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Blockchains
Blast Ecosystem Surges on Novel “Jackpot” Incentive Structure
Blast tokens and NFTs can now be entered to win Blast Gold via its new Jackpot mechanism.

Markets
Bitcoin and Ether Turn Lower After SEC Moves Against Robinhood
Grayscale’s GBTC saw net inflows on Friday for the first time since converting into an ETF.

Regulation & Politics
Robinhood Receives Wells Notice From SEC
US regulators continue to wage war on crypto as the brokerage firm says, “Robinhood Crypto is here to stay.”

Podcast
BlackRock's BUIDL | Creating The Largest Tokenized Treasury Fund With Securitize
Carlos Domingo is the founder and CEO of Securitize, a platform for issuing and trading security tokens or digital securities on the blockchain. Securitize aims to modernize the traditional financial markets by leveraging blockchain technology to provide greater accessibility, efficiency, and transparency in securities trading. Securitize recently partnered up with BlackRock to explore innovations in tokenizing assets and broadening access to the private capital markets. In today's podcast, we uncover all the details behind this collaboration and explore what the future holds for tokenized innovation.

Blockchains
Bitcoin Network Surpasses One Billion On-Chain Transactions
The Runes protocol drove a recent uptick in Bitcoin's on-chain transaction volume.

DeFi
LayerZero Tells Sybil Farmers To Out Themselves Or Face Airdrop Exclusion
Sybil farmers that self-report will still receive 15% of their intended airdrop allocation.

DeFi
Our Most Read Stories This Week: EigenLayer Airdrop, Fed Roils Markets, Stacks Update, Bitcoin Jesus
The Defiant's most read stories for the week of April 29.

Education
Earning 20% APY on eETH + 3x Points with ether.fi Liquid
This week, we received the official announcement for the EIGEN airdrop, and it has brought mixed emotions. Whether you’re excited, disappointed, or even confused by the details of the upcoming EIGEN token, there’s still endless real yield to earn in DeFi. We’re talking yield denominated in liquid blue-chip tokens such as ETH, SOL, BTC, and stablecoins.

Research & Opinion
EigenLayer Airdrop Outcry Shows Points are Raising Traders' Expectations
Are those traders right or entitled?

Hacks
Poisoned Wallet Address Loses $70 Million in ‘Very Suspicious’ WBTC Transaction
A fake transaction led a user to send 1,155 WBTC to the wrong address.




