Babylon Labs wants Aave V4 users to borrow against Bitcoin held in self-custodial Taproot vaults on Bitcoin itself. Risk parameters and more Aave DAO votes are still needed before mainnet, Cryptobriefing reports, and only a testnet has run.
Perspective Coverage
4 publishers
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- Builder 35%
- Operator
- Operator 30%
- Investor
- Investor 35%
Reality
- Evidence62
- Adoption8
- Hype gap+15
- Incentives55
- Confidence68
Crypto lending's rebound to $56 billion enlarges the pool exposed to the next Kelp DAO-style exploit
Crypto lending value locked has risen more than 55% since early July to about $56 billion, according to DeFiLlama data. Aave and Spark have pruned collateral to cap bridge and oracle exposure, though Aave's founder says no protocol can control the wider ecosystem.
Reality
- Evidence45
- Adoption60
- Hype gap+15
- Incentives70
- Confidence45
ECB and EBA want MiCA to ban stablecoin yield and vet DeFi protocols, Aave's Kulechov says
Aave founder Stani Kulechov says the ECB and EBA want the Commission's MiCA review to ban stablecoin yield and tighten DeFi access. By his account, EU providers would keep DeFi access only for users who pass suitability tests, and perhaps only to protocols the authorities certify.
Reality
- Evidence30
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+20
- Incentives80
- Confidence35
Two Safe multisigs lost up to $310K after an attacker impersonated a Safe to get past FlashLoopAdapter, an Aave leverage add-on the owners had enabled. Aave and Safe's core code held, so the loss fell on owners who let a module move funds without signatures.
Perspective Coverage
3 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 38%
- Operator
- Operator 37%
- Investor
- Investor 25%
Reality
- Evidence70
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+12
- Incentives35
- Confidence72
Europe's central banks ask Brussels to extend MiCA's stablecoin yield ban to lending and staking
Europe's central banks asked Brussels to extend MiCA's stablecoin interest ban to lending and staking, a move a campaign says 50,000-plus citizens opposed. A ban that reaches borrower-paid returns could leave euro-regulated tokens unable to match perks offered by dollar stablecoins.
Reality
- Evidence40
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+20
- Incentives70
- Confidence50
MetaMask is pulling its Ethereum validators out of Lido after an infrastructure compromise, putting the stake on a round trip Lido says can take up to 45 days. The stake earns no rewards on the way, and stETH holders share that cost, for an attack whose only documented theft so far is diverted block rewards.
Perspective Coverage
4 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 26%
- Operator
- Operator 41%
- Investor
- Investor 33%
Reality
- Evidence60
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+15
- Incentives65
- Confidence58
Aave's new vault on Base has lent about $495,000 in USDC against $8.14 million of Coinbase's tokenized Magnificent 7 shares. With so little borrowed, the weekend pricing gap in its liquidation design has yet to meet a falling market.
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption15
- Hype gap+20
- Incentives60
- Confidence55