Capital markets are funding the AI buildout at historic scale: ~$400B over 6 months. Bitcoin ETFs have seen ~$4B of outflows since May 14, pressuring $BTC. This is a capital rotation, not a Bitcoin impairment. Volatility creates opportunity.
Aave V4’s modular lending architecture represents the next generation of lending protocols.
Its hub-and-spoke design can support virtually any credit use case.
Through Babylon, users can leverage native Bitcoin as collateral to borrow from Aave.
Aave V4 is designed to power lending markets for native assets, securities, and a wide range of credit use cases, both existing and yet to be imagined.
Not a good take.
DeFi infra today is materially more resilient than in prior cycles (partially also thanks to AI).
Also DeFi has improved across the board over the years:
- better risk engines + lending market structures
- formal verification, audits, bug bounties
- better cap management, oracle improvements
- automated monitoring and security operations inc. circuit breakers
- far better tooling for smart contract security (including AI-assisted analysis)
Ironically, a lot of the remaining attack surface now comes from web2-type opsec, which is why many DeFi teams are investing heavily into better processes (inc. SOC2-based), infra hardening, and internal controls.
DeFi is constantly evolving, but pretending the industry hasn’t matured significantly or that AI is only a net negative for DeFi security is simply not true. The same AI capabilities attackers use are also increasingly used by security researchers, auditors, and whitehats to strengthen protocols.
DeFi Will Win.
Today we published a temp check on the @aave governance forum: Babylon Trustless BTC Vault Integration on Aave v4.
The temp check proposes two new Aave v4 Spokes to onboard native BTC as collateral via Trustless Bitcoin Vaults and seeks community input.
https://t.co/l4oa3MdXJA