DeFi

DeFi
Aave launches 'Aave Shield' following $50M token swap loss: Aave
Aave is rolling out a new protective feature called 'Aave Shield' after a trader lost $50 million swapping USDT for AAVE due to illiquid market conditions.

DeFi
Spark Protocol votes to reactivate WBTC collateral and expand liquidity layer: Sky Ecosystem
The Spark Foundation has proposed re-enabling WBTC as collateral on SparkLend and adding new rate limits and pools to its liquidity layer following a 1.5-year operational review.

DeFi
Sky TVL Surges 38% in March
Sky is now the fourth-largest DeFi protocol as RWA-backed yields drive inflows.

DeFi
Token2049, TON Gateway Cancel Dubai Events amid Iran Conflict
Major crypto conferences have been postponed amid ongoing drone strikes and airspace restrictions across the Gulf.

DeFi
Pumpfun Launches Automated Buyback Tool for AI Agent Tokens
The feature lets tokenized agents direct onchain revenue toward buying back and burning their own tokens.

DeFi
Whale Swaps $50 Million in Stablecoins for Just $36,000 of AAVE
The massive transaction routed through CowSwap on Ethereum resulted in a 99.9% loss.

DeFi
Puffer Teams Up With Anchorage to Bring Ethereum Restaking to Institutions
With the restaking sector in a slump, the protocol is betting that institutional distribution can reignite growth.

DeFi
BNB Chain Overtakes Ethereum, Base by Number of AI Agents
BSC recently became the largest network by registered AI agents using the ERC-8004 standard, while on-chain agent activity in the ecosystem is also rising.

DeFi
Tether Backs Ark Labs to Bring Stablecoins Back to Bitcoin
The strategic investment is the latest in a string of Bitcoin infrastructure bets by the stablecoin giant.

DeFi
Ethena Proposes Replacing 7-Day sUSDe Unstaking Period With Dynamic Cooldown
As perpetual futures positions shrink to just 11% of USDe's backing, the protocol argues its unstaking delay no longer reflects the liquidity available to meet redemptions.





