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Amid the Clarity Act fanfare is some worry over how a last-minute deal may punch DeFi

The crypto market structure bill saw a high-stakes, 11th-hour gambit to get Democrats on board for a bipartisan committee vote,…
May 19, 2026
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Bitcoin DeFi Platform Echo Protocol Hit By $76M Monad Exploit

Echo Protocol said that a compromised admin key had enabled unauthorized eBTC minting on its Monad deployment. Read Full Story…
May 19, 2026
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Echo Protocol suffers $76 million exploit in eBTC minting attack on Monad

The Bitcoin-focused DeFi protocol suffered an attack whereby about 1,000 unauthorized eBTC $77 million were minted on the Monad blockchain…
May 19, 2026
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Solana Co-founder Toly Backs New Perpetuals DEX to Challenge Hyperliquid's Dominance

Anatoly Yakovenko argues Solana needs its own atomically composable perpetuals DEX as Hyperliquid pursues regulatory clarity in Washington. Read Full…
May 19, 2026
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TRUMP coin World Cup VIP offer lets insiders sell while holders compete for tickets

President Donald Trump-themed TRUMP coin is dangling luxury suite tickets to the 2026 World Cup final in a bid to…
May 18, 2026
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RWA tokenization nears $30 billion, but DeFi is capturing only a fraction

The tokenized real-world asset market is nearing $30 billion on-chain, but most of that growth is still sitting outside DeFi.…
May 18, 2026
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Why the $30 billion RWA tokenization boom is barely reaching DeFi

DefiLlama’s RWA category data puts the RWA tokenization market near $30 billion on-chain, with only $2.47 billion appearing as DeFi…
May 18, 2026
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Aave Proposes Principal-Preserving Charitable Giving Layer for Protocol

Aave governance initiates temp-check on a new charitable mechanism that would allow users to generate yield on deposits while maintaining…
May 18, 2026
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Bitcoin faces Treasury yield pressure as Japan sells nearly $30 billion of US debt

Bitcoin faces renewed Treasury yield pressure after Japanese investors sold $29.6 billion of US government, agency, and local authority debt…
May 18, 2026
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Bitcoin Slides Below $77,000 as Bond Market Rout Wipes $670 Million in Crypto Longs

A global bond sell-off wiped $670 million in leveraged crypto longs as the U.S. 10-year yield hit its highest level…
May 18, 2026