Uniswap’s UNI Token Sees Renewed Optimism as Network Adoption Grows

Pendle's upgrade simplifies DeFi, potentially boosting cross-chain adoption by reducing barriers and enhancing user experience in token swaps. The post Pendle upgrades Bungee Exchange V3 for seamless cross-chain swaps appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

The post Aave launches Stable Vaults—but can AAVE extend its rally? appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. In a blog post on Thursday, July 9, DeFi giant Aave [AAVE] introduced Stable Vaults. This infrastructure allows fintechs, wallets, exchanges, and payment providers to embed fixed-rate stablecoin yield into their products. Possible use cases include neobank embedded savings powered by Aave market, and a payments company letting merchants earn on idle settlement balances, among others, according to the announcement. The Aave V4 upgrade also drew record deposit numbers, AMBCrypto reported. This has given the AAVE token a positive jolt. The daily trading volume of the token was up 14.5%, and the price was up by just under 3.5% in the past 24 hours. Here’s why this momentum might be able to push prices another 12% higher. Should investors buy the Aave move beyond $100? In short, buyers might be on the wrong side in this battle. Here’s why. Source: AAVE/USDT on TradingView The 1-day chart

Uniswap's rapid growth on Robinhood Chain highlights the potential for DeFi platforms to integrate with traditional finance, boosting liquidity and innovation. The post Uniswap surpasses $1B in volume on Robinhood Chain just nine days after launch appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Memes lit the fuse on Robinhood Chain, but DeFi's blue chips are also catching the upside as picks and shovels.

Sky Frontier's growth underscores DeFi's resilience, challenging competitors to innovate amid rising stablecoin dominance and investor interest. The post Sky Frontier Foundation reports record $419M revenue run-rate for June 2026 appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

The post Aave Horizon’s Institutional Test: Can DeFi Lend Without Retail? appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Institutional DeFi has a simple question to answer this year: if you strip out retail leverage, can lending protocols still scale into real businesses? Aave’s Horizon market is the cleanest test bed we have right now. Horizon is designed for tokenized treasuries, credit, and other real world assets with whitelisted access. That means less degen reflex and more cash management logic. The upside is sturdier collateral and predictable yield. The catch is demand. Without retail chasing points and perps, who is borrowing on the other side, and at what rates? This piece gets practical. How Horizon works, what to monitor, the trade-offs you’ll face, and a step-by-step way to approach it if you are an allocator or a protocol treasury. Aspect What to Know Market size now Aave Horizon’s RWA market holds roughly $540M in total assets with about $163M borrowed, per ind

The post Uniswap Floats Turning On Protocol Fees for v4 Pools appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Temp check would extend the fee switch to Uniswap’s newest architecture, drawing an early warning that the move “risks killing the protocol.” Uniswap Labs on July 7 proposed activating protocol fees on a subset of Uniswap v4 pools, extending the fee rollout that DAO voters approved under the UNIfication package to the exchange’s newest and most flexible pool architecture. The temperature check went to a five-day Snapshot vote running July 7-12, with an onchain vote scheduled to begin the week of July 13. Because Uniswap’s GovernorBravo contract caps proposals at 10 actions, Uniswap Labs said two onchain votes will be posted in parallel to cover all the chains involved. UNI is up 6.8% to $3.57 in the past 24 hrs, giving Uniswap a market capitalization of $2.2 billion, according to CoinGecko, while ETH is up almost 3%. The token remains down more than 90% from its May 2021 record of about $

Temp check would extend the fee switch to Uniswap's newest architecture, drawing an early warning that the move "risks killing the protocol."