Aero Sets Oct. 21 Merger Launch and Token Conversion Terms
Aero launches October 21, 2026 across seven chains. AERO converts one for one and VELO about 0.044. Coinbase migrates both from November 2 to 4.
AEROAero launches October 21, 2026 across seven chains. AERO converts one for one and VELO about 0.044. Coinbase migrates both from November 2 to 4.
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GMX has built a significant presence in decentralized derivatives, reporting $561 billion in total trading volume while expanding leveraged markets beyond crypto.
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DWF Labs-linked firms DWF Maas and Falcon Digital are suing BitGo for $141 million, alleging it sold Falcon Finance and ESPORTS tokens before contractual lock-ups expired.
Citrini Research's report names Securitize, Coinbase, Circle, Aerodrome, Aave and Ondo as tokenization winners, and says fees matter more than activity.
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Chainlink says CCIP Vault Adapters are live, letting one network's DeFi vault take single-click deposits from 80+ blockchains.
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Solana-based decentralized exchange Orca and lending platform Loopscale have merged to create a new company called Formation, combining trading, credit and
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Lido contributors proposed Lido Lend, a modified Morpho Blue fork for stETH staking loops. Governance, market parameters and audits are still unpublished.
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Ledger's Crypto Loan lets you pledge cbBTC or wBTC and borrow USDC or USDT inside Ledger Wallet, with variable rates and approval on your device.
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LayerZero has about eight monthly ZRO unlocks remaining, with the next 23.6 million-token release due October 20. A December fee-switch vote could add a new ZRO buyback and burn mechanism.
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A study in the Journal of Financial Crime counted 72 flash loan attacks among 254 DeFi exploits, with losses of $1.211 billion. Here is what the numbers cover.
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Plume’s new nFBND vault gives investors a tokenized claim on Fidelity’s FBND shares, but redemption and liquidity remain unconfirmed.
Clearpool plans to swap CPOOL for CLEAR and build private credit lending on the XRP Ledger, where the two ledger amendments it needs are still in voting.
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S&P Global's new framework grades risks across six areas of a crypto lending vault, but no vault has been assessed yet.
Kinetiq is offering eligible holders 50 million KNTQ at $0.26 for 10 days, putting a large discounted supply block on the market.
Blast says operating costs now exceed revenue. Users have until Oct. 26 to withdraw through its interface as about $63.5 million remains bridged.
Cardano DeFi TVL has fallen by more than half. RealFi's new credit tokens offer yield, but retail exits carry key risks.
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A Japan-focused DeFi project would use Uniswap v4 hooks for pool controls, but key details about enforcement, governance and deployment remain unclear.
Drift opened DFX claims for verified April exploit losses. The first redemption value is about 0.0104 USDT per token, backed by a 3.1 million USDT pool.
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ESMA wants to license DeFi gateways and tighten disclosure rules for staking and lending, while leaving most protocol contracts untouched.
StablePair uses a fixed reference price and cached data that can leave LPs exposed when a stablecoin weakens. The available data does not prove better returns.
XRPL validators are voting on lending changes that add closed-ended vaults, cash accounting and new restrictions for loan brokers.
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Morgan Stanley's new lab will test stablecoins, tokenized deposits and DeFi vaults away from core systems, with no client product announced.
Sentora wants to run Aave V4 lending markets on Ethereum and split revenue evenly with the DAO. The proposal has no live deployment or demand data.
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Balancer holders approved a wind-down. Here are the pool exit dates, withdrawal options, rejected fork and timeline for redeeming BAL.
