XRP is becoming collateral for real loans and the first market is already dominated by whales
XRP is beginning to support live dollar borrowing on Ethereum, though the market remains heavily concentrated among a handful of borrowers. A Morpho market backed by FXRP, a tokenized representation of XRP, had about 7.18 million RLUSD in outstanding…
Standard Chartered says Ethena’s ENA could crush Bitcoin and Ethereum returns by 2028
Standard Chartered expects Ethena’s ENA token to rise about sevenfold by 2028, provided the protocol can rebuild its shrinking synthetic-dollar business. The bank initiated coverage of ENA with a $2 year-end 2028 target, up from about $0.28 currently. It…
Sentora split 50% Aave revenue, but suppliers absorb all losses
Aave DAO would own the contracts for a proposed Ethereum lending market, but Sentora would make the day-to-day decisions that shape its credit risk. In a governance proposal posted Sept. 28, the DeFi risk manager asks to operate an isolated Aave V4 Hub…
Compound DAO used protocol reserves to buy $52 million worth of COMP, and delegates call it a mandate breach
A new on-chain reconstruction says COMP acquired, through Compound DAO reserves, a majority of all delegated voting power at a May snapshot. That position did not change the recorded result that Proposal 582 passed with zero votes against. Bitquery says…
SEC clears regulatory hurdle as crypto token buybacks hit record $638 million
Crypto projects spent about $638 million with token buybacks through late August 2026, according to Allium Labs data. That is already a record, up from $545 million over the same stretch of 2025. Hyperliquid accounted for roughly $370 million and…
Pragma flags 6 price feeds as critical risk following $3.5M Starknet lending exploit
Oracle provider Pragma classified 6 of 22 mainnet market and rate feeds as critical risk in a Sept. 18 assessment, warning lenders that an available token price does not establish that collateral can be sold to cover a loan. The liquidity report followed…
EU staking review threatens crypto yields and network security could pay the price
Some of the most consequential financial rules begin with surprisingly little text. For example, on page 36 of the European Commission’s current MiCA review, item 66 asks whether Europe’s treatment of staking is adequate and, if it…
Aave V4’s Arc market is swimming in $76 million of USDC nobody is borrowing
Aave V4 went live on the Arc Layer-1 network on Sept. 16 and attracted USDC almost immediately. By Sept. 17, point-in-time Aavescan data showed roughly $76 million supplied, less than $100,000 borrowed, and utilization near 0.1%. Suppliers quickly filled…
XRP holders could earn new yield, but getting out may take up to 60 days
Firelight is preparing to turn XRP-linked assets into capital that backs protection for DeFi users, offering holders a new source of yield in exchange for putting their collateral at risk. The Flare-based protocol lets holders deposit FXRP, an XRP-linked…
Aave V4 proposal would put DAO funds first in line to absorb lending losses
Aave V4 lenders who supply wrapped Ether (WETH), USDC, or USDT to its Core Liquidity Hub on Ethereum will receive a bad-debt backstop under a policy announced in a September 11 proposal from TokenLogic. The Umbrella plan would put Aave’s DAO first in…