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Lighter officially announced on X that the "escape mechanism" verification conducted by third-party auditor L2BEAT has been completed. This means that even if the sequencer on the L2 layer malfunctions, users can permissionlessly withdraw funds from Lighter's L2 back to Ethereum, making Lighter the industry's first L2 Perp DEX to achieve this functionality.
according to official sources, Aave Pro now allows users to monitor any Ethereum address without needing to connect that address. This feature provides a read-only view of Aave V4 positions, balances, and activities, and supports custom names and avatars.
The Zcash Foundation released its Q1 2026 report, disclosing total liquid assets of approximately $36.7 million, including roughly $12.11 million in cash, 506,556 USDC, 85,412 ZEC (valued at ~$21.2 million), 41.8 BTC (valued at ~$2.85 million), and 12.02 ETH (valued at ~$25,000). The Zcash Foundation added that, although the first quarter of this year saw personnel changes within the Electric Coin Company’s development team and governance-related disputes, network operations remained unaffected, with transactions and block production continuing normally. On the regulatory front, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has concluded its investigation without taking any enforcement action, thereby resolving long-standing regulatory uncertainty.
According to The Block, crypto market maker Wintermute has launched Armitage, a DeFi treasury curation platform offering non-custodial treasuries tailored to varying risk appetites to access decentralized lending opportunities. Wintermute stated that, leveraging its market-making operations and liquidation execution capabilities, Armitage can accept “collateral types unsupported by other curators.” The announcement notes that user deposits require no KYC, and users retain full control over their funds. As institutions continue to deploy treasury strategies on Ethereum-based Morpho, Solana-based Kamino, and others, treasuries are becoming a key tool for institutional participation in crypto markets.
Bitget Wallet has announced the completion of its RWA trading upgrade and integrated xStocks as a new source of tokenized stocks, providing users with global tokenized stock trading capabilities. From May 19 to June 14 (Beijing time), Bitget Wallet users who complete tiered trading tasks can receive up to $264 in rewards, with a total prize pool of $100,000. Additionally, users who hold, add liquidity to, or participate in the lending market for any xStocks token will receive a 20% exclusive xPoints bonus.Through this upgrade, users can now trade over 300 types of RWA tokens across Ethereum, Solana, and BNB Chain, covering various assets such as US stocks, ETFs, oil, precious metals, and country indices. The service supports 24/7 trading, low transaction fees, and gas-free execution, with trading starting from $0 and no minimum threshold requirement. Currently, Bitget Wallet supports a dual RFQ + AMM trading mechanism, enabling instant execution and effectively reducing spread slippage. It has also integrated AI market signals to assist in trading decisions.xStocks is developed in collaboration between Kraken and Backed. Its tokenized stock products adopt a 1:1 full collateral mechanism with underlying assets. Since its launch in June 2025, the platform has processed a cumulative trading volume exceeding $30 billion. This integration will further advance Bitget Wallet's "Everyday Finance, Onchain" strategy, aiming to enable users to conduct daily trading of traditional financial assets through on-chain wallets, breaking down the geographical and entry barriers imposed by traditional financial infrastructure.
Odaily Kelp announced on X platform that it has coordinated with multiple DeFi protocols to complete the liquidation of the attacker's positions, achieving key progress in the rsETH recovery process. Among them: Compound participated in coordination multiple times over the past four weeks, providing approximately 3,000 ETH in support, and jointly completed the liquidation with Aave, recovering a total of approximately 17,426.20 rsETH; Euler Finance liquidated the attacker's positions within its protocol and plans to return the excess ETH to the DeFi ecosystem fund.
Aster has announced on the X platform the launch of a new Listing Vote mechanism, enabling a permissionless token listing process. According to the rules, any validator staking at least 20 million ASTER tokens on the Aster Chain can submit a proposal to list a new asset. The proposal then enters an on-chain vote, with the outcome determined by the staked ASTER weight.The first round of proposals was submitted by UTechStables, involving BTC/U and ETH/U perpetual contract trading pairs. This round of voting will continue until 06:00 UTC on May 22.
Vitalik published an article titled “A Shallow Dive into Formal Verification,” introducing recent progress in applying formal verification to Ethereum’s cutting-edge research and development. The article states that developers can write code in Lean, EVM bytecode, or assembly language and verify its correctness via mathematically rigorous proofs that can be automatically checked—thereby improving both code efficiency and security. He notes that formal verification is especially suitable for complex yet well-defined-security systems such as STARKs, Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) consensus, ZK-EVMs, and post-quantum signatures, and mentions related projects including Arklib, VCV-io, and evm-asm. The article also emphasizes that formal verification is not a panacea: it remains subject to limitations such as incorrect specification definitions, unverified code paths, hardware-level constraints, and side-channel attacks.
according to PeckShieldAlert monitoring, the Adshares bridge attacker has returned 256 ETH (worth $540,700) to the deployer, accounting for 86% of the stolen funds.The Adshares bridge was attacked on May 17, 2026, resulting in a loss of approximately $628,000.
B.AI has officially integrated into the Solana ecosystem, comprehensively upgrading its cross-chain login and payment capabilities. Users can now log in with one click via MetaMask and Phantom wallets and top up or subscribe using SOL, USDT, USDC, or WBTC on the Solana network. B.AI now supports eight major public blockchains—TRON, BNB Chain, Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, and Solana—building a more open and decentralized multi-chain AI economy. New users enjoy an exclusive limited-time welcome offer: 500,000 points upon first login, a 1:1 bonus on top-ups, and up to an additional $100 worth of points per user. Going forward, B.AI will lower entry barriers and expand asset options to help you seamlessly enter the new era of intelligent economics.
Odaily released the latest analysis chart indicating that Ethereum's recent price movements are increasingly dominated by ETF fund flows. Over the past year, the 30-day moving average of daily net inflows for ETH ETFs has been highly synchronized with ETH's price performance, showing a marked increase in Ethereum's sensitivity to institutional fund flows.BIT points out that one of Ethereum's current core narratives is its net staking yield of approximately 2.5%. However, against the backdrop of accelerating inflation again and the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield rising above 4.6%, Ethereum's staking yield advantage is weakening compared to risk-free assets like U.S. Treasuries.Furthermore, ETF outflows from Ethereum have resumed since May. BIT believes that if this trend continues, Ethereum is likely to maintain a consolidation and range-bound trajectory.
According to chart analysis released by independent analyst Markus Thielen on May 18, the 30-day moving average of daily net inflows into ETH ETFs over the past year has been highly synchronized with Ethereum’s price movement, making institutional fund flows a core driver of ETH’s price. However, as U.S. 10-year Treasury yields rise above 4.6% and inflation accelerates again, Ethereum’s ~2.5% net staking yield is losing appeal relative to risk-free assets. Since May, ETH ETFs have seen renewed net outflows; if this trend persists, Ethereum’s price is highly likely to remain in a range-bound consolidation pattern.
: Kelp posted on X platform, stating that to ensure the security standards of rsETH and optimize network integration, it will discontinue rsETH cross-chain support for multiple networks after June 15. The affected networks include Optimism, Manta, Mode, Blast, Scroll, X Layer, zkSync, Zircuit, Swellchain, Hemi, Berachain, Sonic, HyperEVM, Unichain, TAC, Avalanche, Plasma Stable, MegaETH, Monad, and Movement.Kelp reminds users holding rsETH on the aforementioned chains to bridge it back to the Ethereum mainnet before June 15. After the deadline, asset recovery can still be requested, but a fee of 100 USDC will be charged per address. Specific procedures will be announced closer to the deadline.
: Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin responded to state storage issues on the X platform, stating that the core problem with current state proof solutions is the need to store and continuously update the data used to verify proofs, and this data will ultimately be almost as large as the entire on-chain state. Although some feasible solutions exist, they all involve numerous complex components and require varying degrees of trade-offs compared to the current Ethereum architecture.
Stani Kulechov, founder of Aave, stated that the next phase of the rsETH technical recovery plan has been completed, and Aave has restored the WETH loan-to-value (LTV) ratio on affected networks to pre-incident levels. Users can now once again use WETH for borrowing, collateralization, debt swapping, and other operations on Aave. According to Aave’s announcement, this restoration applies to the following Aave V3 deployments: Ethereum Core, Ethereum Prime, Arbitrum, Base, Mantle, and Linea.
According to Russian financial media RBK, the Moscow Exchange is in discussions with multiple brokers regarding cryptocurrency trading solutions. It is currently testing a 7×24全天候 trading model and digital asset deposit/withdrawal functionality, and plans to launch dedicated cryptocurrency accounts. However, due to constraints imposed by the clearing system’s operating hours, round-the-clock trading is unlikely to be implemented in the short term. Meanwhile, Russia’s “Digital Currency and Digital Rights Bill” has passed its first reading. The bill stipulates that Russian citizens may only purchase cryptocurrencies through licensed intermediaries, and that listed cryptocurrencies must meet stringent criteria—including an average market capitalization exceeding 5 trillion rubles over the past two years, an average daily trading volume exceeding 1 trillion rubles, and a trading history of at least five years. In practice, only major cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana meet these requirements.
on-chain detective ZachXBT stated that the hacker "Dritan Kapplani Jr" transferred approximately $2.59 million in assets today, including 1.99 million DAI and 259 ETH. The funds were moved from address 0x4487...bba6 to address 0x67ec...125d. The stolen funds currently remain dormant.ZachXBT stated that on May 12, they published an investigation detailing the connection between Dritan Kapplani Jr and Trenton (Trent) Johnson in a social engineering theft involving 185 Bitcoin (approximately $13 million).
According to Odaily, Kraken announced that its Kraken Pro platform has increased the maximum leverage for Bitcoin and Ethereum perpetual swaps from 50x to 100x. This applies to two USD cash-settled perpetual contracts, PF_XBTUSD and PF_ETHUSD, which continue to support 24/7 trading.Per the announcement, the 100x leverage is now available to international users in eligible regions. No account migration or additional application is required; existing Kraken Pro contract users can access it directly. The leverage mechanism adopts a tiered model: for BTC contracts, up to 100x leverage is available on the first $1 million in notional position size, with automatic reduction to lower leverage tiers for amounts exceeding that threshold. For ETH contracts, the maximum 100x leverage applies to the first $500,000 in notional position size. The platform emphasized that the leverage adjustment is not a "one-size-fits-all" switch, but rather a dynamic tiered calculation based on increasing position size.
Odaily News: BTC IV at 38%, ETH IV at 53%. ETH Skew shows divergence, with the mid-to-long-term maintaining +2 to +4, indicating strong institutional bullish consensus. The short-term skew has sharply deteriorated to -8 to -12 due to CPI exceeding expectations and Powell's resignation, leading to a surge in short-term hedging demand. BTC/ETH GEX has shifted from a long Gamma, steady bull market strategy to short Gamma, widening short-term volatility and making it difficult for IV to drop significantly. The medium-term bullish structure remains intact, with the current situation appearing more like an event-driven release of short-term risk rather than a trend reversal. In block trades, 2,181.8 lots (worth $176 million) of BTC 5/15 expiry $82K Calls were traded; 11,026 lots (worth $24.97 million) of ETH June $2,100 Puts were traded.Gate has launched an exclusive incentive plan for options VIPs. During the event, users can participate to share a 100,000 USDT prize pool. The platform supports cross-exchange VIP rate matching. By submitting VIP proof or trading volume records from other exchanges, users can apply for lower rates. Rewards are distributed in tiers based on options trading volume; the more you trade, the higher the reward. Additionally, participating users enjoy exclusive service benefits, including VIP customer support, API technical integration, and daily options strategies and data services, providing professional traders with more competitive trading costs and liquidity support.
0x Co-CEO Will Warren announced today that he is stepping down from his role as Co-CEO, effective immediately. He will remain on the board as a major shareholder and continue to support Amir Bandeali and the team. Warren noted that 0x built the first decentralized exchange protocol on Ethereum in 2016; today, its products drive billions of dollars in monthly trading volume and power on-chain swap services for companies including Coinbase, Robinhood, Phantom, and Kraken. He also observed that the co-CEO structure has somewhat slowed decision-making efficiency in recent years. Moving forward, Amir Bandeali will lead an organizational restructuring—with Warren’s continued support—to better position the company in an increasingly competitive market environment.