Crypto markets showed signs of selective recovery on Friday as decentralized finance (DeFi) and Solana-linked tokens outperformed, even as Bitcoin held steady near key support levels following a volatile week.
Leading the charge was Aave, the largest DeFi lending protocol, whose native AAVE token surged nearly 19% over 24 hours. The move came after Kraken’s parent company Payward is in talks to acquire a 15% stake in Aave Group at a $385 million valuation, involving an investment of roughly 35,000 ETH.
Aave founder Stani Kulechov pushed back on certain aspects of the reporting in an X post, clarifying that Aave Labs holds an allocation of AAVE tokens that multiple parties have discussed purchasing as part of deeper partnerships. He emphasized that “there is NO WAY we’d sell AAVE at a 70% discount,” and reiterated that all protocol revenue—currently running at an annualized $134 million—flows to the Aave DAO and benefits AAVE holders under the recently adopted “Aave Will Win” framework. Kulechov also teased “Aavenomics 3.0,” which will introduce an automated buyback mechanism..…
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