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.
Babylon Labs is advancing a plan to enable borrowing on Aave V4 using Bitcoin that remains on the Bitcoin network, avoiding wrapped tokens. Their Trustless Bitcoin Vaults protocol locks BTC in self-custodial Taproot UTXOs, while Aave treats an intern...
At TOKEN2049 Singapore, three DeFi founders shared differing views on their main competitors: Aave's Stani Kulechov sees banks as the biggest rival, aiming to surpass traditional lending with tokenized assets by 2027. Ethena's Guy Young identifies Ci...
On October 13, Aave (AAVE) traded below several important short-term moving averages, including the 7-day, 20-day simple moving averages, and the 12-day and 26-day exponential moving averages, indicating potential short-term weakness. Momentum indica...
Aave (AAVE) increased by 4.51% to $174.38 on October 10, maintaining its position above five of six key moving averages, signaling overall strength. However, the MACD histogram at zero indicates uncertain near-term momentum, with the next daily close...
NEAR attracted $7.43 million in inflows, surpassing Bitcoin's outflow of $4.9 million over the past five hours. Other notable inflows included SUI with $3.21 million and AAVE with $3.06 million. Stablecoins like USDT and USDC also saw significant mov...
