Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Aave said it will release its V4 update, a major protocol upgrade, sometime in the fourth quarter of 2025, introducing modular lending markets and additional risk controls among new features. The update introduces a “hub and spoke” modular design to Aave to allow for crypto borrowing and lending markets with more custom parameters,…

Hong Kong-Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), an international banking giant, announced the first successful test of quantum computing in a trading application on Thursday. Researchers at HSBC used a quantum computer processor as part of their algorithmic trading process, a method of trading that uses pre-defined rules to execute transactions, to find the likelihood of filling over-the-counter (OTC) bond orders…

A group of major European banks has joined forces to launch a euro-pegged stablecoin in compliance with Europe’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework. Dutch lender ING and Italy’s UniCredit are among nine banks participating in the development of a euro-denominated stablecoin, according to a joint statement published by ING on Thursday. Built in compliance with Europe’s MiCA regulation, the…

Japan’s recent policy shifts have helped the country more than double its crypto adoption over the past year, according to crypto analytics company Chainalysis. Among the top five markets in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, Japan saw the strongest growth, with its value received onchain growing 120% year-on-year in the 12 months to June, according…

Naver Financial, the fintech arm of South Korean tech conglomerate Naver, is reportedly forging ahead with a plan to acquire Dunamu, which operates the country’s largest crypto exchange, Upbit, amid plans for a stablecoin project and expansion into the digital finance sector. Naver will acquire Dunamu by making it a subsidiary via a share exchange,…

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said the upcoming Fusaka upgrade will allow nodes to verify data availability without downloading complete blockchain data, improving scalability. The upcoming upgrade, set for December, will help to solve current data availability constraints through a core feature called PeerDAS (Peer Data Availability Sampling), Buterin explained on Thursday. “PeerDAS is trying to do something…