TL;DR Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin debuts on Aave V3 with a $50 million supply cap, marking a major milestone in its entry into decentralized finance. Although initial usage is low, early market signals show growing interest.

The crypto market registered a notable uptick on Monday, getting off to a strong start to the new week. Price action remained subdued last weekend as Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies traded sideways.

Ripple's dollar-pegged stablecoin RLUSD continues its push for adoption with its latest integration into Aave.

In the latest development within the Ripple ecosystem, the RLUSD stabecoin goes live on the Aave V3 Ethereum Core Market. Bolstering Ripple's entry into the stablecoin market, RLUSD gained new utility, allowing users to supply or borrow the coin.

Aave users can start supplying and borrowing Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin on the decentralized lending platform's V3 Ethereum Core market, Aave said in a Monday post on X.

Ripple's stablecoin, RLUSD, sees increased adoption with the latest integration on Aave V3's Ethereum market. The addition introduces streamlined lending and borrowing services for DeFi enthusiasts and institutions. The announcement shifted attention to native AAVE's performance, which signals impending rallies after breaking out of a descending wedge.

Ripple's ecosystem is seeing notable momentum, with XRP and its RLUSD stablecoin making major advances in the crypto market. Coinbase lists XRP futures On April 21, Coinbase introduced XRP futures contracts on its US derivatives platform.

Ripple's dollar-pegged stablecoin, RLUSD, has officially launched on the Aave V3 Ethereum Core Market. Users can now supply and borrow RLUSD, marking a new step in Ripple's entry into the decentralized finance (DeFi) space.

Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin goes live on Aave V3 with minimal activity, aiming to boost enterprise adoption and DeFi integration across platforms.

In January 2025, the crypto industry made massive donations to Trump's investment fund. A month later, the SEC miraculously dropped its lawsuits against those same donors.

Consensys, Solana and Uniswap quietly donated to the Trump's inauguration fund.

New filings from the Federal Election Commission (FEC) reveal that several cryptocurrency firms and their executives made significant contributions to US President Donald Trump's inauguration fund after the results of the 2024 election. According to FEC filings made public on April 20 by the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee, Uniswap CEO Hayden Adams donated more than $245,000, Solana Labs donated $1 million, and software firm Consensys sent $100,000 in January 2025 to support the then-president-elect's inauguration.

New filings from the Federal Election Commission (FEC) reveal that several cryptocurrency firms and their executives made significant contributions to US President Donald Trump's inauguration fund after the results of the 2024 election. According to FEC filings made public on April 20 by the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee, Uniswap CEO Hayden Adams donated more than $245,000, Solana Labs donated $1 million, and software firm Consensys sent $100,000 in January to support the then-president-elect's inauguration.

Hayden Adams, founder of Uniswap, believes that Solana is currently the best blockchain to scale decentralized finance (DeFi) at the layer 1 level. This stance reignites the debate on the limitations of Ethereum's modular model.

Uniswap Labs CEO Hayden Adams has voiced strong support for Solanas approach to decentralized finance (DeFi), calling it superior to Ethereums rollup-centric direction. In a recent statement, Adams praised Solanas better road map, team, and approach for building DeFi directly on a monolithic Layer 1 blockchain.

Uniswap founder Hayden Adams warns that Ethereum's heavy focus on Layer 1 scaling could let Solana overtake it in the DeFi race.

Uniswap Labs CEO Hayden Adams has opined that Solana has a "better roadmap, team, and approach" for developing decentralized finance (DeFi) directly on the monolithic layer-1.

As Solana continues its ascent, experts are not writing off Ethereum's chances to compete favorably in decentralized finance (DeFi). Uniswap founder Hayden Adams wants Ethereum to hone in on Layer 2 scaling to even the odds with Solana.

Uniswap's token has dropped to a crucial support level even as Unichain, its layer-2 network, continued its strong momentum. Uniswap (UNI) price dropped to $5.

Positive developments within AAVE's ecosystem could help the asset.

CRV is showing strong potential for a trend continuation after finding support at a major confluence zone.

DeFi lending protocol Aave has kickstarted its $1 million weekly token buybacks to reward stakers and boost token demand.

Curve DAO is experiencing a decent uptrend after continuous months of red. Investors are keen to see when this token can reclaim the $1 level again.

The platform isn't just resting on its early success. Aave has introduced new incentives to maintain its momentum.

The crypto market registered a substantial drop on Wednesday before recovering towards the end of the day after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell flagged concerns about inflation and slowing growth due to tariffs. However, markets recovered as crypto remained strong in the face of adversity even though traditional stock markets took a beating.

AAVE's ecosystem upgrade could mark the beginning of a new wave of liquidity inflows.

Recent crypto whale metrics surrounding DeFi tokens have garnered immense investor optimism, suggesting that price gains for some coins are imminent despite the ongoing market uncertainty. Whale data on Thursday, April 17, indicated that large-scale investors stacked over $20 million in AAVE and UNI.

Co-authored by Uniswap Labs and Across, this new standard aims to simplify how users trade assets across blockchains. This new token standard from Uniswap is designed to give everyone—from developers to everyday users—a smoother experience.

It is a clear leg up over what Europe's top fintechs and banks are offering. With the ECB taking a different path from its U.S. and U.K., this DeFi yield stands out.

This past week, Aave V3 on the Ethereum mainnet experienced its highest daily liquidations since early February, coinciding with significant market volatility. According to Galaxy Research, approximately $98.6 million in collateral was liquidated between April 6 and 7, following a similar trend earlier in the year when around $211.

Will AAVE outpace fintech giants in the yield race?

With $2 in sight and whales accumulating, could this be the beginning of a much bigger breakout?

This week the declining crypto market capitalization and large swings in Bitcoin price have influenced the picks, Hyperliquid, Curve DAO and Fartcoin. The three tokens have rallied between 25% and 100% in the past seven days.

Aave-Chan Initiative Founder Marc Zeller unpacks Aave's efforts at decentralization, buyback initiatives and the GHO stablecoin.

Uniswap faced resistance around the $5.5-level. Until it can climb beyond it, traders must maintain a bearish outlook.

Aave's tokenholders approved a governance proposal to start buying back the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol's governance token, AAVE, as part of a broader tokenomics overhaul, Aave said on April 9. The proposal — which was approved by more than 99% of AAVE tokenholders — permits the protocol to purchase $4 million in AAVE (AAVE) tokens, enough for one month of buybacks.

The first AAVE buyback proposal secured 99.63% approval. The full strategy is designed to execute $1 million in weekly buybacks over six months.

The US SEC will hold its second crypto roundtable on April 11, with representatives from Coinbase, Uniswap Labs, and Cumberland DRW participating.

The Aave DAO has overwhelmingly approved a $4 million AAVE token buyback, launching the first phase of a broader initiative to overhaul the protocol's tokenomics.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is holding a roundtable discussion on April 11, inviting crypto industry leaders, particularly ones negatively affected by the previous administration, and calling the event “Between a Block and a Hard Place: Tailoring Regulation for Crypto Trading”. The roundtable will focus on regulation, especially with a future-oriented direction, being the second of a five-part series.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a roundtable titled "Between a Block and a Hard Place: Tailoring Regulation for Crypto Trading" on April 11, 2025, in Washington, D.C. This event will bring together key figures from the crypto industry and traditional finance to discuss the development of a regulatory framework tailored to crypto trading.

Executives of publicly listed crypto exchange Coinbase and decentralized exchange Uniswap will be panelists at the US Securities and Exchange Commission crypto roundtable. The regulator disclosed this in an announcement outlining the agenda and panelists for the event.

The crypto market bounced back after a volatile Monday, with Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies registering substantial increases after starting the week in freefall. BTC is up over 6% over the past 24 hours, with the flagship cryptocurrency looking to reclaim $80,000.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has shared the names of key participants set to join a discussion on how crypto trading should be regulated.

Key players in the crypto industry are joining the SEC's first of four scheduled roundtables, led by the agency's Crypto Task Force.

Curve Finance founder, Michael Egorov sold significant amounts of CRV tokens over the past few months. The founder's actions often have an impact on the token's price, suggests historical data.

The SEC will hold a crypto roundtable on Friday featuring panelists from Coinbase, Cumberland DRW and Uniswap Labs.

Despite the broader crypto market correction, Curve Finance's Curve DAO Token (CRV) is up 10% with a strong 27% pump in daily trading volumes. This happens despite the fact that Michael Egorov has offloaded nearly $2 million in CRV tokens over the past two weeks.