Tag: Aave
Fewer Than 20 Wallets Control Aave, Uniswap, and MakerDAO – ECB Just Proved It
A new ECB working paper found that top-100 holders control over 80% of governance tokens across four major DeFi protocols – and one-third of the biggest voters can’t even be identified. So much for decentralization. The European Central Bank dropped a working paper on March 26 that examined governance structures inside Aave, MakerDAO, Uniswap, and…
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Gold Lost the War – Tokenized Gold Won It
Physical bullion crashes 23% while XAUT futures volume explodes 402,000% in three months. The safe-haven trade just moved on-chain. The world’s oldest safe-haven asset is getting destroyed during an actual shooting war. And the replacement? It lives on Ethereum. Gold has crashed 23% from its January 29 all-time high of $5,595, bleeding down to $4,428…
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DeFi Didn’t Flinch: $97.6B in TVL While Bitcoin Bleeds 20% and Fear Hits Rock Bottom
Fifty-three million dollars. That’s the total liquidation exposure sitting within 20% of current prices across all of DeFi right now, according to on-chain data from DefiLlama and Aave risk dashboards. For context, that same number was $340 million in February 2025. An 84% drop – during a nastier market. Bitcoin’s down 20% year-to-date. The Fear…
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