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October 9, 2026

DeFi

Aave proposal would let Sentora run first externally curated V4 hub on Ethereum

Aave ARFC proposes Sentora-run externally curated hub on Ethereum An Aave ARFC would authorize the first externally curated Hub and Spoke instance on Aave V4, with Sentora managing collateral selection, risk parameters, interest rate curves and oracles on Ethereum. The proposal says curation would sit outside Aave’s standard risk review, while DAO authorization still applies, prompting calls for standard terms on oversight, reporting, KPI reviews and wind-down triggers before more curator-led hubs are approved.

DeFi

Aave Predeploys PT Risk Oracle Stack on Plasma for PT-sUSDe Ahead of Governance Vote

Aave deploys PT risk oracle stack on Monad and Plasma ahead of governance vote Aave’s PT Risk Oracle stack has been deployed on Aave V3 Monad for PT-AUSD-17DEC2026 and on Aave V3 Plasma for PT-sUSDe-22OCT2026, with source-verified contracts that are described as byte-equivalent to Certora-audited Ethereum deployments. The EMA oracle can activate immediately, while the discount-rate and E-Mode agent routes stay inert until a forthcoming AIP registers the predeployed agents and grants them RISK_ADMIN.

DeFi

PYTH rises as Pyth DAO approves full allocation of eligible revenue to token purchases

Pyth DAO approves full PYTH buyback policy PYTH jumped 14% to about $0.086 on Oct. 9 after Pyth DAO approved OP-PIP-136, directing 100% of eligible product revenue received by the DAO to buy PYTH on the open market or move PYTH payments into its reserve. Pyth said purchases under the new authorization began Sept. 30, replacing the previous system that required a separate monthly governance vote.

October 5, 2026

DeFi

Aave Governance Debate Over IP Foundation Turns to Cayman Versus Switzerland

Aave governance backs Phase 1 of IP foundation plan, seeks tighter terms An Aave governance participant said they support Phase 1 of creating an ownerless entity to hold the protocol’s trademark, domains and IP, but called for clearer terms before a Snapshot vote. The requests include a Phase 1 budget cap, disclosure and ratification of the initial director, supervisor and secretary, details of the license-back terms, and a Phase 2 timeline and IP inventory. The same participant also urged governance to compare Cayman with a Swiss foundation before incorporation.

DeFi

Aave reviews Sentora plan for first externally curated V4 Hub on Ethereum

Aave weighs first externally curated V4 Hub by Sentora Aave is reviewing an ARFC that would let Sentora run the first externally curated Aave V4 Hub on Ethereum, with RLUSD, PYUSD and OUSD as the only borrowable assets and a 50% revenue share to the DAO. Sentora would control listings, risk parameters, interest-rate curves and oracles through revocable roles, while risk-increasing changes face a 48-hour timelock and new assets or Hubs get a two-week optimistic review before any AIP.

October 2, 2026

DeFi

THORChain Activates Zcash Pool, With Trading Still Awaiting Next Step

THORChain launches Zcash liquidity pool, with trading still pending THORChain activated its Zcash (ZEC) liquidity pool on Oct. 2 after a network churn, saying all nodes are now monitoring the Zcash chain. User trading has not started yet, with the protocol calling that “the next step,” and it warned that liquidity is still shallow in the opening stage, with no pool-depth figure or trading start time disclosed.

DeFi

Llamalend v2 opens svZCHF market for borrowing crvUSD against CHF savings

Llamalend v2 launches svZCHF market for CHF-backed crvUSD borrowing Llamalend v2 has opened a new svZCHF market that lets users borrow crvUSD against Swiss franc savings without giving up the yield on their collateral. The market uses Frankencoin’s yield-bearing svZCHF and Curve’s existing zCHF/crvUSD FXSwap pool for pricing and liquidations. As of Sept. 30, it had about 458,000 crvUSD supplied, 240,000 crvUSD borrowed across eight loans, and 43% utilization.

October 1, 2026

DeFi

Curve vote targets CRV rewards for two legacy gauges as mint-market debt falls

Curve proposal would end CRV rewards for two legacy gauges Curve’s ownership vote 1499 would stop future CRV emissions to the old CRV/cvxCRV pool and the old sfrxUSD/crvUSD v1 vault, cutting incentives for existing users without closing the pool or loans. The update comes as this week’s selected yields were led by sUSDx/USDx at 11.0% modeled APR and frxUSD/USG at 8.5%, while crvUSD mint-market debt fell 4.4% to $74.0 million.

DeFi

LlamaRisk Proposes New Aave V4 Cap Changes After Deposits Climb to $396.1 Million

Aave V4 stewards implement Round 18 cap changes after Security Council executes Round 17 Aave said Round 17 Add Cap and Draw Cap adjustments for V4 were executed by the Security Council on Ethereum, Avalanche and Arc, and after the Risk Stewards activation, Round 18 was also implemented by the stewards. LlamaRisk is now recommending another round of changes, targeting about $100M in extra Add Cap capacity after deposits across five hubs on two chains rose 15% to $396.1M and some lines hit full or heavy utilization.

DeFi

Aave DAO proposal for institutional lending advances to Snapshot vote

Aave Institutional funding proposal moves to Snapshot vote Aave’s ARFC to launch Aave Institutional has moved to Snapshot, with voting set to start in less than 12 hours. Aave Labs is asking the DAO to approve two parallel funding lines: a new 25M GHO facilitator and up to $25M of USDC or USDT borrowed against DAO balance-sheet assets, to fund over-collateralized institutional loans backed by BTC and ETH held with qualified custodians. Borrower rates are set at 6% to 8% APR, with a 1.5% to 3.5% net margin accruing to the DAO.

September 30, 2026

DeFi

Orderly Network Says Cumulative Trading Volume Has Passed $100 Billion

Orderly Network tops $100 billion in cumulative trading volume Orderly Network said on Sept. 30, 2026 that its cumulative trading volume has surpassed $100 billion, marking a new milestone for the platform as activity expands across digital asset markets. The announcement points to a push for more scalable and transparent operations, with compliance, security and liquidity framed as key priorities as institutional participation grows.

DeFi

Aave Arc proposal to add Maple’s syrupUSDC advances to Snapshot vote

Aave Arc proposal to list Maple’s syrupUSDC moves to Snapshot vote An Aave Request for Final Comment to onboard Maple Finance’s yield-bearing USDC token, syrupUSDC, to Aave V4 on Arc has advanced to Snapshot, with voting set to start in less than 24 hours. The plan would add syrupUSDC as collateral-only on a new Maple Spoke, with USDC as the only borrowable asset; final risk parameters will be set by Aave’s Risk Service Providers.

September 29, 2026

DeFi

Vana Activates Vega Staking Upgrade and Details VANA Fee Distribution

Vana completes Vega staking upgrade and fixes fee split for VANA rewards The Vana Foundation said expanded staking under the Vega upgrade is now live, with network data-read fees split by protocol rule: 60% to stakers, 20% to VANA buybacks and burns, and 20% to ecosystem development. Staking now runs through three pools with 5% operator commission, and users have until 31 October 2026 to move existing staked positions or stop earning rewards after that date.

DeFi

Ether.fi to Remove Final EigenLayer Link as Restaking Economics Deteriorate

Ether.fi to end final EigenLayer ties this quarter Ether.fi says it will cut its last structural link to EigenLayer by the end of this quarter, completing its exit from restaking as less than 1% of its assets remained restaked in August. The protocol already removed restaking from weETH in August, citing weak yield and staker risk, while users seeking restaking exposure must now opt into a separate product on Symbiotic.

September 25, 2026

DeFi

Kamino Adds tGBP Lending Market on Solana for Sterling-Denominated Borrowing

Kamino opens tGBP lending market on Solana Kamino has launched a lending market for tGBP, a British pound stablecoin issued by BCP Technologies, letting users supply the token or borrow sterling-denominated liquidity against collateral including USDC, cbBTC and JitoSOL. The market, curated by Steakhouse Financial, brings GBP-denominated credit to Solana and offers an alternative to borrowing in dollar stablecoins.

DeFi

Ethena Extends USDe Backing Strategy to Tokenized U.S. Equities

Ethena adds tokenized U.S. stocks to USDe backing strategy Ethena said it has added tokenized U.S. equities and equity perpetual futures to the basis trade used for part of USDe’s backing, expanding the delta-neutral strategy beyond crypto. It will use Binance’s bStocks as spot collateral and short Binance equity perpetuals as the hedge; Binance’s equity perps had more than $2.9 billion in open interest, while Ethena said the equity basis averaged 3.56% annualized over the past six months.

DeFi

Aave proposal targets PT-AUSD-17DEC2026 listing on Monad ahead of October maturity

Aave proposal seeks PT-AUSD-17DEC2026 listing on Monad TokenLogic has submitted a direct-to-AIP proposal to list PT-AUSD-17DEC2026 on Aave V3 Monad before PT-AUSD-8OCT2026 matures on 8 October, letting users roll positions and keep using them as collateral. The new Pendle PT would launch with the same setup as the October market, including a 20M supply cap, borrowing disabled, and collateral use limited to a dedicated stablecoin eMode for USDT0, USDC, GHO and USDe.

DeFi

Aave advances Base V4 launch to binding Snapshot vote with Equities Hub first market

Aave moves Base V4 activation to Snapshot vote Aave Labs said Aave V4 on Base is ready for activation, with execution now subject to a binding Snapshot vote rather than an AIP or Aave Governance V3 vote. The first live market would be the Equities Hub: seven Coinbase-issued tokenized equities — AAPLc, AMZNc, GOOGLc, METAc, MSFTc, NVDAc and TSLAc — can be used as collateral in the MAG7 Spoke, while USDC is the only borrowable asset.

DeFi

Solana Takes Lead in Tokenized Commodities DEX Volume as New Listings Drive Activity

Solana jumps to top spot in tokenized commodities DEX trading Solana captured 36% of tokenized commodities spot DEX volume on Sept. 23, up from about 1% three weeks earlier, overtaking Robinhood Chain at 26%, Blockworks data shows. The shift followed new launches on the network, including Dominion Market’s SILV token, GMTrade commodity perps and Kamino’s move to accept PAXG as collateral. Ethereum still holds about 95% of tokenized commodity assets, highlighting the gap between trading activity and asset value.

September 24, 2026

DeFi

Lido DAO Executes Vote #206 to Update Staking Router and Node Operator Settings

Lido DAO executes Vote #206 on staking-router settings Lido DAO has executed onchain Vote #206, updating staking-router parameters, validator assignment keys and parts of its node-operator configuration. The move follows Vote #205 but is a separate operational governance action, with no changes to stETH withdrawals or the token’s core economics.

September 23, 2026

DeFi

Zest Debuts Capped Bitcoin-Backed Lending Demo Without Wrapped BTC

Zest launches Bitcoin-backed lending demo without wrapped BTC Zest Protocol on Sept. 23 launched a capped mainnet demo of Bitcoin Collateral Vaults, a system that lets users borrow USDC on EVM chains against BTC that stays in self-custodial vaults on Bitcoin L1. The first production phase relies on undisclosed independent guardians to verify repayments and liquidations, with caps set to remain until external audits are completed and BitVM-based verification goes live.

September 22, 2026

DeFi

Lido DAO Executes Vote #205, Activating Delegation Upgrade and 9,600 ETH Reserve Cap

Lido executes Aragon Vote #205 with LIP-37 and reserve controls Lido DAO’s Aragon Vote #205 passed and was executed on Sept. 21 at 13:45 UTC, enacting the LIP-37 Execution Delegation Framework, upgrading the DepositSecurityModule to v5, rotating operational keys for Kiln and Stakely, and creating a Deposit Reserve Target Easy Track factory. The new reserve mechanism has a 9,600 ETH ceiling under CMC oversight, setting a new operating baseline for execution delegation, permissions and deposit reserves.

DeFi

Aave Governance Reviews Higher Borrowing Limits for WETH, WBTC and Staked ETH Collateral

Aave weighs higher borrowing limits for WETH, WBTC and staked ETH collateral A new Aave ARFC proposes raising loan-to-value and liquidation thresholds for major collateral assets including WETH, WBTC, cbBTC, wstETH and weETH across Ethereum, Base and Arbitrum. The headline change would lift WETH to 81% LTV with an 84% liquidation threshold, increasing capital efficiency for borrowers, but the parameters are still under governance discussion and are not yet live.

DeFi

Aave proposal targets USDe listing on V3 market on X Layer

Aave proposal seeks to add Ethena’s USDe to V3 on X Layer An ARFC filed for Aave V3 on X Layer proposes onboarding Ethena’s USDe as a supply, borrow and collateral asset, with a 100 million supply cap and 50 million borrow cap. The plan would also add USDe as a borrowable stablecoin in existing xBTC, xETH, xSOL and wOKB E-Mode categories, while pricing it via Chainlink’s USDT/USD feed with a 4% stable price cap adapter. Final parameters are still subject to review by Aave risk and technical providers.

DeFi

LlamaRisk Seeks Aave V3 Cap Updates for wstETH and USDe Reserves

LlamaRisk proposes Aave V3 cap changes for wstETH and USDe LlamaRisk recommended raising Aave V3 Core’s wstETH borrow cap from 14,000 to 28,000 after utilization reached 99.8%, lifting Aave V3 Plasma’s USDe supply cap from 550 million to 750 million, and cutting Aave V3 Core’s USDe borrow cap from 700 million to 100 million, where only 77.9 million is currently borrowed. The changes are set to be implemented through the Risk Steward process.

September 21, 2026

DeFi

Aave ARFC moves toward Snapshot with higher ETH and BTC collateral settings

Aave proposal advances to Snapshot with higher BTC and ETH collateral limits An Aave Request for Comment to raise collateral parameters for ETH- and BTC-backed assets on Aave V3 and V4 has been moved to Snapshot, with voting set to start in under 24 hours. The proposal would lift WETH to 81% LTV and 84% LT on Ethereum Core, Arbitrum, and Base, raise WBTC and cbBTC as high as 81% LTV and 85% LT on Ethereum Core, and increase Aave V4 Ethereum Main Spoke collateral factors to as much as 85%.

September 20, 2026

DeFi

Aave ARFC Proposes Higher ETH and BTC Collateral Limits on V3 and V4

Aave proposal seeks higher ETH and BTC collateral limits across V3 and V4 An Aave Request for Comment proposes raising collateral efficiency for ETH and BTC assets on V3 Ethereum Core, Arbitrum and Base, and on the V4 Ethereum Main Spoke, based on a 99.9th-percentile model of 1-hour liquidation risk. Key changes include WETH to 81% LTV and 84% LT on Ethereum, Base and Arbitrum, wstETH to 79%/82%, weETH to 78%/81%, and WBTC and cbBTC to as high as 81% LTV and 85% LT on Ethereum Core.

DeFi

Lido finishes wind-down of regular Simple DVT clusters after DAO vote

Lido completes shutdown of Simple DVT regular clusters Lido said on Sept. 18 that it has finished winding down the regular clusters in its Simple DVT Module after a DAO-approved shutdown earlier this year. The proposal passed with about 57.4 million LDO in favor and no votes against, and eligible node operators have started receiving the first transition grant tranche of 0.175 stETH per participant.

September 18, 2026

DeFi

LlamaRisk Proposes Aave V3 Cap and Rate Updates Across Core, Base, Mantle, X Layer and Horizon

LlamaRisk proposes Aave V3 cap and rate changes across five markets LlamaRisk recommended a new round of Aave V3 parameter updates and said they will be implemented via the Risk Steward process: doubling the wstETH borrow cap on Core to 14,000, doubling the USDe supply cap on Mantle to 40 million, lifting the USCC cap on Horizon to 7.5 million, cutting WETH Slope1 on Base to 2.30% while raising optimal utilization to 92%, and increasing USDC Slope1 on X Layer to 4.50%.

DeFi

Morpho Enables USDC Loans Against Five Coinbase Stock Tokens on Base

Morpho opens USDC borrowing against Coinbase stock tokens on Base Morpho has launched lending and borrowing against five of Coinbase’s tokenized stocks on Base, letting holders of AAPLc, GOOGLc, NVDAc, METAc and SPCXc use them as collateral for USDC loans at variable or fixed rates. Morpho data showed $104,401 of stock tokens pledged and $54,652 borrowed as of 9:48 a.m. ET, with all borrowing so far coming from variable-rate markets.

September 17, 2026

DeFi

Aave ARFC outlines isolated V4 market for loans backed by custodied collateral

Aave ARFC proposes V4 market for custodied collateral via Anchorage and Chainlink An Aave ARFC proposes a new isolated Aave V4 Hub and Spoke that would let institutions borrow stablecoins against collateral kept offchain with Anchorage. The collateral would be mirrored onchain as a non-transferable Custodied Collateral Token, or CoCT, minted and burned through Chainlink’s CustodySync, while liquidation would be executed by the custodian as an OTC sale and settled back onchain. The initial listing proposed is a single BTC-backed CoCT instance.

September 16, 2026

DeFi

Proposal Seeks to List Societe Generale-Backed EURCV on Aave V4 Ethereum Core

Aave moves to add Societe Generale’s EURCV to V4 on Ethereum A proposal has been filed to list EUR CoinVertible (EURCV), the euro stablecoin issued by SG-FORGE, on Aave V4’s Core Instance on Ethereum. The final asset configuration is still pending review by Aave’s Risk Service Providers, but the move would expand Aave’s euro-denominated collateral options with a MiCA-regulated token tied to Societe Generale’s banking group.

September 15, 2026

DeFi

Kamino appoints Michael Weisz as CEO to lead U.S. and institutional expansion

Kamino names Michael Weisz CEO to lead U.S. and institutional push Solana lending protocol Kamino appointed Michael Weisz as CEO on Sept. 15, handing him a platform with $1.352 billion in TVL and $1.022 billion in active loans, per DefiLlama. Kamino said the fintech and private-markets veteran will drive institutional growth and expansion into the U.S. market, while Weisz argued the next stage of tokenization needs liquidity, credit, distribution and infrastructure.

September 14, 2026

DeFi

Balancer Proposal Seeks Protocol Winddown and Treasury Return to BAL Holders

Balancer proposal would wind down protocol and return treasury to BAL holders A proposal posted to Balancer’s governance forum would shut down protocol operations and replace the buyback approved in April with a treasury redemption that burns BAL for the DAO’s non-BAL assets. Balancer’s managed treasury is valued at at least $9 million versus BAL’s roughly $7.7 million market cap, with a Snapshot vote set for Sept. 25–29 and a 5 million BAL quorum.

September 11, 2026

DeFi

Compound Foundation launches USDC institutional market with LTVs up to 87%

Compound Foundation launches USDC lending market with up to 87% LTV Compound Foundation has opened an Institutional Market for USDC loans against ETH, wstETH, WBTC and cbBTC, with loan-to-value ratios of up to 87%. Borrowing is open to anyone, while access to 200,000 USDC in supplier rewards requires approval and a 100,000 USDC minimum deposit. The launch is the first product from the $52 million program approved by COMP holders in May and is live under a Foundation multisig that Compound governance cannot revoke.

DeFi

Uniswap rolls out StablePair Hook for Ethereum stablecoin pools

Uniswap launches StablePair Hook for Ethereum stablecoin pools Uniswap Labs has launched StablePair Hook on Ethereum with two pools, USDC/USDT and USDC/USDG, after stablecoin swaps on Uniswap hit $43.4 billion in Q2. The hook uses dynamic fees and Dutch auctions to capture value when stable pairs drift from parity, aiming to shift returns from arbitrage bots to liquidity providers instead of relying on static fees.

September 10, 2026

DeFi

Aave Deposits Remain About $8 Billion Below Pre-Kelp Hack Levels

Aave deposits still 31% below pre-Kelp hack level Aave held $18.1 billion in deposits this week, still about 31% below the $26.1 billion it had before April’s Kelp DAO hack, even though Aave said its own smart contracts were never compromised. Attackers exploited Kelp’s bridge, minted 116,500 unbacked rsETH worth about $292 million, supplied 89,567 rsETH on Aave and borrowed roughly $193 million, leaving estimated bad debt of $123.7 million to $230.1 million.

DeFi

Hyperliquid Open Interest Reaches $14.669 Billion, Highest Since October 2025

Hyperliquid open interest climbs to $14.7B, highest since October 2025 Hyperliquid’s open interest reached $14.669 billion after crossing $14 billion on Sept. 4, its highest level in nearly 11 months, DefiLlama data shows. OI has risen about 210% from February’s $4.76 billion low, with the article highlighting a gradual climb since March rather than a sharp leverage spike; Artemis data from Sept. 8 also puts Hyperliquid at roughly 76% of tracked perp DEX open interest.

September 8, 2026

DeFi

Aave Governance Participants Back Framework v2 and Risk Changes in August Votes

Aave governance backs Framework v2 changes in August voting Aave governance participants voted across 16 proposals in August 2026, including support for Governance Framework v2, which would cut the proposal lifecycle to 13 days from 19 by removing the mandatory TEMP CHECK stage while keeping Risk and Technical reviews as binding gates. Other backed measures included deprecating 50 low-adoption reserves, replacing high-risk long-tail oracles, and raising liquidation protocol fees on WBTC, WETH and wstETH from 10% to 20%.

DeFi

Compound Launches Whitelisted Institutional USDC Lending Market on v3

Compound opens whitelisted institutional USDC lending market Compound Foundation has launched an institutional-only lending market on Compound v3, splitting liquidity so approved borrowers get separate collateral sets, LTVs and support from retail users. The market lends USDC against ETH, wstETH, WBTC and cbBTC, starts at 100,000 USDC deposits, and Compound said it was oversubscribed on day one without disclosing the amount. It is the first product shipped under the DAO-approved $52 million program unveiled in August.

DeFi

Morpho Brings Fixed-Rate Midnight Lending to Ethereum, but Vault Capital Still Waits

Morpho expands fixed-rate Midnight lending to Ethereum Morpho launched its fixed-term, fixed-rate Midnight protocol on Ethereum on Sept. 8, bringing USDC loans backed by WBTC or cbBTC beyond Base. The move gives Ethereum users predictable borrowing costs, but Morpho Vaults, which hold about $5 billion in deposits, still cannot allocate to Midnight until a DAO vote enables it. Morpho expects vault activation in Q4.

September 7, 2026

DeFi

Router Protocol Plans Network Shutdown and 303 Million ROUTE Token Burn

Router Protocol to shut down network and burn 303M ROUTE Router Protocol said it will deprecate its cross-chain messaging network, permanently burn 303 million ROUTE tokens, and later disconnect relayer nodes. Users have a grace period to move bridged assets back to origin chains before the relayer shutdown. The team said the wind-down is tied to unsustainable relayer maintenance costs, not a hack or exploit.

DeFi

Router Protocol Targets Sept. 30 Closure and 303.3 Million ROUTE Treasury Burn

Router Protocol to shut down by Sept. 30, 2026 and burn 303.3M ROUTE Router Protocol said it plans to cease operations by Sept. 30, 2026 and permanently burn 303,333,198 ROUTE held in its treasury, ending more than four years of work on its cross-chain products. The team blamed thin bridge economics and said users holding ROUTE on centralized exchanges should follow each venue’s delisting deadline, while burn execution details and any broader product withdrawal timetable remain unspecified.

September 5, 2026

DeFi

Router Protocol to End Operations by Sept. 30 and Burn 303.3 Million ROUTE

Router Protocol to shut down by Sept. 30 and burn 303.3M ROUTE Router Protocol said it will halt operations and fully terminate services by Sept. 30, citing a liquidity shortage in Web3, high operating costs, lower cross-chain fees and demand concentrated on a few major blockchains. As part of the shutdown, the foundation will permanently burn 303,333,198 ROUTE tokens and coordinate with centralized exchanges to delist ROUTE trading pairs; holders were told to follow each platform’s halt and withdrawal schedule and move assets before the deadline.

September 4, 2026

DeFi

Aave seeks to activate Risk Steward powers on V4 Ethereum and Avalanche

Aave proposes Risk Steward activation on V4 Ethereum and Avalanche Aave has put forward an ARFC to activate the Risk Steward on its V4 Ethereum and Avalanche instances, giving it bounded, revocable authority to adjust selected Hub, Spoke and Oracle risk parameters within governance-set cooldowns and per-update limits. The plan would first split each configurator’s two domain admin roles into five granular roles so the steward only gets risk-management and emergency powers; the proposed contracts are in final-stage audit by Certora.

DeFi

EigenLayer Restaking Deposits Pass 5 Million ETH as AVS Count Reaches 18

EigenLayer tops 5 million ETH in restaking deposits EigenLayer has surpassed 5 million ETH in restaking deposits across operators, a major scale milestone for the Ethereum infrastructure protocol. The total includes both native ETH and liquid staking tokens, making the headline figure broader than pure ETH restaking, while protocol metrics cited in the report show 18 active security networks using the model.

September 3, 2026

DeFi

Aave proposal would activate Risk Stewards on V4 Ethereum and Avalanche

Aave proposal would activate Risk Stewards on V4 Ethereum and Avalanche A new Aave governance proposal would give Risk Stewards bounded, revocable authority to adjust selected Hub, Spoke and Oracle risk parameters on Aave V4 Ethereum and Avalanche without a full vote for each change. The plan would first split each configurator’s two domain admin roles into five narrower roles, while the steward contracts are in final-stage audit by Certora. If approved, the proposal moves from ARFC to Snapshot, then to execution by the V4 Security Council.

September 2, 2026

DeFi

Laser Digital to Govern Risk for Institutional DeFi Lending Markets on Euler

Laser Digital to set risk rules for institutional DeFi lending on Euler Nomura’s digital asset arm Laser Digital will serve as risk governor for institutional lending markets built with Keyring Network, with the first markets prepared to go live on Euler Finance. Keyring will provide access verification, quantitative risk parameterisation and liquidation design as the partners target four institutional barriers to DeFi lending: permissioning, exploit risk, governance and settlement.

DeFi

Pi Network sets Sept. 15 target for Protocol 27 and built-in DEX launch

Pi Network targets Sept. 15 mainnet launch for Protocol 27 DEX upgrade Pi Network says Protocol 27, the final planned upgrade in its current roadmap, is now on testnet after starting deployment on Aug. 21 and is targeting mainnet on Sept. 15. The release adds smart contract authentication upgrades, RPC server infrastructure, and AMM liquidity pools, with the bundled DEX set to test whether Pi’s roughly 30 million KYC-verified users can generate sustained real on-chain trading activity and liquidity.

DeFi

Aave Labs targets V4 Risk Steward rollout after deposits pass $800M

Aave Labs outlines next steps for V4 Risk Stewards and gasless voting Aave Labs’ August update shows Aave V4 deposits topped $800M and the team is now targeting Risk Steward activation on Ethereum and Avalanche next month, while Babylon integration remains under full security review ahead of market activation. The team also said low-adoption asset deprecation has moved into implementation and oracle deprecation for Aave V2 and V3 is advancing toward its next governance stage, as gasless voting went live on the Aave Interface.