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Carlos

Carlos

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Carlos@0xcarlosg·4d

Aave: Cracks in the Monolithic Thesis

On April 18, 2026, attackers minted 116.5K unbacked rsETH via a compromised LayerZero bridge and borrowed ~$193M from Aave V3. Carlos argues this exposes a structural weakness in Aave's monolithic pool architecture — any bad asset contaminates the whole pool. Complements Pratik Kala's tranching proposal; both are pointing at the same fundamental issue, from different angles.

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Carlos@0xcarlosg·208d

Prop AMMs, the aggregator wars & Solana's REV: Are they all related?

Carlos maps prop AMM dominance on Solana: HumidiFi now captures 50% of SOL-stablecoin volumes and 28% of all DEX volumes as of September, up from 7% when SolFi launched in October 2024. While FastLane's Thogard argues the SVM disadvantages prop AMMs, aggregator competition is intensifying—DFlow and Titan combined averaged $1.5B in volume over two weeks—and DFlow's new JIT Routing technology dynamically re-optimizes swaps onchain, routing 98% of SOL-stablecoin volumes to prop AMMs versus Jupiter's 80%. This shift has compressed Solana's weekly REV to $9.1M last week, the lowest since pre-election September 2024.