Aave’s new update puts the spotlight on who controls curated lending markets
Aave Labs’ November report describes external curation on V4, including DAO contract ownership and a delay for changes that increase risk.
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Uniswap v4 made liquidity pools more customizable—and more different
The 2025 release introduced hooks that let developers attach custom behaviour to pools, swaps, fees and liquidity positions.
Stellar’s payment network opened the door to programmable applications
Soroban’s 2024 mainnet launch added smart contracts to Stellar, extending what developers could build around digital assets and payments.
When central banks tested a DeFi idea for foreign exchange
Project Mariana explored automated trading of hypothetical central bank currencies, borrowing a mechanism from decentralized finance.
Gas-free swaps still have a cost: UniswapX changed who pays first
UniswapX’s 2023 beta moved transaction submission to competing fillers, with gas costs reflected in the quoted swap price.
Who gets to create a stablecoin? Aave’s GHO proposal made that explicit
The June 2023 launch proposal described facilitators with issuance limits, separating stablecoin creation from ordinary token transfers.