Aave Opens Its First Externally Curated V4 Markets With Sentora
Aave’s first externally curated V4 markets are live on Ethereum, according to Sentora’s October 22 launch explanation. The curator says it is managing active borrowing markets for RLUSD, PYUSD and OUSD within a governance-approved deployment. TL;DR: Aave’s first externally curated V4 markets are live on Ethereum with Sentora managing strategy and risk settings. Borrowing options…
Aave Says V3.8 Security Proposal Preserves Flash-Loan Liquidations
Aave Labs has clarified that its proposed V3.8 security upgrade would preserve flash-loan liquidations. The October 23 response addresses how a reentrancy guard would interact with existing integrations. TL;DR: Aave’s proposed V3.8 guard excludes flash-loan entry points. Governance approval and security audits remain pending. The proposal, posted October 21, adds a guard to Pool operations.…
WhiteBIT’s W Group Backs SwapGlobal’s Push Into Pre-IPO Derivatives
W Group, the ecosystem behind crypto exchange WhiteBIT, has invested in derivatives provider SwapGlobal. The October 23 announcement disclosed no deal value and said the company’s first pre-IPO transactions were being prepared. TL;DR: SwapGlobal is preparing institutional pre-IPO derivatives with backing from W Group. The planned exposure would convey a contractual payoff, without ownership of…
Bitcoin ETF Flows Trail Price Moves, DWF Study Finds
Bitcoin ETF flows track recent price moves more closely than subsequent ones, according to DWF Labs research published October 22. The findings challenge a familiar shortcut: treating a large daily inflow as a forecast. TL;DR: DWF finds Bitcoin ETF flows track past returns more closely than future returns. The study examined 694 trading days through…
XRP Ledger Fix Upgrade Faces November 4 Earliest Activation After Vote Reset
An XRP Ledger maintenance amendment is running on a new activation clock after losing the validator majority behind its earlier countdown. The fixCleanup3_4_0 amendment regained majority support on October 21, moving its earliest possible activation window to November 4, subject to that support continuing. TL;DR: The amendment regained validator majority on October 21 after its…
Uniswap Starts Routing External DEX Liquidity Through V4 Aggregator Hooks
TL;DR: Uniswap has switched on Aggregator Hooks in its web app and API across Ethereum, Base and Robinhood Chain, bringing outside liquidity sources into the v4 routing system. Uniswap is no longer asking traders to choose between liquidity inside its own pools and prices available elsewhere. On Thursday, Uniswap Labs introduced Aggregator Hooks, a routing…
Dune Adds Real-Time Spot And Perpetual Trade Feeds Across On-Chain Markets
TL;DR: Dune has launched normalized real-time feeds for spot and perpetual DEX trades, designed to help institutional desks compare fragmented blockchain-market execution. A trader watching one decentralized exchange can miss an extraordinary amount of what is happening elsewhere. Dune wants to turn that fragmented activity into a continuous market-data feed that desks can read in…
Starknet Vote Backs Research Into A Post-Quantum Layer-1 Future
TL;DR: A non-binding Starknet governance poll ended with 93.52% supporting research into an independent post-quantum L1; no chain migration has been approved. Starknet's community has backed a potentially far-reaching research project, but not the actual move that would make it a different kind of blockchain. A non-binding governance poll closed Thursday with 93.52% of voting…
Crypto Industry Group Pushes Congress For Small-Payment Tax Relief And Clearer Rules
TL;DR: The Blockchain Association has asked congressional leaders to advance bipartisan crypto tax changes, including a de minimis exemption and revised treatment of stablecoins and staking rewards. For a person buying coffee with cryptocurrency, the tax rules can be far more complicated than the payment itself. A U.S. crypto trade group is asking Congress to…
US Senator Questions Tether Over Reported Payments Linked To Former Crypto Adviser
TL;DR: Senator Richard Blumenthal has demanded records from Tether and consultancy Nxum over reported payments and potential ethics concerns; the inquiry is not a finding of wrongdoing. Tether is facing questions from a senior U.S. senator over reported payments to a consultancy connected to a former White House crypto-policy official. The concern is about potential…