Ethereum liquid restaking platform Kelp and decentralized lending protocol Aave have taken significant steps to restore the backing of rsETH, including the burning of the exploiter’s rsETH tokens. According to Cointelegraph, Kelp DAO outlined a recovery plan for its liquid staking token rsETH, confirming that the hacker’s tokens were burned on the layer-2 Arbitrum network. The 117,132 rsETH, valued at approximately $278 million, will be replenished over two weeks from Aave Recovery Guardian, a multisignature wallet managed by the DeFi United recovery group and Kelp’s recovery safe, into the LayerZero OFT adapter. This smart contract facilitates the locking, minting, burning, and releasing of rsETH during cross-chain transfers. Kelp DAO assured that rsETH on mainnet and layer-2 networks, with a market capitalization of $1.5 billion, remains fully backed. This recovery effort aims to assist users affected by one of the largest DeFi exploits this year. Kelp experienced a hack in April, attributed to North Korea’s Lazarus Group, which exploited its rsETH adapter bridge contract, draining approximately $293 million. Blockchain security firm OpenZeppelin noted that no smart contract bug was publicly identified, highlighting an operational failure, a risk often underestimated in the DeFi industry. Kelp announced that withdrawals would resume "tentatively within 24 hours" after the first tranche is returned to the smart contract. All rsETH operations, including deposits, redemptions, bridging, and claims, will continue as usual once the contracts are reactivated. The protocol has completed a "security hardening pass," with bridging security now requiring four independent attestors and 64 block confirmations, while some layer-2 routes have been deprecated. Kelp is also migrating to Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) for enhanced cross-chain bridging security. Kelp, a notable liquid restaking protocol on Ethereum, is primarily built on EigenLayer, allowing users to deposit ETH or other supported liquid staking tokens for additional yields. The protocol’s total value locked reached an all-time high of just over $2 billion in September 2025 but has since decreased by about 26% to $1.55 billion, as reported by DeFiLlama. Cointelegraph noted that ETH derivatives traders remain steady and have not turned bearish despite recent DeFi exploits. However, spot prices have declined by around 1% on the day, with Ether dropping to a 12-day low of $2,260 in late trading on Tuesday.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has indicated that ongoing supply disruptions stemming from the conflict in Iran could potentially decrease global oil supply by approximately 3.9 million barrels per day by 2026. According to NS3.AI, this reduction could result in supply falling below demand levels. The IEA also reported that oil supply losses in the Middle East have already surpassed 1 billion barrels. Additionally, the agency has revised its expectations for oil demand, predicting a decline of 420,000 barrels per day this year, as elevated oil prices continue to exert pressure on consumption and economic growth.

x402 developer jnix.base.eth announced the launch of a Batch Settlement feature. According to Foresight News, this function allows AI agents to manage funds in a single transaction using off-chain credentials for payments. Sellers can consolidate multiple requests into one on-chain transaction, resulting in minimal transaction delays and costs of just a fraction of a cent. The feature currently supports TypeScript and Go, with a Python version forthcoming. Each payment in the batch settlement can have a different amount, and transaction limits can be set to accommodate variable cost scenarios such as inference and computation. Sellers are not required to manage funds themselves, as deposits, batch settlements, and refunds are handled by intermediaries. The protocol supports any ERC-20 token, not limited to stablecoins.

Saudi Arabia's Gulf International Bank (UK), owned by the Saudi government, has increased its holdings in the Bitcoin treasury company, MicroStrategy (MSTR). According to Odaily, the bank's total shares in MicroStrategy have risen to 20,207, valued at $3.76 million.

On May 13, according to BlockBeats On-chain Detection, the HYPE token has seen a decline over the past week, dropping 10.7% from its peak as BTC remained relatively stable. The token's value has now fallen to around $40. The largest short position holder on Hyperliquid, known as 'Loracle,' has benefited from this downturn, with unrealized gains reaching $2.07 million and daily profits amounting to $1.28 million. 'Loracle' has shorted 1.2432 million HYPE tokens using 5x leverage, valued at approximately $49.92 million, with an average price of $41.8. This position was fully established after increasing their holdings on May 10. Meanwhile, the largest long position holder, previously speculated to be a 'HYPE listing insider' whale, continues to hold a long position in HYPE. This entity has leveraged 5x to go long on 1.38 million tokens, valued at approximately $55.4 million, with an average price of $38.67 and a liquidation price of $36.29. Addresses involved in these transactions are 0x8def9f50456c6c4e37fa5d3d57f108ed23992dae and 0x082e843a431aef031264dc232693dd710aedca88.

USDC, 결제, Circle, AI 에이전트, Arc, Circle 심층 분석: 이자 창출 기계인가, 금융 운영 체제인가? 골든파이낸스, 반은 바다, 반은 불꽃.

삼성, 인공지능, 반도체, SK하이닉스가 ‘자본가의 배신자’가 되다. 삼성 직원들 대규모 파업. 골든파이낸스, 삼성이 34만 달러를 지급했으나 직원들은 부족하다고 말한다.

구글은 스페이스X와 협상을 진행 중이며, 양사가 궤도 상의 컴퓨팅 사업을 모색함에 따라 계획 중인 우주 기반 데이터 센터를 위한 로켓 발사 서비스를 확보하려 하고 있다. 이번 잠재적 계약은 스페이스X가 예상되는 기업공개(IPO)를 앞두고 입지를 공고히 하는 동시에, 두 회사를 같은 시장에서 파트너이자 미래의 경쟁자로 자리매김하게 할 전망이다.

부탄은 겔레푸 마인드풀니스 시티(GMC)가 세계 주요 금융 중심지의 암호화폐 기업들을 유치하기 위해 마련한 신속한 라이선스 발급 및 금융 인프라 체계를 공개함에 따라, 조용히 아시아에서 가장 암호화폐 친화적인 금융 허브 중 하나로 거듭나기 위해 노력하고 있다.

Circle이 과연 차세대 VISA/Swift가 될 잠재력을 가지고 있는지, 본문에서는 Circle에 대한 심층적인 전망 분석을 통해 전통적인 주식 투자자들이 웹3 관련 개념을 더 깊이 이해할 수 있도록 돕습니다.

Anthropic, 인공지능, OpenAI, 컴퓨팅 파워, 칩, 9,000억 달러 가치의 Anthropic은 어떻게 성장했나? 골든파이낸스, Anthropic의 기업 가치가 14개월 만에 15배 급등했다.

STRC는 Strategy의 비트코인 추가 매입 모델의 핵심이 되었습니다. 우선주 이자 지급을 위해 추가로 발행해야 하는 보통주를 차감한 후, Strategy의 새로운 자금 조달이 주당 비트코인 보유량을 계속 늘릴 수 있을지 주목됩니다.

코인베이스(Coinbase)의 2026년 1분기 실적 보고서와 “모든 것이 거래 가능한 세상” 전략을 분석하며, 코인베이스 최고상무책임자(CBO) 샨 아가르왈(Shan Aggarwal)의 심층적인 견해를 담았습니다.

FalconX는 토큰화된 구조화 신용 상품을 Monad 블록체인에 도입한 데 이어, 급성장 중인 실물 자산 분야로의 진출을 확대하고 있으며, 이를 통해 기관 신용 금고 예치금을 Morpho와 같은 탈중앙화 금융(DeFi) 프로토콜 전반에서 담보로 활용할 수 있게 되었습니다.

바이낸스 창립자 CZ는 ‘컨센서스 마이애미 2026’ 컨퍼런스에서 암호화폐가 AI 에이전트의 필연적인 선택이 될 것이며, 블록체인이 AI 시대의 금융 인프라가 될 것이라고 밝혔다. BNB 체인의 목표는 “지능형 에이전트의 통화”가 되는 것이다.