Aave V4 launched on Avalanche in July, the protocol's first deployment beyond Ethereum, extending its lending market to a second base layer.
Stellar's stablecoin supply has grown almost 300% over the past two years, a growth rate driven by payment corridors rather than speculative trading volume.
Stellar reported over $2 billion in real-world assets issued in Q1 2026 alone, pointing to institutional issuers using the network as settlement infrastructure.
Bitcoin sits near $64,700 and Ethereum near $1,912 in a stretched bear market, yet protocol build-out has continued through the drawdown.
Watch whether fintech adoption of Stable Vaults and Stellar RWA issuance keeps climbing while prices stay flat. Usage that survives a bear market tends to outlast it.
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