Aave


Markets

Robinhood's Crypto Customers Can Now Trade Aave and Tezos

The popular trading app now offers 19 crypto assets.

Trading app Robinhood has added Solana, Pepe, Cardano and XRP to the list of cryptocurrencies available to trade on its platform. (Unsplash)

Finance

Co-Founder of Failed Crypto Exchange QuadrigaCX Starts DeFi Protocol UwU Lend

The new platform released by Michael Patryn has already secured $57.5 million in total value locked.

QuadrigaCX co-founder Michael Patryn releases a new DeFi platform (Unsplash)

Opinion

Why DeFi Protocols Are Limiting ETH Borrowing Ahead of Ethereum’s Merge

Aave and Compound voted for precautionary measures to prevent airdrop hoarders from sucking up their liquidity.

(Possessed Photography/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

DeFi vs CeFi Lending: Before Choosing, Understand the Challenges and Risks

CeFi simplifies DeFi user experience for investors, but comes with many risks.

(Jonathan Kitchen/Getty Images)

Finance

Aave Companies Seeks $16M From DAO Funds to Pay Crypto Developers

Some $15 million of that amount has been earmarked for work performed directly by the team over the course of more than a year.

The development lab overseeing lending protocol Aave, which means "ghost" in Finnish, is seeking $16 million from the Aave community. (Unsplash)

Markets

DeFi Giant Aave Stops Loaning Ether Ahead of the Merge

The Aave community is worried that users may increasingly borrow ether ahead of the Merge, exposing the protocol to liquidity issues and injecting volatility into Lido's staked ether market.

DeFi giant Aave stops ether borrowing. (Broesis/Pixabay)

Tech

Aave Wallet Activity Reaches 2022 High on GHO Stablecoin Decision

The platform's native aave tokens saw volatile trading during the week before the launch of the yield-generating stablecoin.

Wallet activity has risen on Aave. (Creative Commons)

Opinion

Why DeFi Giants Aave, Curve May Want Their Own Stablecoins

Stablecoins could drive users and revenue to platforms in a similar way that governance tokens did during the “DeFi Summer” of 2020.

(Kara/Unsplash)

Tech

Aave Passes Proposal for Yield-Generating Stablecoin GHO

The fully collateralized stablecoin is native to the Aave ecosystem and will be initially available on the Ethereum network.

(eswaran arulkumar/Unsplash)

Markets

Vitalik Drinks Hot Water in Heatwave and Other Observations From Paris Ethereum Conference

This week's EthCC conference is taking place during one of Europe's worst heatwaves in recent memory. There are a lot of sweaty blockchain developers, mostly men, and a meditation teepee in a "Chill Room" that isn't chilled. Lyllah Ledesma, attending the conference for CoinDesk, provides her observations.

Scene at the 1inch Party at Pont Alexandre III. (Lyllah Ledesma)