News and updates on Aave’s lending protocol, governance proposals, and innovations in decentralized finance.
A governance proposal on Aave has been passed to suspend ETH borrowing following detailed simulations of high utilization of ETH caused by users attempting to receive an ETHPoW airdrop.
Liam 'Akiba' Wright 2 min read 
Aave developers believe that no Ethereum fork running on an alternative consensus can effectively sustain a viable Aave market.
Users regain access to Aave's front end after compliance API flagged Tornado Cash-dusted wallets.
Decentralization may be under attack as Aave, Uniswap, Balancer and more reportedly ban wallets which have interacted with Tornado Cash. A centralized dataset created by TRM Labs appears to be responsible for the accounts being banned.
Aave DAO gives development team the greenlight to launch its decentralized stablecoin GHO. Aave users will mint the stablecoin against their supplied collateral.
The proposed stablecoin GHO will be overcollateralized, pegged to the U.S. dollar, and backed by Aave Protocol collaterals.
MakerDAO’s decision is tied to the fact that half of DAI borrowed on Aave was from Celsius, which is currently facing liquidity issues.
One of the biggest lending protocols is getting its most powerful version yet.
Julien Gaillard, the former Chief Data Scientist at Twitter Spaces, announced on Twitter that he is leaving Silicone Valley social media giant to become Head of Data Science at DeFi lending platform Aave.
