SC02 M5 - pending Long order. Entry lies within LVN + not affected by any weak zone, the current support zone is around 1.59% wide. The uptrend has lasted 10 hours, with the largest recorded price increase at 8.48%. If price loses this support zone, the trend will likely reverse downward.
Aave's Kulechov confirms securities-backed lending in push for Wall Street's trillion-dollar markets
Aave founder Stani Kulechov has announced that the decentralized lending protocol will be expanding beyond crypto-native assets into securities-backed loans and securities lending. “Aave is expanding its TAM from Crypto assets to all assets with Securities-backend Loans and Securities Lending,” on June 26. This expansion will see Aave V4 become a bridge between DeFi infrastructure and traditional financial markets worth trillions of dollars. A week earlier, on June 19, Kulechov published a pitch where he outlined how Aave V4’s architecture could bring three segments of Wall Street’s securities financing business, which are collateralized loans backed by securities, repurchase (repo) agreements, and direct securities lending, on-chain. What is the scale of the opportunity for Aave? The numbers Kulechov cited frame why Aave is making this bet. Daily exposures in the U.S. repo market average around $12.6 trillion. Margin financing adds another $1.3 trillion at record levels, and wealth-management securities-based loans contribute over $400 billion on top of that. Securities lending holds roughly $4.6 trillion in lendable assets and hit a record $15 billion in revenue last year, according to figures Kulechov These figures dwarf DeFi lending, which Aave dominates, by a large margin. Aave’s peak deposits reached about $75 billion in 2025, and total borrowings have crossed $1 trillion. Under Kulechov’s proposal, tokenized securities would serve as collateral for borrowing stablecoins like Aave’s native GHO or other dollar-denominated tokens. Repo-style trades could settle in real time on-chain. Asset owners could lend tokenized securities directly and earn yield without intermediaries. Kulechov also floated gold-backed loans as part of the real-world asset expansion on the same day, calling it “a trillion dollar opportunity long-term” in a Aave’s current revenue strategy and institutional backing In late May, Kulechov announced a pivot in Aave’s revenue strategy, stating that the protocol was committing to a 12-month “revenue-led protocol strategy.” This latest securities push is a sign that the strategy is alive and kicking. Aave currently generates around $123 million in annualized revenue and holds $12.4 billion in total value locked across more than 20 chains per . Institutional interest is also pouring, as Standard Chartered analyst Geoff Kendrick initiated coverage of the AAVE token with a $3,500 price target by the end of 2030, citing Aave’s dominance in on-chain lending. Grayscale has also and published a valuation report pegging AAVE’s fair value between $80 and $100, with a $175 bull case tied to regulatory clarity around tokenized assets. Aave’s Horizon platform, built with VanEck, Circle, and Securitize, currently operates as one of the largest institutional real-world assets (RWA) lending marketplaces in DeFi. All these come together to give the protocol a foothold in the permissioned segment of tokenized finance. What stands in the way of Aave’s target? Apart from the technical infrastructural challenges that currently exist, adoption is a likely challenge as it goes further than smart contracts. Securities financing operates on decades of legal frameworks and deeply automated systems. For institutions to move these activities on-chain, blockchains would need to offer clear advantages in cost, settlement speed, or collateral mobility. The recent spate of attacks on DeFi is also a valid cause for concern. Aave also suffered one of such attacks by proxy in April as a result of the KelpDAO rsETH exploit, which sent over $290 million in stolen tokens through Aave markets as collateral. That incident triggered depositor withdrawals and governance instability. An ecosystem intervention contributed to helping the affected parties bounce back. Aave has also had some internal scuffles this year, with three major DAO service providers, including risk manager Chaos Labs, departing or announcing plans to leave in recent months. Despite all these headwinds, Aave’s next growth phase, according to Kulechov, goes beyond crypto-native demand and now extends into capturing even a sliver of Wall Street’s securities plumbing, a market he described as “one of the largest markets that almost nobody outside Wall Street thinks about.”
Spot Bitcoin ETFs saw around $696 million of net outflows in one day, coinciding with Bitcoin dropping below $60,000 and adding pressure to an already weak market. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs shed about $696.3 million on June 25, their biggest daily outflow this month and part of a multi‑day redemption streak. The outflows coincided with Bitcoin falling to roughly $58,000, a 7 day drop of about 5 to 6 percent, as macro worries and liquidations pushed investors defensive. The key variables now are whether ETF flows stabilize, how the Federal Reserve signals on rates, and whether Bitcoin can hold support around the 58 to 60 thousand zone. Deep Dive Size And Sources Of The ETF Hit Data from SoSoValue, cited by several outlets, show U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded about $696.3 million in net outflows on June 25, the largest daily outflow in June so far. That day marked roughly the sixth straight session of net redemptions, with total weekly outflows around $1.35 billion across the products. Selling was broad. Funds from Fidelity and BlackRock led the exits, while ARK, Invesco, VanEck, Bitwise, Franklin and Valkyrie products also saw significant redemptions, according to a detailed breakdown of broad-based ETF selling. ETF assets under management in BTC products have slipped, with Bitcoin ETF AUM falling from about $82.78 billion to $81.81 billion over the past week. Link To Bitcoin’s Price And Market Stress The ETF outflows lined up with Bitcoin (BTC) dropping below $60,000, briefly testing levels near $58,000 before a modest rebound, as covered in Bitcoin ETF outflows and price drop analysis. On CoinMarketCap data, BTC trades near $59,879.16, down about 5.73 percent over 7 days, with 24 hour volume around $40.32 billion. Macro conditions are hostile for risk assets. A series of hot inflation prints and a hawkish Federal Reserve stance have raised expectations of higher for longer interest rates, which analysts link directly to ETF redemptions in rate driven ETF outflows commentary. At the same time, more than a billion dollars of leveraged crypto positions were liquidated over 24 hours in this window, compounding price pressure. Total crypto market cap is about $2.07 trillion, down roughly 5.2 percent over the week, while BTC still dominates at around 58 percent of market value. What this means: Flows out of regulated ETFs and forced derivatives selling are reinforcing each other, so near term moves are being driven more by institutional risk appetite than by on chain activity. What To Watch Next Several near term drivers could change the picture. First, a pause or reversal in ETF outflows would signal that institutional reallocations have run their course; consecutive inflow days would be a strong stabilizing sign. Second, macro data and Federal Reserve communication on inflation and rates remain critical, because higher real yields tend to pull capital away from non yielding assets like BTC. On the market structure side, large options expiries and thin liquidity around the 60 thousand level are key. Analysts quoted in options expiry and support level coverage frame 60 thousand as a line in the sand, with a clean break potentially opening a move toward the mid 50 thousand range if ETF selling continues. Confidence: high given consistent ETF flow figures, price levels and macro narratives across multiple independent sources. Conclusion Bitcoin’s latest slide is closely tied to a sharp reversal in ETF demand, with almost $700 million leaving spot products in a single session amid a broader, rate driven risk off shift. As long as institutional investors use ETFs to reduce exposure and macro data keep the Federal Reserve leaning hawkish, Bitcoin is likely to trade in a fragile range where flows and liquidity matter as much as long term fundamentals. Watching ETF net flows, key macro prints and the 58 to 60 thousand support band gives a practical lens on when this pressure might ease. $BTC