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July 31, 2026

DeFi

Uniswap Activates v4 Fee Switch on Seven Networks, Routing Fees to UNI Buy-and-Burn

Uniswap turns on v4 fee switch across seven networks Uniswap governance has activated the v4 protocol fee switch on Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, BNB Chain, Polygon, OP Mainnet and Robinhood Chain after Proposal 100 passed with about 46.6 million votes in favor and 1.27 million opposed. Around one-sixth of swap fees now go to TokenJar contracts to buy and burn UNI, lifting reported daily protocol revenue to about $325,000 from roughly $114,000, without direct payouts to UNI holders.

DeFi

Aave Labs proposes capped RLUSD and USDC oracle feeds for Horizon V3

Aave Labs proposes capped RLUSD and USDC feeds for Horizon V3 Aave Labs has proposed replacing the RLUSD and USDC price feeds on Aave Horizon V3 with CAPO price adapters capped at 1.02 and backed by the respective Chainlink feeds. The change follows a LlamaRisk recommendation and would update the Horizon oracle via setAssetSources, keeping both assets tied to Chainlink while limiting upside price deviations.

DeFi

What a DAO is, how token governance works, and where decentralized organizations fall short

Uniswap DAO approved $165M grants program in single on-chain vote In April 2024, Uniswap token holders voted on-chain to move $165 million from the protocol’s treasury into a two-year grants program, with no CEO or board approval required. The vote is a clear example of how DAOs use token-holder governance and smart contracts to direct large shared treasuries, while concentrating decision power in the hands of participating holders and delegates.

DeFi

Aave Proposal Targets Six Chain Wind-Downs and $98.1M in Market Removals

Aave proposes winding down six chain deployments and 71 markets Aave has proposed shutting down deployments on Sonic, Scroll, Aptos, zkSync, Metis, and Soneium, while removing 50 asset reserves and 21 Pendle tokens across 11 deployments. The plan affects $98.1 million in supplied assets and $15.6 million in debt, as the protocol says revenue on the smaller networks has fallen below operating costs and it wants to cut economic and technical risk while focusing on larger markets.

July 29, 2026

DeFi

Uniswap Founder Says New v4 Protocol Fee Does Not Reduce LP Earnings

Uniswap founder disputes claims v4 fees cut LP earnings Uniswap founder Hayden Adams said the protocol fees activated for Uniswap v4 across seven chains are added on top of existing liquidity provider fees, not taken from them, after governance approved the change with 46.6 million UNI. He said a 30-basis-point pool would add 5 basis points for the protocol fee, making the protocol’s share 14% of total fees, while critics including Panoptic founder Guillaume Lambert argued a 10% to 25% take could hurt LP returns.

July 28, 2026

DeFi

1inch Opens Aqua to Public, Launches Rewards With 10M 1INCH and $500,000 USDC

1inch opens Aqua to the public with 10M 1INCH and $500K USDC incentives 1inch has fully launched Aqua, a non-custodial shared liquidity layer for DeFi that lets providers use the same wallet balance across multiple positions without locking assets in pools. The protocol is live across 13 EVM-compatible networks, and 1inch said the rollout comes with a Merkl-powered rewards program funded with 10 million 1INCH from the 1inch Foundation and 500,000 USDC from the 1inch DAO.

DeFi

Aave moves syrupUSDG onboarding proposal to governance for V4 Global Dollar Hub

Aave proposal to onboard syrupUSDG enters governance vote Aave has created AIP #508 to add Maple Finance’s yield-bearing syrupUSDG to the Aave V4 Global Dollar Hub with collateral enabled, with voting set to start in less than 12 hours. If approved, users would be able to post syrupUSDG as collateral while it continues accruing yield tied to Maple’s institutional lending, expanding USDG-related assets on the hub.

DeFi

Mento Deploys FX Protocol on Polygon With USDm/EURm as First Market

Mento launches decentralized FX markets on Polygon Mento Protocol has deployed on Polygon, bringing onchain FX infrastructure to the network with a USDm/EURm pool as its first trading pair. The launch is backed by day-one liquidity partner Capa, while Mento is also adding Schuman Financial’s MiCA-regulated EURØP as a reserve asset for EURm, expanding Polygon’s non-USD stablecoin liquidity beyond dollar-only markets.

July 23, 2026

DeFi

Uniswap adds Permissioned Pools to let regulated tokenized assets trade on v4

Uniswap launches v4 Permissioned Pools for regulated token trading Uniswap Labs on July 23 rolled out “Permissioned Pools,” a new Uniswap v4 feature that lets issuers of tokenized funds and securities limit trading and liquidity provision to approved wallets. Built with a v4 hook, the standard is designed to bring regulated assets onto an automated market maker without requiring issuers to build separate trading systems; Superstate, Securitize and Dowgo launched with the standard.

DeFi

Uniswap DAO Reviews Optimism Fee Routing Proposal for UNI Token Burns

Uniswap weighs UNI burn test using fees from Optimism pools Uniswap governance is reviewing a proposal to route protocol fees from selected Optimism pools toward UNI token burns, creating a narrower test of how deployment-level activity could link to UNI economics. The plan is limited to Optimism rather than all Uniswap deployments, giving tokenholders a contained case to debate before any broader change.

July 21, 2026

DeFi

Morpho rolls out fixed-rate, fixed-term lending protocol Midnight on Base

Morpho launches Midnight on Base with fixed-rate, fixed-term loans Morpho has launched Morpho Midnight on Base mainnet, adding fixed-rate, fixed-term lending to its onchain credit network alongside Morpho Blue’s variable-rate markets. The protocol lets lenders and borrowers set their own rates, maturities and loan terms through competing offers rather than a utilization curve, with cbBTC and USDC supported at launch across multiple maturity dates.

July 19, 2026

DeFi

Uniswap readies votes to add v4 and Robinhood Chain fees to UNI burn system

Uniswap to vote on v4 and Robinhood Chain fees tied to UNI burns Uniswap governance is preparing two votes that would route new protocol fees from v4 pools and Robinhood Chain’s v2 and v3 deployments into the existing UNI burn system. The v4 proposal covers selected pools on Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, BNB Chain, Polygon, Optimism and Robinhood Chain, while the Robinhood Chain vote follows Uniswap volume on the network passing $6 billion by July 10.

July 17, 2026

DeFi

Morpho says fixed-rate lending protocol Midnight will launch publicly on Base in coming days

Morpho Midnight to launch publicly in coming days on Base Morpho said its fixed-rate, fixed-term lending protocol Midnight will exit beta and go live “in the coming days,” starting with a single cbBTC/USDC market on Base across multiple maturities. Day-one trading is limited to direct lenders and borrowers as the protocol is stress-tested live, but multi-market offers will be available at launch so liquidity providers can quote across multiple isolated markets at once.

DeFi

Aave V4 proposes Round 10 cap increases on Ethereum as deposits climb to $262M

Aave V4 implements Round 10 cap increases via Security Council Aave V4 has executed Round 10 of its Add Cap and Draw Cap adjustments through the Aave Security Council, lifting total Add Cap capacity by about $29 million to roughly $618 million. The update targets constrained markets after deposits rose 9% week over week to about $262.2 million, with key increases including USDC, WETH and cbBTC on Core, WETH on Prime, sUSDe on Plus, and the USDG credit line from $15 million to $20 million.

July 16, 2026

DeFi

Aave proposal would add Maple’s syrupUSDG as collateral on V4 Global Dollar Hub

LlamaRisk backs syrupUSDG for Aave V4, with liquidity condition LlamaRisk said it supports onboarding Maple’s yield-bearing stablecoin syrupUSDG to Aave V4’s Global Dollar Hub, but only after sufficient Ethereum DEX liquidity is bootstrapped. The proposed setup would list syrupUSDG as collateral-only alongside native USDG, while the 90.7M USDG vault remains backed mainly by BTC-collateralized institutional loans with a portfolio-weighted collateralization ratio of about 1.46x. The review flagged key risks including no current Ethereum DEX liquidity, off-chain underwriting and collateral management by Maple, and recommended multisig controls for GovernorTimelock wallets unless secured by MP

DeFi

Aave launches V4 on Avalanche in first move beyond Ethereum for tokenized asset lending

Aave expands V4 to Avalanche in first launch beyond Ethereum Aave has deployed V4 on Avalanche, its first expansion beyond Ethereum, as it targets institutional lending tied to tokenized assets. The new hub-and-spoke architecture isolates liquidity and risk across dedicated markets, with planned support for tokenized U.S. Treasuries, money market funds, private credit and corporate bonds. Avalanche is backing the rollout with a $15 million performance-based incentive program.

July 15, 2026

DeFi

Hyperion DeFi Commits 500,000 Staked HYPE to Skew for Hyperliquid Market Launch

Hyperion DeFi commits $33.6M in staked HYPE to Skew for Hyperliquid markets Nasdaq-listed Hyperion DeFi has signed a HAUS agreement with Skew Technologies and will deploy 500,000 staked HYPE, worth about $33.59 million, to support new institutional markets on Hyperliquid, The Block reported. Skew plans to use the bond to launch perpetual futures products on Hyperliquid’s HIP-3 permissionless market, while Hyperion will receive an equity stake in Skew and a share of market operating revenue.

DeFi

Curve deploys Llamalend v2 on Ethereum, with borrowing to open after DAO approvals

Llamalend v2 goes live on Ethereum Curve has deployed Llamalend v2 on Ethereum after its first production rollout on Optimism, expanding lending beyond markets that require crvUSD on one side. The upgrade lets supported borrowed assets and collateral types, including Curve LP tokens, be used in isolated markets with their own oracle, caps and risk settings. Initial Ethereum markets start with zero borrow caps, and borrowing will open market by market after Curve DAO approvals.

DeFi

L2Beat Removes $7 Billion in Non-Circulating RAIN From Arbitrum TVS

L2Beat cuts $7B in RAIN from Arbitrum TVS L2Beat removed about $7 billion in non-circulating RAIN from Arbitrum’s Total Value Secured after finding the tokens were held in project-controlled multisig wallets and should not have been counted. The drop was a methodology change, not an exploit or withdrawal. About $2.6 billion in RAIN still remains in Arbitrum’s TVS, ahead of roughly $2.5 billion in USDC and $1.4 billion in ETH.

DeFi

Aave raises V3 caps for USDe, FBTC and cbETH after reserves near utilization limits

Aave executes Risk Steward cap increases for USDe, FBTC and cbETH Aave has implemented Risk Steward parameter changes across V3 markets after utilization ran high on several reserves. On Aave V3 Core, USDe’s supply cap was raised from 626,000,000 to 751,200,000 and its borrow cap from 366,000,000 to 475,800,000; on V3 Mantle, FBTC’s supply cap doubled from 50 to 100; and on V3 Base, cbETH’s supply cap increased from 39,900 to 50,000.

July 14, 2026

DeFi

Robinhood Chain Passes $800M in DEX Volume as Meme Coins Dominate Early Activity

Robinhood Chain tops $800M in daily DEX volume, but memes dominate activity Robinhood Chain cleared about $819 million in 24-hour DEX volume on Tuesday, just two weeks after its July 1 launch on Arbitrum, briefly overtaking Ethereum a day earlier. Artemis CEO Jon Ma said the start is strong — citing 300,000+ daily active addresses, about $300 million TVL and roughly $40 million in annualized fees — but warned most trading is still in meme coins rather than the tokenized stocks and RWAs the network launched to support.

July 13, 2026

DeFi

Uniswap votes may connect Robinhood Chain fees to UNI burns

Uniswap votes could tie Robinhood Chain trading to UNI burns Uniswap founder Hayden Adams said July 12 the protocol is generating about $5.2 million in daily fees, driven largely by Robinhood Chain, where Uniswap trading hit roughly $500 million a day within eight days of launch and topped $1 billion cumulatively by July 10. Governance is now weighing whether to extend UNIfication fee-to-burn mechanics to v4 pools and apply protocol fees on Robinhood Chain, moves that could route this new revenue into UNI burns.

DeFi

Aave stewards raise PT-USDG cap on Ethereum as deposits outgrow prior limit

Aave V4 stewards move to raise PT-USDG supply cap on Ethereum Aave’s V4 activation process on Ethereum is in another round of cap adjustments, with recent deposit growth tied to PT-USDG-24SEP2026 on the Global Dollar Hub rather than any exploit. The spoke held about 18.62M PT-USDG as of today, roughly 60.8% of the token’s 30.6M total supply, above the previous 15M cap; because the asset is used as collateral only, a supply-cap increase without a borrow-side change is the expected response.

July 12, 2026

DeFi

Aave Labs seeks Avalanche launch for V4 with up to $15 million in incentives

Aave V4 expansion to Avalanche proposed with $15M incentive package Aave Labs has proposed activating Aave V4 on Avalanche, starting with one Liquidity Hub and three Spokes under the protocol’s Hub-and-Spoke architecture. The plan includes Avalanche Foundation incentives of up to $15 million tied to launch milestones and growth KPIs, with an RWA hub slated for a later phase. The proposal now moves to community feedback, risk review by LlamaRisk, then ARFC Snapshot and a final AIP vote if approved.

DeFi

Aave governance feedback supports standardized technical framework for asset listings

Aave community backs Technical Asset Listing Framework Aave community feedback supports introducing a standardized Technical Asset Listing Framework to set a common technical baseline for new listings across chains and asset types. The proposal would separate technical eligibility from market risk while keeping coordination between technical reviewers, risk providers, and governance, with focus on continuous monitoring, oracle quality, bridge security, deployment-specific reviews, and privileged access controls.

DeFi

Aave DAO Clears V3 Deployment Steps for zkSync Era Expansion

Aave DAO approves Aave V3 deployment steps for zkSync Era Aave DAO approved steps to deploy Aave V3 on zkSync Era, extending the lending protocol to another ZK-rollup network. The move brings Aave’s borrowing and lending markets into a lower-cost scaling environment and adds to its multi-chain expansion, though the article notes initial pool parameters will determine how quickly meaningful liquidity builds.

DeFi

Uniswap Seeks DAO Approval to Activate Protocol Fees on Select v4 Pool Families

Uniswap Labs proposes protocol fees for select Uniswap v4 pools Uniswap Labs on July 7 asked UNI holders to approve protocol fees for a subset of Uniswap v4 pools, extending the UNIfication fee rollout to the new pool architecture. The five-day Snapshot vote runs July 7-12, with two parallel onchain votes planned for the week of July 13 because GovernorBravo can handle only 10 actions per proposal. Fees would apply only to three v4 pool families, with proceeds continuing to fund UNI burns.

DeFi

LlamaRisk proposes targeted Round 10 cap increases for Aave V4 on Ethereum

LlamaRisk proposes Round 10 cap increase for Aave V4 LlamaRisk has recommended a targeted 10th round of Add Cap and Draw Cap changes for Aave V4 after deposits across its four hubs rose 9% in a week to about $262.2 million. The proposal would add roughly $29 million in Add Cap capacity, lifting the ceiling from about $588 million to $618 million, with Core taking $24 million as USDG and cbBTC on Core reached 89% and 87% utilization. The USDG credit line on Global Dollar Hub would also rise to $20 million from $15 million.