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Aave launches binding Arbitrum vote to move $71 million in disputed ETH
Aave launches binding Arbitrum vote to move $71 million in disputed ETH.

Updated Senate Banking Committee bill tackles stablecoin rewards, DeFi but sidesteps Trump’s crypto conflicts of interest
A fix to the ongoing discussions around stablecoin rewards and language on protecting software developers is in the updated legislative text.

Bitmine slows Ethereum buys, targets December to own 5% of supply
Tom Lee doubles down on the crypto spring, points to the Ether price rising in correlation with software stocks as further evidence.

Ethics remain a sticking point as crypto market structure bill goes to markup
After months of delays, the Senate Banking Committee has set a Thursday markup for the CLARITY Act, but it would still need some Democrats’ support to pass.

Ethereum Foundation names three new co-leads to major Protocol cluster
The EF's Protocol team, formerly Protocol R&D, is the core group responsible for designing and developing the Ethereum base layer.

Major Solana Upgrade Alpenglow Begins Testing Ahead of Full Rollout
Solana's Alpenglow consensus protocol upgrade is one step closer to being rolled out on the layer-1 network's mainnet.

Galaxy, Sharplink plan $125M institutional DeFi yield fund backed by ETH treasury
Sharplink will contribute $100 million in staked Ether to a Galaxy-managed fund as institutions seek to earn yield from crypto holdings without selling ETH.

Sharplink Q1 revenue tops $12 million as it pursues ‘singles and doubles’ hits in ETH yield
Sharplink said its new Galaxy Digital partnership will deploy roughly $125 million into onchain liquidity and DeFi opportunities.

Galaxy-backed Boundary to launch ‘verifiable’ institutional stablecoin USBD
The project has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding led by Galaxy Ventures and plans to launch USBD on Ethereum in early summer 2026.

Ethereum Firm Sharplink Posts $686 Million Loss, Kicks Off $125M Yield Fund With Galaxy
Sharplink posted a quarterly net loss of nearly $686 million, but shares are up following word of a $125 million collaboration with Galaxy.

Tom Lee’s BitMine Slows Ethereum Buying Pace, Adding $62 Million in ETH
Ethereum treasury firm BitMine Immersion Technologies slowed its ETH purchase pace, adding just $62 million worth last week.

From hack to OP Stack: Ronin to migrate from gaming sidechain to Ethereum Layer 2 four years after Lazarus attack
Ronin migrates from an Ethereum sidechain to an OP Stack Layer 2 on May 12, four years after Lazarus hackers stole over $600M in crypto.

‘Crypto spring has commenced,’ Tom Lee says as Bitmine’s weekly accumulation slows below 100,000 ETH pace
Bitmine Immersion bought another 26,659 ETH ($62 million) last week and now holds more than 5.2 million ETH in total.

Tom Lee's Bitmine slows down ether purchases after already buying 1 million tokens this year
Tom Lee's Bitmine slows down ether purchases after already buying 1 million tokens this year.

Ronin set to transition to Ethereum layer 2 from independent sidechain
Ronin set to transition to Ethereum layer 2 from independent sidechain.

Tether launches decentralized local AI using Isaac Asimov’s Psychohistory straight out of Foundation
Tether’s second reserve asset is intelligence Tether’s QVAC project begins with an unusual phrase for a stablecoin company. The company describes “QVAC Psy.

Chainlink emerges as the unlikely $3B winner of KelpDAO exploit as DeFi projects dump LayerZero
Crypto projects with more than $3 billion in total value locked have migrated their cross-chain infrastructure to Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability .

Veteran investor bets on Ethereum as AI agents drive tokenization demand
AI agents need “food,” and that food is not physical food; it is tokens, said Jordi Visser.

White hat returns $190K to Renegade hours after hacking the protocol
The white hat hacker said the decision to exploit Renegade’s dark pool was made to protect the funds and safety of DeFi users.

After the $16.5 billion in exploits, DeFi is now being forced toward the controls it once resisted
The rsETH crisis resulted in $200 million in bad debt on Aave's books, despite not a single line of its contracts misbehaving. On Apr. 18, attackers that C.

AI Models Scheme, Betray and Vote Each Other Out in Survivor-Style Game
Researchers say multiplayer games may reveal AI behavior that static tests miss.

Three young DeFi apps return $100M in revenue to token holders in 30 days
Hyperliquid, EdgeX and Pump.fun returned a combined $96 million to token holders in 30 days, as the crypto community shifts its focus from transaction volu.

JPMorgan, Mastercard and Ripple complete cross-border XRP tokenized Treasury settlement
Ondo Finance said Ripple has redeemed OUSG on XRP Ledger and received a USD payout in Singapore through Mastercard and Kinexys by J.P. Morgan. The May 6 pi.

Arbitrum’s $71 million in ETH cleared for Aave transfer as North Korea terrorism creditors retain legal claim
The order shields anyone who votes on the transfer from being held in violation of the freeze, though the ultimate fate of the funds remains unclear.
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