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…
Cardano proposal slashes fees by 55%, but it comes with a cost for small pools
A new Cardano governance action proposes cutting the minimum from 170 ADA to 75 ADA, this time without the Plutus memory-limit change that brought stake pool operators into the previous ballot. The proposal drops one voting requirement that stopped the…
Charles Hoskinson says Cardano no longer comes first – its treasury vote explains why
Cardano’s delegated governance voters let a 12.29 million ADA request for Pogun expire without ratification, showing that Input Output’s history as a founding builder does not guarantee access to the network’s treasury. Pogun is an…
Ethereum builders face a choice between locking up too much cash or relying on trusted brokers
During a Sept. 8–11 Lido discussion, Commit-Boost contributor Jason Vranek pointed out that builders supporting protocol-backed payments deal with costs from idle Ethereum, failed deliveries, and offers they wished to cancel. Those costs could make…
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…
Solana’s 300ms speed boost to outrun trading bots might come with a hidden cost
Solana’s shorter trading intervals could let liquidity providers keep more of the value that trading bots extract from outdated pool prices. Fee-charging pools whose prices lag external markets have the clearest modeled benefit. Solana’s mainnet has…
DeFi lender proposes bad-debt fix, but user USDC funds remain locked
Lending protocol Moonwell’s proposed rate changes could cut monthly interest accruing on bad debt by about 85%, according to Anthias Labs’ projection. Its Sept. 4 recovery update leaves access to USDC and a return to borrowing as separate…
Three DeFi projects face possible exclusion from future Arbitrum DAO programs
Arbitrum’s Watchdog Committee, a grant oversight body, has given three DeFi projects until a tentative Sept. 10 deadline to answer high-severity misuse findings and return funds it considers unresolved, or face separate votes on permanent exclusion…
Aave crypto lending proposal would let emergency tools freeze markets – but not unfreeze them
Aave DAO voters are deciding whether to delegate limited V4 risk controls on Ethereum and Avalanche to Risk Stewards, tools that let approved operators make constrained changes without taking every update through a full governance vote. The proposal…