📊 According to data from Artemis, deposits across major crypto lending protocols have declined from $125 billion to $79.6 billion since October 2025, a drop of about 36%.
Most of the decline came from a few protocols, including Aave (−$27.6B), Spark Protocol (−$5.4B), Euler Finance (−$2.6B), Fluid Protocol (−$2.4B), and Compound (−$2.0B), accounting for roughly $40B of the $45B total decline. link
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Most of the decline came from a few protocols, including Aave (−$27.6B), Spark Protocol (−$5.4B), Euler Finance (−$2.6B), Fluid Protocol (−$2.4B), and Compound (−$2.0B), accounting for roughly $40B of the $45B total decline. link
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🕵️ Erik Voorhees, the early Bitcoin supporter and founder of ShapeShift, has started buying gold again after a one-month break.
Since January 31, he created 28 new wallets and spent $23.76M to buy 2,834 $XAUT ($13.78M) and 2,019 $PAXG ($9.97M) at an average price of $4,896.
He is now up $513K. link link link link
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Since January 31, he created 28 new wallets and spent $23.76M to buy 2,834 $XAUT ($13.78M) and 2,019 $PAXG ($9.97M) at an average price of $4,896.
He is now up $513K. link link link link
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🤝 Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin emphasized the need to keep the ecosystem open to revisiting the separation between beacon and execution clients. He pointed out that managing two daemons complicates the experience for users operating their own nodes. In the short term, standardized wrappers, such as Docker-based tools, could ease client deployment, while Ethereum may reassess its architecture as the “Lean Ethereum” consensus evolves. link
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📊 According to data from Ultrasound Money, the circulating supply of Ethereum has increased by more than 1 million ETH since the Merge. This brings the total supply to around 121.53 million ETH, with an annualized inflation rate of about 0.24%. #macro link
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🔝 Top 10 Perps DEX by Monthly Trading Volume
The decentralized derivatives sector continues to gain traction, with several platforms already processing tens of billions in monthly trading volume.
Hyperliquid leads the market by a wide margin, while Aster, EdgeX, and Lighter also rank among the largest perps DEX by activity.
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The decentralized derivatives sector continues to gain traction, with several platforms already processing tens of billions in monthly trading volume.
Hyperliquid leads the market by a wide margin, while Aster, EdgeX, and Lighter also rank among the largest perps DEX by activity.
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📊 On-chain data shows Venus Protocol was suspected to suffer a flash-loan attack.
The attacker address 0x1a35…6231 obtained about 20 #BTC, 1.5 million CAKE, and 200 BNB, totaling over $3.7 million, after using a large amount of THE as collateral on Venus to borrow CAKE, #BTCB, and BNB.
Tens of millions of THE used as collateral are currently being liquidated. #hack link
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The attacker address 0x1a35…6231 obtained about 20 #BTC, 1.5 million CAKE, and 200 BNB, totaling over $3.7 million, after using a large amount of THE as collateral on Venus to borrow CAKE, #BTCB, and BNB.
Tens of millions of THE used as collateral are currently being liquidated. #hack link
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📊💼 #BTC Corporate treasuries are buying bitcoin at 2.8x the rate new coins are being mined.
194 publicly traded companies now hold bitcoin on their balance sheets. Collectively, over 1.15 million BTC, roughly 5.5% of the total 21 million supply. Worth over $82 billion.
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194 publicly traded companies now hold bitcoin on their balance sheets. Collectively, over 1.15 million BTC, roughly 5.5% of the total 21 million supply. Worth over $82 billion.
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🏦 Regulatory uncertainty is delaying banks from launching stablecoin infrastructure. Meanwhile, crypto firms continue to expand, according to Colin Butler. #regulation
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