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JustLend DAO has officially launched Proposal #40, which proposes introducing $U as a new lending market on the platform. Specific measures outlined in this proposal include adding a U/TRX price oracle and integrating support for jU in the smart contracts, while setting the collateral factor at 75% and the reserve factor at 10%.
WINkLink Oracle has officially announced support for KGST price data and launched the KGST/TRX trading pair. By delivering stable, decentralized on-chain price feeds, WINkLink will enable $KGST to integrate more efficiently and securely into the TRON DeFi ecosystem—supporting a wide range of on-chain financial use cases including lending, trading, and stablecoin swaps. This price feed service takes effect starting May 14, 2026 (Singapore Time). Users can now visit the price feed details page to view real-time data; the KGST/TRX price feed contract address is also live. Community members are invited to learn more at https://winklink.org/#/feed/ocr:kgst-trx. Moving forward, WINkLink will continue providing reliable oracle infrastructure for the TRON ecosystem.
According to the official announcement, HTX has officially launched its “Margin User Rewards Program” and simultaneously kicked off the ninth edition of its Margin Trading Competition. From now until 20:00 (UTC+8) on June 15, users who register and complete KYC verification can participate to enjoy trading fee rebates, accelerated order execution, and exclusive benefits for newcomers—expressing HTX’s gratitude for users’ long-term support and trust. For new margin traders, HTX offers a “$1 Margin Opening” experience: users need only $1 USDT as initial capital to execute their first $10 USDT margin trade. The platform provides $9 USDT in interest-free borrowed funds, and HTX will compensate users for losses on their first trade—significantly lowering the barrier to entry for margin trading. Additionally, HTX has launched a Margin Trading Competition with a total prize pool of $20,000 USDT. During the event, users can receive up to 30% in trading fee rebates based on their margin trading volume. Notably, margin trading volume in designated cryptocurrencies—including BTC, ETH, SOL, DOGE, TRX, and XRP—is counted at triple weight toward the total volume, helping users seize market opportunities and unlock higher rebate tiers more quickly.
According to the Central Bank of Russia’s “Financial Stability Review,” Russian private investors currently hold approximately 3.8 billion rubles in cryptocurrency-linked financial instruments—a figure nearly unchanged from 3.7 billion rubles six months earlier—indicating stagnation in market interest growth. Of this amount, 1.7 billion rubles flowed into crypto-linked corporate bonds; 5,600 investors collectively held cryptocurrency futures positions worth 1.7 billion rubles; and roughly 3,800 investors allocated 354 million rubles to digital financial assets pegged to Bitcoin and Ethereum. Major issuers include large banks such as Sber and VTB. Meanwhile, the Moscow Exchange has progressively launched Bitcoin and Ethereum futures, along with related ETFs, and will introduce Solana, Ripple, and TRON futures in May 2026.
Decentralized USDD announced that its yield-bearing token, sUSDD, has officially launched on Pendle’s Ethereum-chain 91-day fixed-yield market—marking another breakthrough for USDD in DeFi yield scenarios and capital efficiency strategies. The campaign begins on May 28 at 8:00 AM (Singapore Time). sUSDD holders can participate by locking in fixed rates, trading yield rights, or providing liquidity. During the campaign, YT users can share over $300,000 in incentives; combined with Pendle’s official 30% exclusive reward, participants also stand a chance to receive random TRX airdrops. The official team stated that it will continue exploring diversified yield opportunities to effectively meet market liquidity demand and further integrate USDD deeply into the mainstream DeFi ecosystem.
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.
According to the official announcement, HTX has officially launched its “7th Leveraged Trading Competition,” with a total prize pool of 30,000 USDT to celebrate Bitcoin Pizza Day. From May 12 at 18:00 to May 24 at 18:00 (UTC+8), new users who complete their first leveraged trade will receive a 50 USDT leveraged trading interest coupon—limited to the first 2,000 recipients on a first-come, first-served basis. During the event period, users whose leveraged trading volume reaches or exceeds 1,000 USDT will receive a 5%–20% rebate on trading fees. Additionally, leveraged trades in BTC, ETH, DOGE, TRX, TON, ZEC, FIL, and JST will count three times toward the user’s total trading volume. Users can participate by clicking “Register Now” on the campaign page.
JustLend DAO has officially launched Governance Proposal #39, proposing the addition of an HTX market to integrate $HTX into the platform’s lending market. Key elements of the proposal include: configuring a price oracle for HTX/TRX, supporting the jHTX token, setting the collateral factor at 50%, and setting the reserve factor at 30%. If the proposal passes voting, HTX holders will be able to earn yield by supplying HTX or use it as collateral to borrow other assets—further enhancing capital utilization efficiency within the ecosystem.
JUST’s official Twitter account released its April core metrics report: JustLend DAO’s GasFree feature enables users to transfer USDT on the TRON network without holding TRX in advance—the transaction fee can be paid directly using USDT held in the user’s wallet, further lowering the barrier to on-chain interaction. Throughout April, GasFree served over 287,000 users and processed 725,000 transactions, facilitating seamless fund flows totaling $11.3 billion. By streamlining the user journey and ensuring transparent, controllable costs, this initiative is significantly accelerating the large-scale adoption of stablecoin payments.
According to monitoring by on-chain analyst Specter, the Wasabi Protocol attacker has deposited all stolen funds into Tornado Cash, moving approximately $5.9 million into Tornado Cash. Additionally, North Korean hacking groups have also used Tornado Cash to launder stolen funds from KelpDAO and LayerZero. Their process involved first cross-chaining the assets to Bitcoin, then routing them through Wasabi Mixer, extracting and cross-chaining back to Ethereum, depositing into Tornado Cash, subsequently withdrawing to new wallets and dispersing across multiple addresses. The new wallets then deployed tokens, used the stolen funds to buy in, removed liquidity from the deployment wallet, cross-chained to Tron (USDT), held for several hours or days, and finally sent to OTC-related wallets.
According to the official announcement, Binance will delist and cease trading for the following spot trading pairs on May 8, 2026, at 03:00 UTC: AVA/BTC, BCH/BNB, CFX/BTC, ENA/BTC, HBAR/FDUSD, LA/BNB, MAGIC/BTC, OP/BTC, PUNDIX/USDC, STEEM/ETH, WIN/TRX, and XPL/FDUSD. At that time, Binance will also terminate its Spot Trading Bot service for these trading pairs. Users must update or cancel their bots before the service discontinuation to avoid potential losses. Delisting these trading pairs does not affect the availability of the corresponding tokens in other trading pairs on Binance.
According to Odaily, independent researcher Giancarlo Lelli was awarded the Q-Day Prize and 1 Bitcoin by quantum security startup Project Eleven for successfully cracking the encryption keys protecting Bitcoin. Giancarlo Lelli utilized publicly available quantum hardware and a variant of Shor's algorithm to crack a 15-bit encryption key among 32,767 possibilities. The difficulty of this quantum attack is 512 times greater than the 6-bit key record set in September 2025. Project Eleven CEO Alex Pruden stated that the resource requirements for such attacks continue to decline, with approximately 6.9 million Bitcoins currently held in vulnerable static addresses, including 1 million Bitcoins owned by Satoshi Nakamoto. The Bitcoin network has proposed BIP-360 to introduce quantum-resistant address types, while platforms such as Ethereum, Ripple, and Tron have also begun releasing plans for transitioning to post-quantum defenses.
According to the official announcement, Bithumb has launched a flexible staking product for Story (IP), adding it to its existing lineup of 15 assets—including ETH, SOL, and TRX. The incentive campaign will run from April 21 to 27, with a total prize pool of 200 million KRW. $IP is the native token of the Story protocol. Story positions itself as an on-chain IP infrastructure for AI, supporting IP registration, programmable licensing, and automated revenue distribution for datasets, models, and AI-generated content.
According to The Block, Grayscale has filed a revised Hyperliquid ETF application with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), naming Anchorage Digital Bank as the fund’s custodian in place of Coinbase. Anchorage is the first crypto-native bank to receive a federal banking charter in the U.S. and has recently expanded rapidly into stablecoin services, wealth management, and token lifecycle management—becoming the first institution in the U.S. to support TRON. If approved, the ETF will trade on Nasdaq under the ticker “GHYP”; staking functionality remains subject to regulatory approval.
According to an official announcement, WINkLink, a leading decentralized oracle platform, has officially added price feeds for the stablecoin $U, with the initial launch of two core trading pairs: $U/TRX and $U/USD. This move will provide reliable and trustworthy data support for $U within the TRON DeFi ecosystem, further strengthening its usability and security, and laying a solid foundation for the implementation of more innovative financial use cases in the future.
According to a post on Grayscale’s official website, the firm has updated its list of cryptocurrencies under consideration for future investment products. Per the latest list, the “Currencies” category includes Bitcoin and XRP; the “Smart Contract Platforms” category now adds Stacks, Sui, Toncoin, and Tron; the “Financials” category includes assets under consideration such as Ethena, Hyperliquid, and Jupiter; the “Consumer & Culture” category features Dogecoin and Decentraland; the “AI” category includes Worldcoin, Virtuals Protocol, Story, and Grass; and the “Utilities & Services” category comprises Chainlink, LayerZero, and Helium. Grayscale stated that this list is reviewed quarterly to provide investors with diversified digital asset investment options.
Decentralized GPU cloud computing infrastructure platform Aethir confirmed that its Ethereum-related bridge contract was attacked. The team promptly disconnected the affected contract and, in collaboration with major exchanges, blacklisted the hacker’s wallet, limiting losses to under $90,000. Earlier, blockchain security firm PeckShield estimated losses at $400,000. The attacker exploited Aethir’s cross-chain smart contract, AethirOFTAdapter, to transfer stolen funds from BNB Chain to Tron. Aethir stated that its Ethereum mainnet ATH token supply remains unaffected. It plans to release a detailed compensation plan and incident analysis next week and will collaborate with exchanges including Binance, Upbit, and Bithumb to freeze funds. Web3 security platform ZeroShadow is assisting with the investigation. In 2025, Aethir achieved $127.8 million in revenue and deployed over 440,000 GPU containers globally.