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Aave Labs proposed Open USD for Ethereum V3 and V4 markets on 30 September. Here is what remains undecided, how it differs from Origin Dollar and what readers should verify.
Read analysis →Sentora’s 28 September proposal would add an externally curated Ethereum instance to Aave V4. Its governance controls, risk responsibilities and unfinished configuration deserve close scrutiny.
Read analysis →Aave activated an Equities Hub on Base on 25 September 2026. Seven Coinbase-issued stock certificates now back USDC loans; issuer eligibility, market-hour pricing and liquidation access matter.
Read analysis →Curve DAO funded a risk team led by Resupply contributors on 2 September 2026, after doubling the sreUSD market's crvUSD credit line on 17 August. What the developments mean for Resupply, reUSD and RSUP—and what they do not prove.
Read analysis →Aave’s 15 September 2026 account explainer describes password-based access, device recovery and optional biometric recovery. The important questions are who can recover access, which permissions exist and how withdrawals are authorized.
Read analysis →Aave Labs introduced its official MCP server on 8 September 2026. It supports protocol queries and unsigned transaction preparation across V3 and V4. The key distinction is between reading data, preparing an action and signing it.
Read analysis →Morpho announced its Arc deployment on 16 September 2026. Variable-rate credit is live; further distribution and fixed-rate products remain roadmap items. Here is how to assess the integration and its risks.
Read analysis →The Senate rejected cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 3633 on 15 September 2026, by 49–50. This was a procedural setback, not final passage or a new crypto law.
Read analysis →US agencies did not publish final GENIUS Act payment-stablecoin rules by the statutory 18 July 2026 date. NPRMs remain. The Act’s default effective date is 18 January 2027 unless finals start the 120-day clock first — a path that needed roughly mid-September 2026.
Read analysis →On 25 August 2026 a thin Pendle YT-reUSD tape moved PT-reUSD about 3% and Morpho liquidated roughly $36 million of looped debt in 14 minutes. Lenders were made whole. The lesson is oracle window, LLTV and looping — not a hack.
Read analysis →On 22 August 2026 Stani Kulechov said Aave deposits crossed $30 billion. That is a protocol deposit print, not DeFiLlama TVL, and it sits below 2025 peaks. Treat it as a recovery datapoint, not a buy call.
Read analysis →Curve’s July recap and early-August gauge votes put LlamaLend V2 on Ethereum with Inverse Finance sDOLA and Frax sfrxUSD as the first yield-bearing markets. Convex now votes those gauges on-chain; Resupply remains the CDP that sits on Curve Lend and Fraxlend collateral — adjacent, not the same product.
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