Multicoin Capital bought 338,005 AAVE tokens at an average price of $218 each through Galaxy Digital's OTC desk, investing about $73.7 million. AAVE's price has since dropped roughly 55% to around $97, leaving Multicoin with an unrealized loss exceeding $40 million. The firm appears to be selling its AAVE holdings to cut losses, which could add downward pressure on the token. This reflects broader challenges for DeFi tokens, which have lagged behind Bitcoin's strong 2026 rally, highlighting risks in large OTC trades in thin altcoin markets.
Following a $290 million exploit of the KelpDAO rsETH bridge in April, Aave founder Stani Kulechov announced a new risk framework for the protocol. This framework introduces four key layers: Asset Risk, Bridging Risk, Automated Risk Oracles and Monit...
Mastercard introduced Agent Pay for Machines (AP4M), a new program allowing AI agents to autonomously conduct high-speed, low-cost payment transactions. Supported by over 30 partners including Aave, Coinbase, OKX, Polygon, Ripple, and Solana, AP4M co...
After a $292 million exploit in April that drained rsETH via a single-verifier bridge, Aave is implementing a new four-layer risk framework across its platforms. Key changes include requiring at least three independent verifiers for any bridge route,...
Following the $292 million KelpDAO bridge exploit in April, Aave founder Stani Kulechov announced a new four-layer risk framework designed to improve security across Aave V3, V4, and Horizon. The framework, prepared by LlamaRisk, includes mandatory m...
Following a $290 million breach of the KelpDAO rsETH bridge, Aave has introduced a comprehensive risk management framework to strengthen security across its lending platform. The new protocol sets unified standards for asset security, bridge vulnerab...
