Inside Aave’s governance battle as DeFi giant prepares for upgrade
In an interview with CoinDesk, Aave Labs CEO Stani Kulechov reflected on the governance debates in the Aave ecosystem, as well as what’s to come for the network.
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Here’s how bitcoin, Ethereum and other networks are preparing for the looming quantum threat
Across many of the most well-known ecosystems like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, responses are diverging along familiar lines: what to do on social consensus and technical iteration, and community members are split between caution and acceleration.
Ripple turns to AI to stress-test the XRP Ledger as institutional use cases scale
The next XRP Ledger release will be dedicated entirely to bug fixes and improvements.
The Protocol: Ethereum faces make-or-break moment as scaling, quantum and AI pressures mount
Plus: Solana developer platform, Balancer Labs to shut down and Bitcoin mining concentration triggers small reorg.
Balancer Labs will shut down as corporate entity became ‘a liability’ after $110 million exploit
Co-founder Fernando Martinelli said he considered winding down the entire protocol but decided the team deserved a chance to restructure, with the DAO targeting zero emissions, fee restructuring, and a BAL buyback to offer holders a fair exit.
Bitcoin’s mining concentration just showed up in a rare 2-block reorg
A 2-block reorg at height 941,881 saw Foundry’s chain overwrite blocks from AntPool and ViaBTC, coming days after mining difficulty dropped nearly 8%.
Solana Foundation targets institutions with new privacy framework
The organization argued that the next phase of crypto adoption will depend less on transparency alone and more on giving companies control over what they reveal — and to whom.
DeFi risk management giant Gauntlet sees $380 million exit as OKX crypto campaign ends
Gauntlet noted that deposits are now back to same levels before the campaign, and has navigated large capital swings before due to incentive campaign endings, airdrops, and shifts in market conditions which regularly produce short-period swings in either direction.
OpenClaw developers targeted in GitHub phishing scam offering fake token airdrops
Security researchers said attackers are impersonating OpenClaw on GitHub, luring developers with bogus CLAW token giveaways that trick users into connecting their crypto wallets.
Sam Altman’s World teams up with Coinbase to prove there is a real person behind every AI transaction
World said some estimates suggest agentic commerce could reach $3 trillion to $5 trillion by 2030, with agents accounting for up to 25% of U.S. e-commerce.