AAVE Surges 7.4% – Defi Darling Drags CoinDesk 20 Into the Green

While traditional markets obsess over Fed minutes and inflation prints, AAVE just moonwalked past the noise with a 7.4% rally – single-handedly propping up the CoinDesk 20 index today.

The DeFi bluechip’s move comes amid whispers of renewed institutional interest in lending protocols (or maybe just hedge funds chasing the next shiny object). Either way, it’s a stark reminder that crypto markets march to their own beat – often leaving ’serious finance’ scrambling to keep up.

Funny how a sector once written off as ’internet funny money’ now moves faster than your average wealth manager can say ’risk-adjusted returns.’

Leaders: AAVE (+7.4%) and ETH (+2.9%).
Laggards: XRP (-0.6%) and APT (+0.2%).

The CoinDesk 20 is a broad-based index traded on multiple platforms in several regions globally.