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People
Lubin-Labeled Wallet Adds 110,000 ETH to Sky Vaults Backing $259M DAI Debt
A genesis-block Ethereum wallet labeled "Joseph Lubin?" by Arkham Intelligence deposited 110,000 ETH into three Sky Finance vaults on Friday, shoring up collateral behind $259M in DAI debt as ETH fell sharply. Neither Lubin nor ConsenSys has made any public statement on ownership of the address.

DeFi
Polymarket World Cup Winner Markets Cross $1.8B in Volume as France-Spain Group Stage Opens
Polymarket's 2026 FIFA World Cup prediction markets have accumulated more than $1.8 billion in cumulative trading volume as the tournament's group stage gets underway, with France and Spain trading as the narrowest co-favorites.

Markets
Citrini Research Calls Hyperliquid a Compelling Investment, Citing Nearly Half of All Crypto Token Buybacks
Citrini Research, known for moving AI equities with its reports, published an analysis calling Hyperliquid compelling, citing the protocol's Assistance Fund directing more than 90% of fees to HYPE buybacks and its command of close to half of all crypto token buyback activity this year.

People
Arthur Hayes Says Bitcoin Cannot Rally Until the AI Bubble Bursts
Arthur Hayes published a macro thesis arguing Bitcoin cannot rally until the AI stock bubble deflates, citing $1.5 trillion in AI debt issuance that absorbed the liquidity Bitcoin needed. He exited HYPE, NEAR, WLD, and ZEC and rotated Maelstrom's equity book into US energy producers.

DeFi
Aave Proposes Protocol-Wide Risk Framework After KelpDAO Exploit
LlamaRisk has submitted two Aave governance proposals covering a four-layer protocol-wide risk standard and a PT oracle upgrade to Chainlink CRE. Founder Stani Kulechov says assets that fail the new standard will be off-boarded.

CeFi
OKX Adds Magnificent 7 Stocks, Commodities to European X-Perps Lineup
OKX launched 13 new X-Perps markets in Europe on Monday, adding perpetual futures on all seven Magnificent 7 stocks, gold, silver, oil benchmarks, SPY, and QQQ with 24/7 trading and up to 10x leverage.

Hacks
Humanity Protocol Loses $36M After Foundation Laptop Is Compromised, Token Drops Nearly 70%
An attacker compromised a Humanity Protocol foundation member's private keys, drained 17-plus Gnosis Safe wallets across Ethereum and BNB Chain, and minted 100 million additional H tokens on BSC. Total losses reach about $36 million. The H token fell nearly 70% on the day. On-chain investigator ZachXBT alleges the incident may have been staged.

Blockchains
Starknet Launches STRK20 Privacy Layer, Bringing Shielded ERC-20 Balances and Transfers to Ethereum L2
Starknet launched STRK20 on Tuesday, a note-based privacy framework that lets users shield ERC-20 token balances and conduct private transfers and swaps on the Ethereum layer-2 network, with an encrypted viewing-key path for compliance.

TradFi & Fintech
Janus Henderson Takes ENA Stake, Deploys Into USDe, Explores ETP Distribution in Four-Part Ethena Deal
Janus Henderson Investors, the $480 billion asset manager, has announced a four-part partnership with Ethena covering CLO fund distribution, a strategic ENA token investment, USDe treasury deployment, and exploration of exchange-traded instruments for USDe distribution.

Regulation & Politics
US Bitcoin Reserve Bill Text Locks Holdings for 20 Years and Mandates Quarterly Proof-of-Reserve Reports
The full text of H.R. 8957, the American Reserve Modernization Act of 2026, is now public, revealing a mandatory 20-year prohibition on selling any acquired BTC and a requirement for quarterly, publicly audited proof-of-reserve reports.



