At least eight senior EF researchers and leaders have announced departures this year.

Syndicate Labs, an a16z-backed on-chain development startup, is winding down operations, citing a fundamental shift in the Rollup market and significant market contraction.

Bitwise's chief investment officer said that Hyperliquid is targeting not the $3 trillion crypto economy, but the $600 trillion global asset market.

Steakhouse Fi has expanded its lead to approximately $1 billion over the next largest Morpho vault curator, marking a significant shift in the competitive curator ecosystem.

Detailed May 18 post-mortem traces a six-week breach to DPRK group TraderTraitor and locks in a new 3-of-3 DVN protocol default. Kelp says LayerZero approved the configuration and has migrated rsETH bridging to Chainlink.

CoW Swap, the intent-based DEX, is launching on Solana blockchain with NEAR Intents providing backend infrastructure.

MoneyGram has become Tempo's anchor remittance validator in a new strategic blockchain partnership designed to enhance cross-border payment infrastructure.

Aave V4 introduces a new market architecture featuring collateral isolation across Hubs and Spokes, with Prime, Core, and Plus Hubs launching initially.

Polymarket partnered with Nasdaq Private Market to enable trading on private company valuations, IPO timing, and secondary share prices, with early markets on OpenAI, Anthropic, Stripe, and other unicorns.

A coalition of privacy and crypto organizations is using quadratic funding to channel crypto donations to 10 nonprofits fighting censorship and surveillance worldwide.