Arc's day-one ecosystem includes integrations with decentralized finance protocols Aave, Morpho, and Uniswap to provide lending, collateral, and trading infrastructure.

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Mizuho Bank and SMBC's investment arm executed agreements with Ripple Labs to deploy real-world asset tokenization and institutional DeFi solutions on the XRP Ledger.

Uniswap's 0.465% fee capture rate on Robinhood Chain in September 2026 was more than double its overall global average rate of 0.214% per trade

Uniswap integrated its v2, v3, v4, and UniswapX protocols on Robinhood Chain at launch and began collecting protocol fees on the network on July 27, 2026

The Layer-2 network Robinhood Chain, which launched on July 1, 2026, generated 53% of Uniswap's September 2026 protocol revenue, amounting to approximately $7.8 million

On-chain data platform Token Terminal reported in early October 2026 that Uniswap earned approximately $14.7 million to $14.81 million in September 2026, marking the protocol's highest monthly total to date

Deriving 53% of monthly revenue from a single network creates concentration exposure for Uniswap as activity on Robinhood Chain moderates

Crypto media outlet Crypto Briefing reported on October 17, 2026, that Uniswap recorded $14.81 million in protocol revenue for September 2026

Deployment of Binance's bStocks into decentralized finance reached 11.2% in early October 2026, while the share of deposited bStocks collateral borrowed against reached 46.2% by September 10, 2026

Because individual Bitcoin transaction outputs cannot be divided, liquidations in Babylon's Aave V4 integration target one BTCVault at a time, allowing liquidators to make repeated calls until the borrower's position health is restored

To enable Aave V4 to track collateral on Ethereum, Babylon's integration creates a transfer-restricted ERC-20 token named vaultBTC as an internal accounting record representing locked Bitcoin on a one-to-one basis

Six security firms participated in audit work covering Babylon's Aave V4 integration components, including Coinspect, Sherlock, Zellic, ABDK, ZK Security, and Runtime Verification

HashKey Cloud clients will also be able to deploy stablecoins borrowed through Babylon's Aave V4 integration into yield strategies

To bypass multi-day Bitcoin redemption delays, permissionless liquidators using Babylon's BTC Vault Swap Spoke receive Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) immediately while authorized participants complete native Bitcoin settlement

Babylon's proposed integration introduces the Babylon Core Lending Spoke to Aave V4, where borrowers post vault-backed Bitcoin to draw supported assets like USDC, USDT, and WBTC

Under Babylon's proposed Trustless Bitcoin Vaults integration with Aave V4, Aave DAO would receive the first $500,000 in qualifying annual revenue generated by the integration

The BTC Vault Swap Spoke is introduced as a second component alongside the Babylon Core Lending Spoke in Aave V4 specifically to manage the settlement process for liquidated Bitcoin collateral

Babylon Labs published an Aave Request for Comment proposal on October 14, 2026 to allow users to borrow stablecoins on Aave V4 against native Bitcoin collateral.

HashKey Cloud announced on October 7, 2026 that it will integrate Babylon Trustless Bitcoin Vaults to enable native Bitcoin-backed borrowing via Aave V4 for institutional clients.

Aave DAO retains full governance control over lending parameters, including loan-to-value ratios, collateral requirements, interest rate strategies, and liquidation rules.

Redeeming a native Bitcoin vault during collateral settlement can take several days due to a required challenge period on the Bitcoin network.