DeFi protocols are redesigning liquidation mechanics to keep value that previously went to external MEV bots, as Ethereum lending markets hold about $2.16 billion in liquidatable positions. Aave says it has recaptured over $16.7 million in MEV on Ethereum via its SVR model and is extending SVR to Arbitrum and Base. Aave’s TVL is near $23.87 billion and its revenue is $6.24 million over 30 days, though the model’s durability is tied to ongoing market activity and volatility.

Celestia (TIA) is under growing bearish pressure as supply rises and market positioning weakens, despite a 1.3% dip over the past 24 hours. A token unlock scheduled for March 29 is expected to add roughly $85,000 worth of TIA (0.032% of circulating supply) to the market, while spot and derivatives data point to increasing downside bias.

Lido’s Ecosystem Operations team has put forward a governance proposal to let the Lido Growth Committee spend up to 10,000 stETH (about $20 million at roughly $2,000 ETH) to purchase LDO as a one-off buyback. LDO set a new all-time low near $0.27 on Mar. 7 and is trading around $0.31; at current levels, the plan could take in roughly 65 million tokens, or about 8% of circulating supply.

Shiba Inu (SHIB) was range-bound on Wednesday, while the Shibarium team said the Layer-2 network has exceeded 270 million wallet addresses after recent infrastructure work. The team also said the explorer is being rebuilt and currently shows only a partial view, with 2.4 million blocks and about 168 million transactions displayed versus more than 14 million blocks and over 1.56 billion transactions on-chain. At press time, SHIB traded at $0.000005776, down 2.86% over the past 24 hours.

Anchorage Digital announced on March 26, 2026 that it will support TRON, beginning with institutional custody for TRX and later expanding to TRC-20 tokens and staking. As of March 29, 2026, TRX is trading around $0.3178, with analysts watching resistance at $0.33–$0.35 and support between $0.265 and $0.28.

World Foundation said on March 28, 2026 that World Assets completed an over-the-counter sale of $65 million in WLD across four buyers, with the first settlement on March 20. WLD briefly fell to $0.24 after the disclosure and later traded near $0.27, while a community unlock scheduled for July 23 is set to cover about 52% of the 10 billion total supply.

Tether has brought its gold-backed token XAUt to BNB Chain, positioning tokenized gold for DeFi uses such as lending, borrowing, and yield strategies. As of March 29, 2026, BNB was trading around $610.55, while the BNB/BTC pair stood at 0.009167. Weekly technical indicators described in the report suggest bearish momentum is easing, with traders watching key resistance and support zones.

Pi Network has told Mainnet node operators to upgrade to Protocol 21.2 by April 6, 2026, warning that nodes that miss the cutoff will be disconnected. PI/USDT was trading around $0.177 on OKX in late March 2026, about 94% below its all-time high, as the project lines up additional mandatory upgrades through May.