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HSBC's "Affluent Investor Snapshot 2026" report shows a survey of nearly 10,000 high-net-worth investors globally. In 2026, the average allocation to crypto assets stands at 6%, down 1 percentage point year-on-year. However, 45% of respondents still plan to increase their allocation over the next 12 months, while 40% intend to maintain it. In Singapore and Malaysia, investors' crypto asset allocations are 5% and 6%, respectively, both flat year-on-year. Over the same period, global cash allocation has fallen to 19%, with funds continuing to shift towards stocks, gold, and alternative investments.
According to e27, the "2026 Affluent Investor Snapshot" survey released by HSBC shows that the average cryptocurrency allocation for global affluent and high-net-worth investors is 6%, a slight decrease of 1 percentage point compared to 2025. Singapore investors' crypto allocation remained unchanged at 5%, and Malaysia remained unchanged at 6%, with no significant signs of exit. Meanwhile, investors in both regions are actively reducing cash holdings—13% of respondents in Singapore and 16% in Malaysia plan to reduce cash allocation within the next 12 months, shifting to increase alternative assets such as fixed deposits, gold, and private equity. Malaysian investors' interest in gold is particularly prominent, with the proportion planning to increase gold holdings rising by 20 percentage points; Singapore investors are more inclined towards fixed deposits (+18 percentage points) and alternative investments (+15 percentage points). Conducted between January and February 2026, this survey covered a total of 9,993 investors across 10 global markets, with a minimum investable asset threshold for respondents of USD 100,000.
Odaily Planet Daily: The recent voting results of ENS DAO, centered around the governance of the Ethereum Name Service, have sparked controversy within the community. Community members pointed out that in the latest on-chain vote, ENS founder Nick Johnson cast approximately 3.26 million votes against the executive proposal to renew the Security Council for two years. This proposal had previously passed a Snapshot community vote, but the on-chain executive proposal failed to gain support. As the controversy escalated, some community members expressed concerns about the level of decentralization in the ENS DAO governance mechanism. However, others believe the incident reflects more of an issue with the distribution structure of governance tokens rather than a failure of the protocol itself.
based on the results of the Lido DAO Snapshot vote, Lido has revoked the official endorsement status of wstETH bridge endpoints on nine networks: zkSync Era, Mode, Scroll, Mantle, Swell, Zircuit, Soneium, Polygon PoS, and Lisk.The funds of users holding wstETH on these networks remain safe, and no action is required. This revocation is a governance decision and will not disable any bridges, invalidate tokens, or affect users' ability to bridge wstETH back to Ethereum. Future proactive monitoring, marketing support, and ecosystem development for wstETH on the affected networks will cease. Relevant network information will be updated on Lido's multichain page, documentation, and help center.
Humanity has announced the $H incident recovery plan: The legacy version of H on Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, and Humanity Mainnet has been deprecated. A new Ethereum ERC-20 version of H will be airdropped 1:1 to eligible holders based on a pre-attack snapshot. Attackers and associated addresses have been excluded.
Lido has provided the latest update on the Kelp security incident, stating that the Snapshot vote regarding the EarnETH first-loss protection mechanism falling below the 1% threshold has reached quorum and been approved. User losses from EarnETH will be fully covered by Lido Earn’s first-loss mechanism. The rsETH held by the attacker has been liquidated, and the related stETH has been transferred to the DeFi United rescue plan.Additionally, the EarnETH vault is expected to reopen shortly after the Kelp protocol resumes operation, at which point users will be able to deposit and withdraw funds normally. Lido emphasized that during the freeze period, both the EarnETH and EarnUSD vaults continued to generate yield. Currently, EarnETH users only need to wait for a brief unfreezing process to complete. Once funds are restored, compensation will be provided in accordance with the first-loss protection mechanism.