Circle reported $2.7 billion revenue in fiscal 2025, mainly from interest on USDC reserves, with USDC supply at $75.3 billion and growing transfer volumes. Its profitability is highly sensitive to interest rates, with potential revenue swings depending on future rate changes and the renewal of its revenue-sharing deal with Coinbase. Meanwhile, a $290 million exploit in the DeFi restaking sector caused a liquidity crisis, leading to massive withdrawals and highlighting systemic risks in decentralized finance. Circle's future hinges on balancing rate-dependent income with emerging payment services, while the DeFi incident underscores vulnerabilities in crypto infrastructure.
Aave has deployed its V4 lending platform on the Avalanche blockchain, marking its first expansion beyond Ethereum. This upgrade introduces a Hub & Spoke framework allowing decentralized liquidity sharing with independent risk management, aimed at su...
Aave DAO has proposed an innovative mobile app that integrates fiat currency deposits, self-custody, and decentralized finance (DeFi) lending in one platform. This app allows users to convert fiat to stablecoins and earn yields without needing extern...
Monad has increased its weekly incentives to $75,000 to support liquidity for Agora's AUSD stablecoin on its blockchain. AUSD is a US dollar-backed stablecoin managed by VanEck, with reserves in cash and US Treasury bills. This move follows Monad's r...
Aave has deployed its V4 lending protocol on Avalanche, marking its first expansion outside Ethereum. This launch focuses on institutional lending backed by tokenized real-world assets, using a new Hub and Spoke architecture to enable specialized cre...
Aave V4 has launched on Avalanche, marking its first expansion beyond Ethereum and introducing specialized lending markets for tokenized real-world assets like US Treasuries and corporate bonds. This new Hub-and-Spoke architecture allows institutions...
