> AAVE UPDATES RSETH RECOVERY PLAN, RESTORES WETH LTVS TO PRE-INCIDENT LEVELS
AAVE HAS RESTORED WETH LOAN-TO-VALUE (LTV) RATIOS ACROSS AFFECTED NETWORKS, ALLOWING USERS TO ONCE AGAIN BORROW AGAINST WETH, INCLUDING THROUGH COLLATERAL AND DEBT SWAP FUNCTIONS. AAVE FOUNDER STANI KULECHOV SAID THE CHANGE MARKS THE NEXT PHASE OF THE RSETH TECHNICAL RECOVERY PLAN. THE UPDATE APPLIES TO AAVE V3 DEPLOYMENTS ON ETHEREUM CORE, ETHEREUM PRIME, ARBITRUM, BASE, MANTLE, AND LINEA. — LINK
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AAVE HAS RESTORED WETH LOAN-TO-VALUE (LTV) RATIOS ACROSS AFFECTED NETWORKS, ALLOWING USERS TO ONCE AGAIN BORROW AGAINST WETH, INCLUDING THROUGH COLLATERAL AND DEBT SWAP FUNCTIONS. AAVE FOUNDER STANI KULECHOV SAID THE CHANGE MARKS THE NEXT PHASE OF THE RSETH TECHNICAL RECOVERY PLAN. THE UPDATE APPLIES TO AAVE V3 DEPLOYMENTS ON ETHEREUM CORE, ETHEREUM PRIME, ARBITRUM, BASE, MANTLE, AND LINEA. — LINK
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CZ: WE STILL INVEST 70%–80% OF OUR CAPITAL IN BLOCKCHAIN
IN A MAY 7 SPEECH AT CONSENSUS MIAMI 2026, BINANCE FOUNDER CHANGPENG ZHAO (CZ) SAID HE AND YZI LABS STILL ALLOCATE 70% TO 80% OF THEIR CAPITAL TO BLOCKCHAIN, AS IT REMAINS THEIR CORE AREA OF EXPERTISE. HE SAID AI AGENTS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT FUTURE DEMAND FOR PAYMENTS, AND BLOCKCHAIN IS THE MORE NATIVE AND NATURAL PAYMENT TOOL FOR THEM.
CZ ALSO SAID EXCHANGES SHOULD PREPARE FOR AI AGENTS: INSTEAD OF MANUALLY READING CHARTS AND ENTERING PRICES AND QUANTITIES, USERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE NATURAL LANGUAGE TO LET AI AGENTS REVIEW PORTFOLIOS AND EXECUTE TRADES. — LINK
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CZ: WE STILL INVEST 70%–80% OF OUR CAPITAL IN BLOCKCHAIN
IN A MAY 7 SPEECH AT CONSENSUS MIAMI 2026, BINANCE FOUNDER CHANGPENG ZHAO (CZ) SAID HE AND YZI LABS STILL ALLOCATE 70% TO 80% OF THEIR CAPITAL TO BLOCKCHAIN, AS IT REMAINS THEIR CORE AREA OF EXPERTISE. HE SAID AI AGENTS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT FUTURE DEMAND FOR PAYMENTS, AND BLOCKCHAIN IS THE MORE NATIVE AND NATURAL PAYMENT TOOL FOR THEM.
CZ ALSO SAID EXCHANGES SHOULD PREPARE FOR AI AGENTS: INSTEAD OF MANUALLY READING CHARTS AND ENTERING PRICES AND QUANTITIES, USERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE NATURAL LANGUAGE TO LET AI AGENTS REVIEW PORTFOLIOS AND EXECUTE TRADES. — LINK
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> BINANCE RESEARCH SAID FOUR BTC ON-CHAIN INDICATORS SUGGEST AVAILABLE SELL-SIDE SUPPLY MAY BE TIGHTENING. NEARLY 60% OF BITCOIN SUPPLY HAS NOT MOVED FOR OVER A YEAR, WHILE EXCHANGE BALANCES HAVE FALLEN FROM 17.6% AROUND THE COVID-ERA PEAK TO 15.0%, IMPLYING THAT ROUGHLY 500K BTC HAVE LEFT EXCHANGES. THE REPORT ALSO NOTED THAT SLRV REMAINS NEAR HISTORICAL LOWS, SUGGESTING SUBDUED SPECULATION, WHILE BTC STH MVRV HAS MOVED BACK ABOVE 1.0 AFTER STAYING BELOW THAT LEVEL FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD SINCE NOVEMBER 2024, INDICATING THAT SHORT-TERM HOLDERS ARE REBUILDING UNREALIZED PROFITS. — LINK
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> SECURITY FIRM BLOCKAID ISSUED A COMMUNITY ALERT SAYING ITS EXPLOIT DETECTION SYSTEM IDENTIFIED AN ONGOING ATTACK ON THE VERUS-ETHEREUM BRIDGE, WITH APPROXIMATELY $11.58 MILLION DRAINED SO FAR.
ACCORDING TO PECKSHIELDALERT, THE VERUS-ETHEREUM BRIDGE WAS DRAINED OF 103.6 TBTC, 1,625 ETH AND 147K USDC. THE EXPLOITER SWAPPED THE STOLEN ASSETS FOR 5,402.4 ETH, OR ABOUT $11.4 MILLION, NOW HELD AT 0X65CB…25F9. THE ATTACKER’S ADDRESS WAS INITIALLY FUNDED WITH 1 ETH VIA TORNADO CASH AROUND 14 HOURS AGO. — LINK
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ACCORDING TO PECKSHIELDALERT, THE VERUS-ETHEREUM BRIDGE WAS DRAINED OF 103.6 TBTC, 1,625 ETH AND 147K USDC. THE EXPLOITER SWAPPED THE STOLEN ASSETS FOR 5,402.4 ETH, OR ABOUT $11.4 MILLION, NOW HELD AT 0X65CB…25F9. THE ATTACKER’S ADDRESS WAS INITIALLY FUNDED WITH 1 ETH VIA TORNADO CASH AROUND 14 HOURS AGO. — LINK
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ARTHUR HAYES: BITCOIN TARGET DOWN FROM $500,000 TO $125,000
ON MAY 15, 2026, SPEAKING AT CONSENSUS MIAMI, BITMEX CO-FOUNDER AND MAELSTROM CIO ARTHUR HAYES REVEALED HE HAS CUT HIS BITCOIN TARGET FROM $500,000 TO $125,000. HAYES EXPLAINED THAT AS A FIXED-SUPPLY ASSET, BITCOIN’S VALUE DEPENDS ON GLOBAL FIAT LIQUIDITY.
HE NOTED THAT Q1'S TECH AND SAAS STOCK CRASH DRIVEN BY AI PANIC SIGNALED THAT CURRENT MONEY PRINTING CANNOT COUNTER AI'S DEFLATIONARY IMPACTS, SUCH AS LAYOFFS AND DEBT DEFAULTS. ULTIMATELY, THE FUTURE PRINTING PACE OF CENTRAL BANKS WILL DICTATE HOW HIGH BITCOIN CAN GO. — LINK
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ARTHUR HAYES: BITCOIN TARGET DOWN FROM $500,000 TO $125,000
ON MAY 15, 2026, SPEAKING AT CONSENSUS MIAMI, BITMEX CO-FOUNDER AND MAELSTROM CIO ARTHUR HAYES REVEALED HE HAS CUT HIS BITCOIN TARGET FROM $500,000 TO $125,000. HAYES EXPLAINED THAT AS A FIXED-SUPPLY ASSET, BITCOIN’S VALUE DEPENDS ON GLOBAL FIAT LIQUIDITY.
HE NOTED THAT Q1'S TECH AND SAAS STOCK CRASH DRIVEN BY AI PANIC SIGNALED THAT CURRENT MONEY PRINTING CANNOT COUNTER AI'S DEFLATIONARY IMPACTS, SUCH AS LAYOFFS AND DEBT DEFAULTS. ULTIMATELY, THE FUTURE PRINTING PACE OF CENTRAL BANKS WILL DICTATE HOW HIGH BITCOIN CAN GO. — LINK
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> IRAN HAS LAUNCHED HORMUZ SAFE, A STATE-BACKED DIGITAL MARITIME INSURANCE PLATFORM FOR VESSELS TRANSITING THE PERSIAN GULF AND THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, SUPPORTING SETTLEMENT IN BITCOIN AND OTHER CRYPTOCURRENCIES. BACKED BY IRAN’S MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, THE PLATFORM AIMS TO BYPASS SWIFT AND WESTERN INTERMEDIARIES. IRANIAN GOVERNMENT INSIDERS REPORTEDLY ESTIMATE THAT THE PLATFORM COULD GENERATE OVER $10 BILLION IN REVENUE IF IT CAPTURES A MEANINGFUL SHARE OF THE GULF SHIPPING INSURANCE MARKET. IT STILL FACES CHALLENGES INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION AND THE RISK OF U.S. SECONDARY SANCTIONS. — LINK
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> FROM MAY 11 TO MAY 15 (ET), SPOT BITCOIN ETFS RECORDED A NET OUTFLOW OF $1.039 BILLION, ENDING SIX CONSECUTIVE WEEKS OF NET INFLOWS. SPOT ETHEREUM ETFS SAW A NET OUTFLOW OF $255 MILLION. SPOT SOL ETFS POSTED A NET INFLOW OF $58.12 MILLION, WHILE SPOT XRP ETFS RECORDED A NET INFLOW OF $60.50 MILLION. — LINK
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> ONE OF THE LARGEST BITCOIN ATM OPERATORS IN THE U.S. IS SHUTTING DOWN.
BITCOIN DEPOT HAS FILED FOR CHAPTER 11 PROTECTION AND PLANS TO WIND DOWN OPERATIONS WHILE SELLING ASSETS THROUGH AN ORDERLY PROCESS.
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BITCOIN DEPOT HAS FILED FOR CHAPTER 11 PROTECTION AND PLANS TO WIND DOWN OPERATIONS WHILE SELLING ASSETS THROUGH AN ORDERLY PROCESS.
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> SOUTH KOREA’S LARGEST CRYPTO EXCHANGE, UPBIT, WILL LIST TRAC WITH KRW, BTC AND USDT TRADING PAIRS. TRADING IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN AT 16:00 LOCAL TIME ON MAY 18. ORIGINTRAIL IS A PROJECT THAT AIMS TO BUILD A “VERIFIABLE INTERNET” BY INTEGRATING AI, THE INTERNET AND BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY. — LINK
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> US CRYPTO ATM OPERATOR BITCOIN DEPOT FILES FOR CHAPTER 11 TO WIND DOWN BUSINESS — LINK
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> RUSSIAN DRONE STRUCK A CHINESE CARGO SHIP IN THE BLACK SEA NEAR ODESA OVERNIGHT, HOURS BEFORE PUTIN HEADS TO BEIJING FOR TALKS WITH XI, SAYS UKRAINE
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> TRUMP SAYS IRAN "DYING TO SIGN" A DEAL WITH FORTUNE
(PAKISTAN RELAYED A REVISED IRANIAN PROPOSAL TO END THE WAR TO THE US ON SUNDAY NIGHT, PAKISTANI SOURCE SAYS)
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(PAKISTAN RELAYED A REVISED IRANIAN PROPOSAL TO END THE WAR TO THE US ON SUNDAY NIGHT, PAKISTANI SOURCE SAYS)
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> BELARUS BEGINS DRILLS ON RUSSIAN TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS, USING NUCLEAR‑CAPABLE ISKANDER MISSILES AND MODIFIED SU‑25 AIRCRAFT.
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> CHANCELLER ALLEMAND MERZ SUR X : NOUS CONDAMNONS FERMEMENT LES NOUVELLES FRAPPES AÉRIENNES IRANIENNES CONTRE LES ÉMIRATS ARABES UNIS ET D'AUTRES PARTENAIRES
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> GOLDMAN SACHS’ LATEST 13F FILING SHOWS THE BANK FULLY EXITED ITS XRP AND SOLANA ETF POSITIONS IN Q1 2026 AFTER PREVIOUSLY HOLDING AROUND $154 MILLION IN XRP ETFS. THE BANK STILL HOLDS ROUGHLY $700 MILLION IN BITCOIN ETFS BUT CUT ITS ETHEREUM ETF EXPOSURE BY ABOUT 70% TO AROUND $114 MILLION. GOLDMAN ALSO INCREASED POSITIONS IN CIRCLE, GALAXY, AND COINBASE SHARES WHILE REDUCING HOLDINGS IN STRATEGY, IREN, BIT DIGITAL, AND RIOT. — LINK
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