Stablecoins
Aave’s proposed interest rate hike threatens to crush Ethena’s most popular yield loop
The proposed curve change adds 13 to 89 basis points across a $323.8 million debt snapshot for USDe positions.
Liam 'Akiba' Wright 2 min read
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Memecoin degens are providing the spark for Wall Street to turn stock tokens into real capital
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Lido captured just 5.7% of H1 staking growth, while a negative NEST budget shows why deposits alone cannot fund purchases.
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You can borrow against Bitcoin without selling it, but there’s a catch
Bitcoin can serve as collateral for a loan without being sold, but moving its value into blockchain lending markets introduces risks that owning BTC alone doesn't carry.
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DeFi lender proposes bad-debt fix, but user USDC funds remain locked
Anthias projects lower monthly debt accrual under unchanged market conditions, while reserve transfers and supplier cash access remain unverified.
Lending
XRP lending model leaves depositors with 90% of a bad loan’s loss despite reserves twice its size
With the same reserve and cover rates, one modeled default leaves 90,000 tokens of vault loss; ten smaller loans leave 4,500.
Derivatives
Hyperliquid tests allowlists that let operators restrict access to their own markets
HIP-3* adds venue-scoped controls without changing existing permissionless markets.
Governance
Three DeFi projects face possible exclusion from future Arbitrum DAO programs
Good Entry, Limitless and APX Finance could face separate off-chain ban votes, but the combined figure is not one repayable balance.
Governance
Aave crypto lending proposal would let emergency tools freeze markets – but not unfreeze them
The proposal would grant bounded emergency roles now, but the current Risk Steward release cannot invoke their one-way safety calls.
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