Several threads are feeding the attention. Aave is rolling out the Ethereum version of its V4 upgrade, a rebuild of how the protocol handles lending, and has seen active governance debate over borrow… [+1246 chars]

The lending protocol added 1,806 new wallets in a single day, the most since October 2021, according to Santiment. The AAVE token has risen about 20% in a week even as the broader market slides.

CoinDesk

Aave logs biggest network-growth day in nearly 5 years as DeFi interest returns

With more institutions embracing stablecoins, the competition is increasingly shifting from issuing tokens to determining who controls the underlying infrastructure and network.
Unlike most existing… [+1399 chars]

Open Standard's Open USD aims to let partners keep reserve income and eliminate minting fees, challenging Circle's USDC.

Circle slides 13% as Stripe, Coinbase and BlackRock back rival stablecoin network

MetaMask has launched a new self-custodial account that combines stablecoin yield, payments and trading in a single product, as wallet providers increasingly compete to become broader financial platf… [+953 chars]

The launch reflects a broader push to make stablecoins more useful beyond trading and transfers.

MetaMask launches Money Account with stablecoin yield and spending in one wallet

The launch adds another blue-chip asset manager to Wall Street's tokenization push. Firms including BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, Apollo and Janus Henderson have embraced onchain versions of traditi… [+1140 chars]

The $807 billion asset manager is bringing a high-yield corporate bond strategy onto blockchain with Centrifuge as Wall Street expands beyond tokenized Treasury funds.

New York Life makes tokenization debut with onchain high-yield bond fund with Centrifuge

The protocol has two parts. A Single Asset Vault pools a single asset, and the lending layer turns that pooled money into loans with set terms. Both are still proposals, defined in technical drafts k… [+1467 chars]

A proposed XRPL standard would let institutions borrow against tokenized assets, with the blockchain enforcing loan terms while the underwriting stays with human credit teams. It still needs validator approval to go live.

Ripple wants institutions to borrow against tokenized assets on XRPL

Crypto market participants are entering July with a critical shift in Europe as the MiCA frameworks transitional period expires. Exchanges are now competing to lure in Binance users in the region aft… [+2726 chars]

Your look at what's coming in the week starting June 29.

New MiCA regime in Europe, U.S. jobs report for June: Crypto Week Ahead

Bitcoin BTC
$59,741.91 found some footing around $60,000 on Friday after this week's selloff, but the biggest gains came from decentralized finance (DeFi) and the Solana ecosystem.
Leading the adva… [+927 chars]

Tokenized stock trading fueled fresh momentum across the Solana ecosystem, while Aave founder hinted at token buybacks coming under new framework.

Aave, Solana ecosystem tokens lead crypto rebound as bitcoin steadies near $60,000

CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index.
The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 1595.41, up 0.4% (+5.99) sin… [+244 chars]

Solana (SOL) gained 4.5%, joining Aave (AAVE) as a top performer.

CoinDesk 20 performance update: AAVE jumps 8.9%, leading index higher

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