DeFi protocol Aave encounters major capital flight
Total value locked on the decentralized borrowing and lending platform fell 16% in the past 24 hours. Annual percentage yields, or APY, on crypto borrowing and lending platform Aave have surged to record levels after capital withdrawals sent the decentralized finance, or DeFi, protocol into a liquidity crunch. At the time of writing, variable APY on borrowing stablecoin Dai via Aave has surged to 24.88%, compared to approximately 6.50% the day prior.According to cryptocurrency researcher Igor Igamberdiev, blockchain personality Justin Sun was responsible for at least billions of dollars in....
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Data points to capital flight among most major DeFi protocols. On Monday, a heavy cryptocurrency sell-off in the markets caused significant ripples for projects and entities alike. On popular decentralized finance, or DeFi, lending protocol Aave (AAVE), utilization rates have fallen across nearly all stablecoin borrowings. Most notably, borrowings for Binance USD (BUSD) now stand at a mere 30% compared to a high of 80% back in May. The utilization rate is the ratio of borrowed to deposited funds. Since borrowers are required to post digital asset collateral before taking out a loan on....
On January 5, the open-source non-custodial decentralized finance (defi) lending platform Aave launched a permissioned version of the protocol aimed at institutions. The platform dubbed Aave Arc will leverage Fireblocks as the first whitelister as the platform aims to help bridge traditional financial institutions with defi. KYC-Centric Defi Liquidity: Aave Launches Aave Arc Permissioned Protocol for Financial Institutions Aave has launched a permissioned platform called Aave Arc on Wednesday, a new protocol dedicated to financial institutions that want to particpitate in defi in a....
AAVE price rallied to a new high at $520, pushing the DeFi protocol’s TVL to $4.96 billion. Aave (AAVE) price has increased by 76% since the beginning of February and today the DeFi-token hit a new all-time high of $520. Currently Aave is the second-ranked DeFi platform by total value locked (TVL) and the protocol continues to gain users and outperform its competitors. Data from Cointelegraph Markets and TradingView shows that AAVE rose from $284 on Feb. 1 to its current value of $510 as it’s 24-hour trading volume reached $2.4 billion. AAVE/USDT 4-hour chart. Source: TradingViewThe latest....
AAVE price broke from its long-term downtrend after the launch of Aave v3 added support for six different blockchain networks in the DeFi space. The decentralized finance (DeFi) market has been undergoing a period of maturation over the past year and many of last year's fast risers have faded into obscurity but this does not mean the formerly "famous" protocols have not continued to build.One blue-chip project that is regaining momentum is Aave (AAVE), a non-custodial liquidity protocol that allows users to lend, borrow or stake their assets to earn yield from their holdings. Data from....
Legacy financial institutions are embracing crypto and decentralized finance (DeFi), and the Ethereum-based protocol Aave is proof. Today, the team behind the protocol announced that banking giant JP Morgan Chase completed its first DeFi transaction. 5/5 @jpmorgan transacting on a public blockchain using Aave smart contracts is a huge milestone for DeFi, and represents a massive step towards bringing traditional financial assets into DeFi, to fully realize the opportunities afforded by smart contract based dApps. — Aave (@AaveAave) November 2, 2022 This represents a major milestone for....