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According to ChainCatcher and Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale recently spent $17 million in USDC to purchase 7,284 ETH at $2,334 per token and subsequently staked the assets through Lido Finance. The whale still holds $10.15 million in USDC and may continue to accumulate more ETH.

On May 9, a New York Manhattan federal judge Margaret Garnett ruled to allow the Arbitrum DAO to freeze $71 million (30,765 ETH) and transfer the assets to a wallet controlled by Aave, continuing to push forward the recovery plan; in the same ruling, she also preserved the legal claims of holders of a North Korea terror attack judgment. CoinDesk reports: the judge modified the earlier seizure order, enabling Arbitrum governance to move that amount of ETH via on-chain voting, and protecting votin

According to The Block, on Friday, Judge Margaret Garnett of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York partially unblocked 30,766 ETH (approximately $71 million) frozen inside Arbitrum DAO since May 1, allowing an on-chain governance vote to transfer the ether to a digital

Ethereum’s share of total decentralized finance ( DeFi) liquidity has fallen to its lowest level in years, as rival blockchains chip away at a dominance that once exceeded 63%. Key Takeaways: Ethereum’s DeFi TVL share fell from 63.5% to 53% between January 2025 and May 2026. Defillama data s

According to Bloomberg, BlackRock has filed to launch tokenized shares for its $6.1 billion BlackRock Select Treasury Based Liquidity Fund (BSTBL) targeting stablecoin holders. The fund invests in cash, U.S. Treasury notes, and securities with remaining maturities not exceeding 93 days. The tokenize

Ethereum remains below the $2,400 area on the weekly chart while higher time frame analysis shows a wider bullish setup forming, according to technical analysis shared on X. ETH must clear moving average resistance before the $4,900 target comes back into focus. Weekly Chart: ETH Range-Bound

According to Odaily, Hanbalonwang announced on May 9 that he will sell all SAT1 holdings and distribute the proceeds to affected users as compensation before exiting the market. The trader stated his initial investment was 565 ETH, currently valued at 543 ETH. He plans to allocate 35 ETH from SAT1 s

According to CryptoSlate, Ethereum's share of DeFi total value locked has declined from 63.5% at the start of 2025 to approximately 54% as of May 7, hovering near its lowest level in a year. Competing blockchains have carved out dominance in specific segments: Solana holds 6.66% of DeFi TVL, BNB

According to SoSoValue data, on May 8, U.S. Eastern Time, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a total net outflow of $146 million, with Fidelity’s FBTC being the largest net outflow on the day at $97.6041 million; on the same day, Ethereum spot ETFs recorded a net inflow of $3.5747 million. Bitcoin Spot ETF Net Flows on May 8 (Source: SoSoValue) According to SoSoValue data, on May 8, 2026, the key indicators for Bitcoin spot ETFs are as follows: Total net outflow (single day): $146 million Largest n

Bitcoin surged to $65,000 today, gaining over 2.7% intraday, while Ethereum climbed to $1,900 with gains exceeding 3%. Crypto-related stocks also rallied in after-hours trading, with Microstrategy (MSTR) up

According to publicly available on-chain data, on May 8, Ethereum whale Garrett Jin transferred 78,077 ETH to Binance (about $178 million). The same day, iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA) under BlackRock and FETH under Fidelity together sent a total of 35,394 ETH to exchanges (about $80.7 million). Garrett Jin On-Chain Transfer Details According to publicly available on-chain data, the address identified on-chain as #BitcoinOG1011 (former BitForex CEO Garrett Jin) transferred 78,077 ETH to Binance o

According to on-chain analyst “Ai Yi,” monitored on May 9, F2Pool co-founder Wang Chun withdrew 7,461 ETH from a centralized exchange (CEX), worth approximately $17.27 million, and then deposited it into the decentralized lending protocol Spark. Meanwhile, on May 7, the Stratum v2 working group announced that seven mining organizations, including F2Pool, had officially joined the working group. Wang Chun’s ETH On-Chain Movements (Source: Arkham) Based on on-chain monitoring by “Ai Yi” on May 9,

According to an official announcement by Aave posted on X on May 9, the launch of Phase 2 of the rsETH incident recovery plan has been declared; the court has issued an order authorizing the transfer of the $71 million worth of ETH recovered by the Arbitrum Security Committee to Aave LLC. The compensation inquiry tool is now officially live, and users affected by the rsETH incident can look up their expected compensation amounts. Completed steps: liquidation, governance proposals, and AIP execut

According to Aave's statement on X, on May 6, eight hacker positions on Aave V3 were liquidated, with the recovered rsETH collateral transferred to recovery custodians. The Arbitrum DAO approved a proposal to return the previously recovered $71 million in ETH. A judge approved Aave LLC's request to

According to Onchain Lens, Tether destroyed 2 billion USDT on Ethereum early on May 9. The burn occurred approximately 5 hours before monitoring, part of a broader activity period where Tether minted 5 billion USDT since

According to Bloomberg Terminal, BlackRock recently submitted paperwork to launch two tokenized money-market funds designed for investors holding stablecoins instead of bank deposits. The digital asset class will be tied to BlackRock's Select Treasury Based Liquidity Fund (BSTBL), which manages

BNP Paribas opens regulated access to bitcoin and ethereum through ETNs, giving retail clients exposure via traditional securities accounts while advancing a broader institutional blockchain strategy. BNP Paribas Adds Crypto-Linked ETNs for Retail Investors Growing access to regulated

According to Arbitrum DAO's voting snapshot, the Arbitrum DAO approved the release of 30,765.6 ETH (approximately $70 million) to DeFi United, the initiative formed to mitigate the impact of the $292 million exploit on Kelp DAO last month. The vote received 182.2 million votes supporting the release