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According to monitoring by Lookonchain, a total of 343,075 ETH in DeFi protocols are at risk of liquidation, valued at $547 million.Among them, 46,741 ETH will be liquidated at $1,565.72, 58,032 ETH will be liquidated at $1,555.04, 100,394 ETH will be liquidated at $1,426.31, and 137,908 ETH will be liquidated at $1,361.73.

According to SoSoValue data, the cryptocurrency market sector has generally declined, with the DeFi sector dropping 9.16% in 24 hours. Within the sector, Hyperliquid (HYPE), which had previously set historical records, corrected by 9.15%, and LAB (LAB) fell by 37.47%, but DeXe (DEXE) rose against the trend by 14.58%.However, the GameFi and NFT sectors remained relatively strong, rising by 0.49% and 1.38%, respectively. Within the GameFi sector, Audiera (BEAT) surged by 20.27%, and within the NFT sector, APENFT (NFT) increased by 0.15%. Additionally, Bitcoin (BTC) rebounded slightly by 1.33%, breaking through $63,000; Ethereum (ETH) continued to decline by 0.92%, falling below $1,800.In other sectors, the CeFi sector dropped 1.37% in 24 hours, with Cronos (CRO) rising by 0.12%; the PayFi sector fell by 1.55%, while Telcoin (TEL) rose by 24.29%; the Meme sector decreased by 2.01%, but Siren (SIREN) increased by 28.48%; the Layer1 sector fell by 4.1%, with Humanity (H) remaining relatively strong, rising by 3.9%; the Layer2 sector declined by 5.59%, and Starknet (STRK) surged by 3.48% during the day.The cryptocurrency sector index reflecting historical market trends shows that the ssiSocialFi, ssiAI, and ssiDePIN indices fell by 8.9%, 8.4%, and 7.49%, respectively.

The U.S. cryptocurrency market structure bill, the "Clarity Act," is a "support for regulation, support for enforcement" bill that rebuts criticisms from some law enforcement agencies regarding its inadequacy in preventing financial crimes. As the midterm elections approach, the time window for Congress to pass this bill is narrowing. Senator Cynthia Lummis warned that if progress is not made this year, the bill may not be seriously reconsidered until after 2030. Currently, the Clarity Act still faces multiple controversies, including stablecoin yield arrangements, conflicts of interest arising from Trump-related cryptocurrency businesses, and whether anti-money laundering standards are stringent enough.The latest version also incorporates the "Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act" (BRCA) pushed by DeFi supporters, aimed at clarifying that non-custodial developers should not be regarded as money transmitters. However, some law enforcement groups and lawmakers are concerned that the BRCA and certain provisions of the bill may weaken the ability to track illegal funds and recover victims' assets. Witt stated that lawmakers have responded to these concerns before the Senate Banking Committee vote and added provisions to strengthen regulatory and enforcement foundations.

According to The Block, the latest "2026 Ecosystem Vulnerability Audit Report" released by Web3 security company Immunefi shows that losses from DeFi protocols due to hacker attacks have decreased by 74% from the peak of $2.62 billion in 2022 to approximately $680.3 million in 2025.The report points out that the median loss per attack has also significantly decreased, from $6 million in 2022 to $1.5 million in 2025, reflecting an overall improvement in security levels.At the same time, the proportion of losses from bridge exploits has dramatically decreased from 73% in 2022 to 3% in 2025, and the share of flash loan attacks has dropped from 54% to less than 1%. Risks at the infrastructure level (such as private key leaks and database attacks) have also decreased from 30.7% in 2022 to 10.3% in 2025. Immunefi stated that this reflects the ongoing optimization of oracle design, reentrancy attack protection, and access control standards, indicating that the overall DeFi ecosystem "is becoming safer."However, the report also notes that losses slightly rebounded to $680.3 million in 2025, mainly due to the increasing complexity of multi-chain systems and a few high-severity incidents. Meanwhile, the number of independent security incidents continues to rise, reflecting an expanding attack surface.

According to the latest on-chain data, in May, the total market value of TRON stablecoins exceeded 90 billion USD, with a month-on-month growth of 3.63%; monthly revenue reached 32.23 million USD, with a month-on-month growth of 5.6%. Meanwhile, TRON's on-chain transfer data remains impressive, reflecting the vibrancy of the on-chain economy. In the face of massive stablecoin liquidity, an efficient lending and yield hub is becoming a necessity.According to the JUST weekly report data on June 2, the total TVL of the JUST ecosystem has reached 11.08 billion USD, accounting for over 40.25% of the market share in the TRON DeFi sector, continuously providing users with diversified services such as stablecoin savings, collateralized lending, and energy leasing. In addition, the JST buyback and burn mechanism is also operating steadily, injecting the protocol's real earnings into the governance token's deflationary flywheel, allowing the dividends of ecological growth to be genuinely returned to every holder.

According to Fortune, the crypto-focused venture capital firm Variant has completed the fundraising of its new fund, Variant 4, totaling $222 million. The fund will invest in projects at their earliest stages, focusing on the theme of "autonomy" to integrate AI and crypto applications.Partner Jesse Walden stated that in the future, the label "crypto investor" will disappear, and crypto will become a universal "underlying pipeline" like internet infrastructure. The core is to provide users and businesses with greater autonomy and security through decentralized and contract security architecture, supporting the development of applications including DeFi platforms Uniswap and Morpho.

According to The Block, regarding the gradual shutdown of the Cardano ecosystem data analysis and infrastructure platform TapTools, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson responded that TapTools is another loss in the ecosystem following JPG Store, and warned of a potential "wave of failures," expecting more projects to shut down, DeFi operations to cease, and industry consolidation in the second half of the year.He stated that some older projects no longer have investment value, resources to support struggling projects are limited, and he lacks direct control over ecosystem funding decisions and treasury allocation.

According to SoSoValue data, the cryptocurrency market has suffered a heavy blow, with a general decline of about 2% to 6% over 24 hours. Among them, Bitcoin (BTC) fell by 6.03%, dropping below $67,000; Ethereum (ETH) fell by 6.52%, dropping below $1,900. The AI sector declined by 6.06%, with Bittensor (TAO) and Worldcoin (WLD) falling by 7.67% and 8.17%, respectively. Only the RWA sector strengthened against the trend, rising by 3.48% over 24 hours, with Ondo Finance (ONDO) significantly increasing by 11.33% and Plume (PLUME) rising by 3.63%.In other sectors, the DeFi sector fell by 4.35% over 24 hours, with DeXe (DEXE) relatively strong, rising by 23.08%; the Layer1 sector fell by 4.35%, with Zcash (ZEC) surging by 15.34% during the day; the CeFi sector fell by 4.84%, with Binance Coin (BNB) dropping by 5.36%; the PayFi sector fell by 5.09%, with Litecoin (LTC) dropping by 5.6%; the Layer2 sector fell by 5.14%, with Arbitrum (ARB) dropping by 8.64%; the Meme sector fell by 5.29%, while Binance Life surged by 13.92% during the day.The cryptocurrency sector index reflecting historical market trends shows that the ssiRWA index rose by 3.08%, while the ssiLayer1 and ssiAI indices fell by 5.79% and 6.53%, respectively.

According to GlobeNewswire, global insurance and risk management giant WTW announced the acquisition of the digital asset insurance platform Redefind to strengthen its digital asset protection service layout.According to the disclosure, Redefind provides an end-to-end cryptocurrency and digital asset insurance access platform. WTW plans to first launch a non-custodial loss recovery insurance scheme in the UK to support forensic investigations, asset tracking, and legal recovery related costs for digital assets that are stolen or lost.

Vitalik posted on platform X, stating that building index-tracking assets based on options rather than debt is worth considering and trying, using options as the foundation of DeFi instead of CDPs and liquidation mechanisms. This design can avoid the extreme price fluctuations that cause severe and global liquidation effects, allowing exposure to the index to deviate from preferred exposure in a smoother secondary manner.Its key advantage is that it does not require instant oracles and can operate based on slow oracles, which are the types of oracles used in prediction markets. The design has a clear drawback, which is the need for regular rebalancing, and it remains to be clarified whether and how rebalancing can have sufficient slippage resistance.Vitalik added that compared to relying on oracles that must provide real-time answers and may be induced to give incorrect real-time answers without human remediation time, he believes that holding algorithmic stablecoins placed within such mechanisms is safer.

The DeFi protocol Radiant announced that after experiencing a hacker attack in October 2024, and after 18 months of continuous efforts, the DAO no longer has a viable path to continue operations and will gradually enter the "sunsetting" phase.Currently, the project has no progress in recovering funds, no new capital injection, and lacks the funds and development space to maintain normal operations, thus it cannot continue responsible long-term operations.

According to the Binance Wallet announcement, starting from June 1, 2026, 08:00 (UTC+8), the assets participating in the Binance Wallet DeFi Earn activities (including currently and subsequently added qualified certificate tokens) will be included in the calculation of Binance Alpha Balance Points.The specific list of qualified assets is subject to the Binance Alpha Points FAQ page.

DeFi infrastructure Unitas Labs announced the launch of the interest-bearing gold asset xGLD, aimed at introducing gold exposure into its product matrix, marking Unitas's expansion from stablecoin infrastructure into more interest-bearing asset domains.It is reported that xGLD is issued on the Binance Smart Chain and is 100% backed by Tether Gold (XAUt), which represents physical gold. Whitelisted users can mint xGLD using USDT, and the protocol will then lend out the XAUt collateral at a loan-to-value ratio of 70% to generate stablecoins, which will be deployed into yield strategies, with the returns distributed to xGLD holders.In terms of operational mechanics, the minting fee for xGLD is 0%, and the redemption fee is 0.1%. Ordinary users can obtain this asset through USDT/xGLD swaps on BSC; during redemption, xGLD must be exchanged for XAUt, with a 7-day cooling period before XAUt can be claimed on Ethereum. In the future, this asset is planned to be further integrated as collateral into lending markets, liquidity pools, and other DeFi ecosystems. Additionally, Unitas plans to collaborate with Accountable and Primus to provide reserve proof dashboards and backup data support to ensure the transparency of the collateral.

According to SoSoValue data, the cryptocurrency market sectors are mixed, with the DeFi sector performing well, rising 2.43% in 24 hours. Among them, Hyperliquid (HYPE) increased by 4.14%, briefly breaking through $73 during the day, continuing to set historical highs, while LAB (LAB) rose by 21.78%.Other standout sectors include: the SocialFi sector, which rose 3.61% in 24 hours, with Toncoin (TON) increasing by 4.18%; the AI sector rose by 0.92%, with Worldcoin (WLD) increasing by 7.96%; the Meme sector rose by 0.25%, with Binance Life (币安人生) increasing by 21.61%.In other sectors, the PayFi sector fell by 0.04% in 24 hours, but Stellar (XLM) rose by 15.03%; the Layer1 sector fell by 0.35%, with Zcash (ZEC) relatively strong, rising by 5.07%; the Layer2 sector fell by 0.57%, with Linea (LINEA) rising against the trend by 2.66%; the CeFi sector fell by 2.72%, with Bitget Token (BGB) dropping by 6.00%.The cryptocurrency sector index reflecting historical market trends shows that the ssiSocialFi, ssiDeFi, and ssiGameFi indices rose by 5.41%, 1.43%, and 0.47%, respectively.