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Lending
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EU Weighs DeFi Lending Under MiCA as Morpho Vaults Defy Oversight
The European Commission is consulting on whether decentralized lending protocols should fall under MiCA, with vault architectures like Morpho's presenting structural obstacles to traditional regulation.
SparkLend Active Loans Rise 190 Percent to $2.9 Billion, Market Share Reaches 10.4 Percent
Sky ecosystem protocol SparkLend became the fastest-growing DeFi lender in Q2 2026, attracting $1.7 billion in new deposits within five days of a competitor's exploit.
EU Commission Eyes DeFi Lending Vaults, Morpho V2 Illustrates Regulatory Hurdles
Brussels initiated a consultation on May 20, 2026, to determine how decentralized lending protocols and vault architectures fit into the Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) framework.
Stablecoin Market Eyes $1.9T as On-Chain Lending Surpasses $694B
Visa reports $20 billion in stablecoin settlement volume as traditional banks intensify digital dollar integration efforts.
Maple Finance Holds $1.9B in Active Loans, Second-Largest Institutional Crypto Lender
The on-chain credit platform has originated over $15 billion in cumulative loans and distributed more than $100 million in interest to liquidity providers since shifting to overcollateralized lending after 2022.
Maple Finance's Overcollateralized Model Hits $1.9B Active Loans
The institutional crypto lender rebuilt after 2022 with a 99 percent repayment rate on over $15 billion in cumulative originations.
Aave to Wind Down V3 on Six Chains, Offboarding $98.1M in Assets
Aave governance proposes closing V3 markets on Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium and Aptos, with $98.1 million in supplied assets and $15.6 million in debt affected.
Maple Finance's $1.9B Loan Book Ranks Second in DeFi Behind Tether
The institutional credit platform has originated over $15 billion in cumulative loans since shifting to overcollateralized positions after 2022's market collapse.
Aave Moves to Exit Six V3 Markets, Cutting 50 Reserves in $98M Cleanup
LlamaRisk's ARFC targets Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium and Aptos, with $15.6M in outstanding debt across all six deployments.
Apollo's Fee Earnings Hit Record $785M as Lending and Insurance Offset Asset Sale Drag
Fee-related earnings rose 25 percent to a quarterly high of $785 million, while insurance asset spreads climbed 7 percent to $877 million, as Apollo deferred asset sales.
Aave V3 Holds $19.4B TVL as Top Three Lending Protocols Capture Market Share
Aave, Morpho Blue and Spark collectively control the majority of DeFi lending capital across a fragmented market of more than 380 active protocols.
Aave ARFC Targets V3 Wind-Down on Six Chains, $98.1M in Supplied Assets
The proposal covers 50 low-use reserves and 21 matured Pendle Principal Tokens across Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium and Aptos.
Uniswap Integrates Morpho to Launch Earn, Targeting On-Chain Lending Deposits
The new product lets users deposit into Gauntlet-curated Morpho vaults directly from the Uniswap frontend, expanding the DEX beyond its core AMM model.
Aave Proposes Deprecating 75 Reserves Across Six Deployments, Hitting $98M in Supplied Assets
The Aave Risk DAO targets illiquid long-tail markets with $15.6 million in outstanding debt, aiming to cut oracle costs and reduce protocol complexity.
Aave V4 Launches on Avalanche With Hub-and-Spoke Architecture for RWA Lending
The deployment marks Aave V4's first expansion beyond Ethereum, establishing infrastructure for tokenized real-world asset markets.
ETH Lending TVL Drops $9 Billion as KelpDAO Exploit Hits DeFi
Total Value Locked in Ethereum-based lending protocols falls 28 percent to $23 billion after security incidents