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Aave leads DeFi higher as crypto shrugs off surging bond market

coindesk.com · Sep 29, 2026 at 10:28

Aave leads DeFi higher as crypto shrugs off surging bond market
coindesk.com Sep 29, 2026

Bitcoin BTC$84,117.13 recovered Monday's losses to trade at $84,170 on Tuesday, up 0.82% since midnight UTC and 1.4% over 24 hours, with 72 of the 100 CoinDesk 100 constituents higher and the index adding 0.89% to 1,904.49.

The bid is arriving despite conditions that have been suppressing risk assets for a week, the 10-year Treasury yield sitting at 5.234% after ending Monday above 5.2%, near levels last seen in 2007, and the 30-year at 5.549% having topped 5.56% on Monday, around a 2004 high.

U.S. stocks fell for a second session on Monday, the Dow dropping more than 300 points and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite shedding 0.8% and 0.9%, with futures mixed on Tuesday morning.

Decentralized finance (DeFi) is driving the move for the second time in a week, with the DeFi Select Index (DFX) gaining 5.0% since midnight, led by lending protocol token aave AAVE$149.48 at 11% and curve dao token CRV$0.3457 at 5.2%. The CoinDesk 80 rose 2.0% against the CoinDesk 5's 1.3%, though the ranking inverts over 24 hours, where the CD5's 1.7% beats the CD80's 0.44%.

Privacy tokens are the exception and the sharpest decliners, zcash (ZEC) tumbled 4.1% to $1,422.35 and 8.4% over 24 hours, and dash DASH$65.39 6.4% to $61.38, extending a retreat that has taken zcash roughly 13% below where it traded on Friday.

Brent crude eased 0.85% to $97.92, holding below $100 after Monday's spike, while gold added 0.68% to $4,140 and the dollar index firmed 0.18% to 101.36.

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