted Earnings Yield
According to BeInCrypto, Grayscale released a crypto asset valuation ranking evaluated based on two metrics: "Token Holder Yield" and "Adjusted Earnings Yield". HYPE topped holder yields at 8.0%, with Lighter (LIT) following closely at 7.9%, and PancakeSwap (CAKE) ranking third at 2.6%, followed sequentially by AERO, UNI, RAY, PENDLE, AAVE, JUP, and CRV. In terms of adjusted earnings yield, CAKE led at 14.4%, with LIT at 14.1% and HYPE at 9.8%, followed sequentially by RAY, AAVE, JUP, SKY, UNI, AERO, and PENDLE. The report showed that five assets on the list had negative holder yields, including AAVE, JUP, and CRV, with CRV at -5.5% and JUP at -2.6%. Grayscale calculates holder yield as staking rewards plus buybacks minus new token issuance, so holders face dilution when new issuance exceeds total yields. While JUP's adjusted earnings yield stands at 3.5%, its holder yield remains negative.
Aave Livestream: Coinbase Tokenized Stocks Go Live on V4, Aavenomics 3.0 Will Resume AAVE Buybacks
During Aave's official quarterly live stream on X on October 22, Aave founder Stani Kulechov stated that Aavenomics 3.0 will be launched soon, which includes AAVE buyback, staking, and burning mechanisms, with repurchases set to resume. Additionally, seven of Coinbase's tokenized stocks have been listed on Aave V4 Equities Hub on the Base network and can be used as collateral to borrow USDC. Currently, it is only accessible to eligible non-US users. Initial deposits at launch were approximately $9.6 million. In terms of Q3 data, the DAO generated revenue of approximately $18.9 million and net profits of around $4 million. Total deposits grew by 41% to reach approximately $33.6 billion, while active loans increased by 32% to about $13.2 billion.
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Aave V3 and V4 have fully lifted market freezes, with some assets temporarily maintaining 0 LTV
Aave officially stated that the precautionary freeze measures taken following the Binance security incident have now been lifted, and all markets on Aave V3 and V4 have returned to normal. Previously, after receiving initial information about the incident, Aave paused new deposits and borrowings, but users could still withdraw assets and repay loans normally. Aave emphasized that its smart contracts were not affected by the incident, and user positions remained fully collateralized at all times. As an ongoing precautionary measure, the LTV of USDT, USDC, USDT0, POL, WAVAX, sAVAX, XAUT, PAXG, and OP will temporarily remain at 0, and these assets cannot be used as collateral for new borrowings.
LlamaRisk Proposes Cutting Borrowing Caps Before Aave Resumes, Plans to Remove ~$3.7 Billion in Unused V3 Limits
According to The Defiant, risk management firm LlamaRisk has proposed lowering borrowing limits ahead of the Aave market's reopening. The proposal aims to remove approximately $3.7 billion in unused borrowing capacity on Aave V3 and about $130 million on V4. Current freeze measures remain in effect, continuing to block new loans.
He Yi: The 60 million USDT collateralized in AAVE falls outside the scope of the complete freeze; the hacker only stole $46 million worth of ETH.
Some users are concerned that freezing protocol collateral funds could trigger cascading liquidations in DeFi. He Yi's reply clarified the situation regarding AAVE-related collateral funds: currently, the 60 million USDT collateralized in AAVE falls outside the full freeze scope, and the hackers actually only stole approximately $46 million worth of ETH. Once these assets are unfrozen through the law enforcement system, an additional ~$14 million in recoverable assets will be available.
Trader 58bro.eth sold 8,000 ETH in the past hour, worth over $17.96 million
Odaily reports: According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, trader 58bro.eth (@0x58bro, 0xc24...FE8d) sold 8,000 ETH in the past hour. After redeeming over $17.96 million worth of ETH from Aave, the trader deposited ETH to OKX in batches and has so far withdrawn 10.5 million USDT to repay loans; 4,911.05 WETH remains staked in Aave with 2.51 million USDT borrowed, and the health rate is 3.69.
Kraken reports trading service issues; analyst says it may face liquidity pressure, with Aave-related exposure reportedly exceeding $130 million
Bitcoin News posted on X that Kraken says users are experiencing issues connecting to the platform and submitting orders via web, mobile, and API services. After the Aave market was paused, an analyst cited Kraken's reportedly over $130 million exposure and speculated that it may face liquidity pressure. No liquidity crisis has been confirmed so far.
Binance hacker has sold altcoins worth approximately $158 million, converting all into 70,480 ETH
Odaily reports: According to on-chain analyst The Data Nerd, the Binance hacker has sold altcoins worth approximately $158.25 million and converted all proceeds into 70,480 ETH.The specific sell-offs include: 7.02 million UNI (approximately $39.63 million), 217.5 million ENA (approximately $33.93 million), 7.77 trillion PEPE (approximately $31.66 million), 2.57 million LINK (approximately $26.05 million), 127,953 AAVE (approximately $14.27 million), 21.85 million ONDO (approximately $6.62 million), and 17.32 million WLD (approximately $6.09 million).Currently, all of the aforementioned altcoins held by the relevant address have been fully liquidated.