Key Highlights DeFi and Layer-2 tokens led a broad crypto market rally Friday, with the DeFi Select Index surging 16% in 24 hours as risk-on sentiment returned following the Fed rate decision. Bitcoin reclaimed $78,000 while Uniswap (UNI) futures open interest neared a record high, signaling strong institutional conviction in major DeFi protocols. Implied volatility ...
Key Highlights Optimism governance approved Upgrade 20 on Sept. 16, initiating a transition from Output Root Dispute Games to Super Root Dispute Games across OP Sepolia, Ink Sepolia, Soneium Minato, and Unichain Sepolia testnets. The upgrade introduces timestamp-based dispute proofs—replacing L2 block numbers—to establish the common time reference required for future Superchain cross-chain interoperability. Mainnet ...
Aave V4 Deposits Surge 30% in a Week to Record $806 Million Aave’s Version 4 protocol has reached a new all-time high in user deposits, hitting $806 million according to the platform’s live onchain dashboard. The figure represents a 30% increase over the past seven days and extends a steep growth trajectory that began in ...