The platform's new Earn feature lets its thousands of institutional clients deposit their stablecoin to DeFi's top lending protocols directly on Fireblocks.

'Aave Will Win' passed with 75% support, awarding Aave Labs a $25 million stablecoin grant and 75,000 AAVE in exchange for directing 100% of product revenue to the DAO treasury.

The AAVE token has lost roughly 75% of its value since its most recent peak in August 2025.

The risk management provider exits after three years, marking the third departure of a core contributor in two months.

Announced at EthCC in Cannes, the upgrade enables institution-specific borrowing environments, structured credit products, and RWA-backed lending within a unified liquidity system.

A new working paper from the European Central Bank examined four major protocols and found that a small number of actors control the bulk of governance token holdings.

While Aave blamed an illiquid market, CoW Swap identified a stale gas ceiling, silent solver failures, and a possible mempool leak that turned a bad trade into the worst execution loss in DeFi history.

The massive transaction routed through CowSwap on Ethereum resulted in a 99.9% loss.

ACI’s exit escalates that debate, particularly as other major contributors like BGD Labs recently announced plans to leave by April 2026 amid governance friction.

The "Aave Will Win" governance proposal has successfully passed the Temp Check vote, garnering 52.58% support, and is now progressing to the Aave Request for Final Comment (ARFC) stage, marking a significant step for Aave's future development.