Kraken is negotiating to acquire a 15% stake in Aave Group, valuing the DeFi protocol at $385 million. The deal involves Kraken investing 35,000 ETH (about $31 million) for AAVE tokens and equity, marking a strategic move to expand beyond its core exchange business. This investment aligns with Kraken's broader growth plans ahead of its expected IPO and follows its recent acquisition of Bitnomial. Aave remains a leading DeFi lending platform, and Standard Chartered forecasts its token could rise significantly by 2030 due to growing demand for decentralized lending and tokenized assets.
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...
Aave Labs introduced its Model Context Protocol (MCP) server on September 8, enabling AI clients to access detailed DeFi data and simulate transactions without holding private keys or moving funds. Meanwhile, MetaMask released its Agent Wallet on Aug...
