Daily Bits

Plasma’s mainnet launch drove massive inflows as its flagship USDT savings vault, powered by Aave and Veda, pulled in $2.7B in deposits within 24 hours, offering around 20% APY.

Aave’s V4 upgrade is set to launch in Q4 2025, bringing a major shift to its lending protocol with a modular “hub and spoke” design that improves liquidity efficiency and enables customizable markets with different risk profiles.

Hyperliquid has launched its first native stablecoin, USDH, after a heated bidding process for issuance rights.

Ripple’s $740M RLUSD stablecoin has been integrated into Securitize, allowing fundholders to swap BlackRock’s BUIDL and VanEck’s VBILL for RLUSD at $1 parity verified by oracles.

0G Labs has launched its Aristotle Mainnet and token generation event, marking a major step toward making AI a public good.

Aster’s weekly update highlights ASTER token claims and withdrawals, spot and perp trading live with up to 10x leverage, and a 1:1 APX swap open until Oct 1.

PayPal and LayerZero have introduced PYUSD0, a permissionless version of PayPal USD designed for seamless cross-chain use.

The Federal Reserve cut rates by 25 bps to a target range of 4.0–4.25%, citing slower growth, softer job gains, and elevated inflation.

PEAQ is gaining momentum in the robotics and DePIN sectors, with growing recognition for its role in the Machine Economy.

Hong Kong and Singapore are building a regulated token corridor to enable 24/7 cross-border settlement using licensed stablecoins, tokenized deposits, and wholesale CBDCs.