Ethereum now accounts for 67% of all decentralized finance (DeFi) borrowing onchain, even as total lending volumes dropped from $46 billion in 2025 to about $23 billion by mid-2026. This dominance is boosted by the use of liquid staking tokens like stETH, which allow borrowers to earn staking yields while using their assets as collateral. Aave remains the leading protocol facilitating most of this borrowing activity. Ethereum's growing share highlights its central role in DeFi credit markets, with more staked and tokenized ETH enhancing liquidity and collateral quality.
A proposal to remove Ethereum staking rewards if staked ETH exceeds half of circulating supply faces strong opposition from DeFi leaders like Aave CEO Stani Kulechov. Critics argue the plan would disrupt institutional adoption, reduce yield predictab...
BitGo is moving $7.3 billion of wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) cross-chain operations from LayerZero to Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP), making Chainlink the exclusive infrastructure for WBTC. This transition consolidates BitGo's tok...
