Latest updates, press releases, and insights from the volatile world of digital assets.
Threshold Network has restored limited on-chain bridge activity for its Bitcoin-backed token after addressing a Linux kernel vulnerability, yet new minting remains offline and a major lending reserve stays restricted
Aave Labs has purchased the team and technology of Avon to add fixed-rate and floating-rate lending capabilities to its onchain network, targeting institutions, fintechs and retail users
Kraken’s parent company expands DeFi exposure through an affiliated fund, with potential for more purchases and collaboration with the lending protocol
Aave has reopened its V3 and V4 markets following a precautionary freeze tied to the Binance incident, while keeping nine tokens at zero loan-to-value for new collateral use
Following a $6.3 billion incident at the major exchange, the Tesla CEO predicted future AI systems could acquire digital assets for their own purposes rather than human operators
Guardians restricted new deposits and borrows across V3 and V4 markets following a $60 million USDT deposit and 19,762 WETH loan tied to the exchange incident
The exchange will close positions and cancel orders in selected cross-margin markets at 06:00 UTC while ending 12 BTC-quoted spot pairs three hours earlier, alongside Ethereum wallet maintenance and new collateral additions
Institutional DeFi platform Sentora operates three new markets enabling borrows of RLUSD, PYUSD and OUSD against selected collateral under Aave governance safeguards
Bank analysts describe the DeFi lending protocol as a potential mobility layer for tokenized assets that could support functions involving tens of trillions of dollars in traditional finance activity
Babylon Labs has submitted a proposal to Aave that would allow users to borrow stablecoins against Bitcoin held on its native network, keeping the underlying asset on Bitcoin while using a non-transferable Ethereum token to represent each collateral position
