DeFi United Unveils Technical Plan to Restore rsETH Backing After KelpDAO Exploit

DeFi United, a coalition of ecosystem participants led by Aave service providers, has released a technical implementation plan to restore rsETH backing. The plan comes after a major exploit on April 18, 2026. Hackers likely associated with North Korea’s Lazarus Group stole approximately $292 million (116,500 rsETH) from KelpDAO’s LayerZero bridge. DeFi United Releases Technical

Gate Ventures Announces Strategic Investment in 3F to Advance RWA Leverage and Counter-Cyclical Yields in DeFi

Gate Ventures, the venture capital arm of Gate.com, today announced its strategic investment in 3F, a one-click RWA leverage solution that enables tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) to serve as collateral in decentralized lending markets, delivering differentiated and durable yields to stablecoin depositors. This investment underscores Gate Ventures’ ongoing commitment to foundational DeFi infrastructure that expands

Solana Price Prediction: What To Expect From SOL In May 2026

The Solana price prediction for May is caught between two histories. The long-term seasonal record is rough. May has averaged -9.96% across SOL’s lifetime with a median of -12.9%, and the three-day chart is sitting inside a head and shoulders pattern. The short-term record disagrees. The last two Mays have closed positive, +30.5% in 2024

Anthropic’s Pre-IPO Valuation Hits $1 Trillion on Jupiter

Anthropic’s implied pre-IPO valuation crossed $1 trillion on Jupiter’s Prestocks market, making the artificial intelligence (AI) company the third private firm to reach that mark. The onchain pricing aligns with Forge Global, a private marketplace exchange, which also places the valuation at that level. Onchain and Secondary Markets Converge on Anthropic’s Valuation According to a

A Solana Storage Network Just Put Down Roots on Bitcoin

Xandeum, the decentralized storage network built on Solana, today began anchoring its state to Bitcoin. At every checkpoint of its consensus, Xandeum writes a cryptographic fingerprint of its storage state into the Bitcoin blockchain, where it cannot be altered or erased. Anyone, anywhere, at any point in the future can use that fingerprint to prove

Critics Push Back Against Developer’s Plan to Reassign Satoshi’s Coins in eCash Fork

Paul Sztorc, co-founder and CEO of LayerTwo Labs and a Bitcoin developer, has unveiled plans for eCash, a hard fork scheduled to launch in August 2026.  The plan’s treatment of coins linked to Satoshi Nakamoto has sparked backlash across X. What Sztorc Proposed for the Bitcoin eCash Hardfork In a post, Sztorc revealed that eCash’s

Solana Developers Back Falcon Signature Scheme to Counter Quantum Threats

Solana is ramping up its preparations for the post-quantum era, with the team disclosing that the migration plan has been thoroughly researched, understood, and is set to roll out when the threat arrives. Although the quantum threat is still years from materializing, the foundation announced that core developer teams Anza and Firedancer have converged on

BeInCrypto Institutional Research: 15 Firms Managing Crypto Capital and Liquidity

Institutional crypto capital is concentrated across a small group of fund managers. From venture and hedge funds to ETFs and asset managers, these firms raise and deploy capital across crypto markets.  Fund Manager of the Year is an award category within The BeInCrypto Institutional 100, an annual research-driven program recognising institutional digital asset excellence across