Aave V4 Deposits Surge 30% in One Week to Hit Record $806 Million Peak
August 28, 2026
Aave V4 user deposits have reached a record high of $806 million following a impressive 30% weekly gain. Growth was heavily driven by markets like EtherFi Cash, even as Aave V3 retains its $31 billion market dominance.
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Core Lightning Advises Node Operators to Disconnect Amid Vulnerability Embargo and Missing Patch
August 27, 2026
Core Lightning maintainers have urged node operators to take their instances offline immediately as a security precaution. With patch binaries not yet released and vulnerability details under embargo, operators face operational downtime.
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Pendle Oracle Price Shift Triggers $36 Million Liquidation Cascade on Morpho Protocol
August 26, 2026
A single wallet transaction in a Pendle pool triggered $36.1 million in rapid liquidations on Morpho. Despite the sudden volatility, no bad debt was incurred and lenders remained whole.
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LayerZero Unveils ATLAS Exchange Engine to Redefine Decentralized Trading Infrastructure
August 25, 2026
LayerZero has launched ATLAS, a headless exchange engine on the Zero blockchain featuring a 75% ZRO fee burn mechanism and up to 65% in trading venue rebates.
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Bitwise Launches Self-Custodied Tokenized Stock Portfolios on Coinbase’s Base Network
August 25, 2026
Bitwise has launched Automated Token Portfolios on Layer-2 network Base, allowing eligible non-U.S. investors to manage tokenized stock strategies directly from self-custodied Web3 wallets.
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Solana Reduces Mainnet Slot Time to 350ms, Taking Major Step Toward 200ms Target
August 22, 2026
Solana has lowered its mainnet slot time from 400 to 350 milliseconds, marking its first speed increase since launch as the network embarks on a path toward 200ms slots.
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Circle Targets September 16 for Arc Public Mainnet Launch
August 21, 2026
Circle has announced September 16 as the official target for its Arc public mainnet launch, bringing an enterprise-grade, permissioned-validator blockchain network to the broader digital finance ecosystem.
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Coinbase Base Layer 2 Sequencer Revenue Falls 11% Despite Unprecedented Usage and Stablecoin Volume
August 21, 2026
Coinbase reported an 11% drop in Q2 revenue from its Base network despite record stablecoin volume, highlighting how post-Dencun fee reductions impact Layer 2 profitability.
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MetronomeDAO Discloses $15.7M Synthetic Asset Shortfall Caused by Oracle Latency
August 21, 2026
MetronomeDAO has uncovered a $15.7 million collateral shortfall in its synthetic asset ecosystem, attributing the unbacked float to long-term oracle price latency exploited by arbitrage bots.
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Yield Guild Games Shuts Down YGG Play to Pivot Toward AI Data Infrastructure
August 21, 2026
Yield Guild Games is winding down its YGG Play platform and questing service as co-founder Gabby Dizon signals a major strategic pivot toward decentralized artificial intelligence data services.
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