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RWA perps trading volume has just recorded an unprecedented growth of 1,500 times, rising from $230 million at the beginning of 2025 to $347 billion in just May 2026.
This record increase comes from the fact that RWA perps enable continuous 24/7 trading of stocks, commodities, FX, and shares that have not yet IPO’d, with no expiration date—far better optimized than traditional futures.
In the first half of 2026, volume was nearly 13 times that of all of 2025, confirming that this is the market’s new money-draining machine.

Aave has just put forward a major clean-up governance proposal: to withdraw all of V3 from six blockchains—Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium, and Aptos—and to gradually shut down 50 low-liquidity markets.
This round of streamlining directly affects $98.1 million in deposited assets and $15.6 million in outstanding debt, because revenue from smaller markets is even insufficient to cover both oracle costs and risk operations.
If the vote passes, the protocol will immediately freeze new orders and lower withdrawal limits for users, helping Aave optimize costs and cut systemic risk to the maxi