DeFi

DeFi
Aave's Kulechov Disputes Report, Says Firm Won't Sell AAVE at '70%' Discount
The founder said all Aave protocol and GHO revenue flows to the AAVE token and that the brand and software belong to holders, responding to a report that Kraken is in talks to buy a 15% stake at a $385 million valuation.

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Magic Internet Money Falls 50% Below Peg as Abracadabra Declares Emergency
Abracadabra.money declared emergency measures after its MIM stablecoin fell roughly 50% below its $1 peg, triggering interest rate hikes across all Cauldrons, a halt to Curve bribes, and a suspension of direct incentives.

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Spark, Uniswap, and Sky Launch $150M Liquidity Migration to Build Shared Stablecoin FX Layer
Spark, Uniswap, and Sky are launching shared stablecoin liquidity infrastructure, beginning with a $150 million USDS migration to Uniswap v4 pools designed to serve a multi-issuer stablecoin economy.

DeFi
Uniswap Adds No-Code Token Auction Tool to Its Web App
Teams can now launch token auctions directly from the Uniswap Web App using Continuous Clearing Auctions, with no code required.

DeFi
THORChain Resumes Trading After Month-Long Halt From $10.7M Exploit
The cross-chain DEX restored signing, churning, swaps, and LP actions Tuesday morning, six weeks after an Asgard vault breach drained funds across four chains.

DeFi
0x Opens Swap API to AI Agents Paying $0.01 Per Request in USDC
AI agents can now access 0x Protocol's Swap API by paying $0.01 per request in USDC directly from their own wallets, with no API key required, via the HTTP 402 and x402 standard built with Alchemy AgentPay.

DeFi
Warwick Takes Personal Blame for sUSD Mismanagement, Charts Basis-Vault Replacement
Synthetix founder Kain Warwick published a detailed thread this morning acknowledging that sUSD has been depegged for over a year, taking personal responsibility for treasury mismanagement, and outlining a basis-vault-backed replacement stablecoin to run on the protocol's new v4 exchange.

DeFi
Circle Publishes Official USDC Spec for Machine Payments Protocol, Enabling Crosschain Agent-to-Agent Commerce
Circle published a formal USDC method specification for the Machine Payments Protocol on Monday, standardizing how AI agents and automated services settle payments in USDC across EVM-compatible blockchains and Solana. The spec introduces the first crosschain MPP payment profile via Circle Gateway and adds USDCx on Stacks.

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Securitize Wraps Roubini's SEC-Registered ETF as Dubai VARA Digital Security
Securitize has been selected to tokenize economist Nouriel Roubini's Atlas America Fund into USAFi, a digital security issued under Dubai's VARA regulatory framework with BNY custody, designed for 24/7 institutional-grade collateral portability.

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ENS DAO Delegates Call Foundation Proposal a Governance Attack as Johnson Self-Delegates
Multiple named delegates escalated opposition to the ENS Foundation empowerment temp check Monday, with Security Council member Brantly Millegan threatening a veto and ENS Labs founder Nick Johnson having self-delegated enough tokens to pass the proposal over their objections.





