$usual Beat Traditional Banks! Usual's Roadmap Shakes the Scene: 100% Returns + BlackRock Fund Giveaway, Retail Investors Ecstatic?
Usual, this DeFi dark horse, is making big moves again! Just released the roadmap for 2025-2026, directly shouting the slogan “Take Down Traditional Banks” — all idle assets become the community treasury, with 100% returns for depositors! This operation has directly rubbed Tether and Circle to the ground, and even BlackRock has been brought in to work, a definite “Worker's Revolution.” Even more exciting, the roadmap hides a bunch of trump cards: ETH0 self-compounding accounts, BTC0 payments, DAO buyback bombs… What is this, a stablecoin protocol? Clearly, it’s a money printer for retail investors! #usual
67245951152 43149569760 Wormhole brings SOL to the Avalanche chain, what big moves are the three cross-chain giants planning? Wormhole officially announces the native landing of SOL on Avalanche! This is not just a simple cross-chain bridge, but allows Solana's beloved SOL to directly parachute into the Avalanche ecosystem with a full skill set, without missing out on DeFi mining or subnet customization features! This move has set the industry abuzz: the three cross-chain giants (Wormhole + Solana + Avalanche) are aiming to dominate the multi-chain universe?
$LPT Livepeer establishes a foundation, will decentralized video overturn YouTube? The Web3 video space is making big moves again! Livepeer (LPT), which gained attention through 'video mining', has just officially announced the establishment of the Livepeer Foundation—a completely neutral entity dedicated to promoting network growth, decentralized governance, and ecological coordination. This move directly targets 'DAO Autonomy 3.0', and with GrayScale and Tiger Global also betting on this track, it seems traditional streaming media might be in trouble. #Livepeer
$SNX Synthetix makes a big move! The sUSD peg defense battle escalates, can the doubled collateral ratio save the day?
Recently, the crypto world has truly been a scene of magical realism — on one hand, meme coins on the Solana blockchain are soaring, while on the other hand, the established DeFi protocol Synthetix is frantically wrestling with the decoupling crisis of its stablecoin sUSD. Just now, the official announcement has dropped a bombshell: starting June 2, the sUSD deposit ratio for SNX collateralizers will double from 10% to 20%, and those who do not meet the standard will have their debt relief benefits suspended!
Although fixing the peg is a top priority, Synthetix's ambitions go beyond that. The officials have stated that once stability is achieved, they will fully push forward with the operation of the 420 pool and perpetual contracts on the Ethereum mainnet. This move is clearly aimed at competing with dYdX and GMX for the derivatives market share! However, insiders are more concerned: how long can the “debt pool model” of sUSD hold up? After all, MakerDAO's DAI has long been engaging in RWA, and if Synthetix continues to stubbornly focus on pure crypto collateral, it might end up in a twist…
71709323305 41616621882 Synthetix has completely turned the table! Just announced a brand new staking mechanism, directly tossing "the inherited debt management of synthetic assets" into the trash, now even newbies can dive in with their eyes closed! What’s even crazier is that the 10 million SNX reward pool has directly smashed into the DeFi circle, and the opportunists registered overnight to prepare for the rush! Below, we will delve into whether this epic upgrade is truly worthwhile——
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01 Three major weapons of the new mechanism, can even clumsy players get rich?
① Debt management has vanished
Previously, playing SNX staking required daily monitoring of the collateral ratio, fearing that a single fluctuation would turn you into a "negative asset" due to successive liquidations. Now the official has completely flipped the table: canceling debt position management + abolishing collateral ratio requirements, staking is as brainless as depositing in a money market fund! Finally, families no longer need to monitor the market while taking antihypertensive medication.
② Dual pools crazily distribute 10 million dollars
• Main pool 420: 5 million SNX rewards distributed based on staking duration, starting on May 28 (next week!), with a full 12 months lock-in turning it into an ATM mode.
• sUSD sub-pool: another 5 million SNX exclusively for stablecoin players, but you must be a "time assassin"—the principal is locked for 12 months, and if you run away midway, you will be left with nothing.
③ Exit mechanism plays with your heart
Want to withdraw early? You can! But you must accept a 7-day cooling-off period + the cruel rule of losing all rewards. The official is clearly pushing you to become a "Zen Holder"; will short-term speculators dare to arbitrage?
$JUP Jupiter's new lending protocol LTV skyrockets to 90%, is the Solana ecosystem trying to turn DeFi into Wall Street?
Jupiter is about to break the DeFi ceiling! Yesterday at the Solana Accelerate conference, the brand new lending protocol Jupiter Lend was announced, partnering with the well-established Ethereum protocol Fluid to make waves, directly raising the loan-to-value ratio (LTV) to 90%! Compared to the industry average of 75%, this move is simply handing out nuclear-powered leverage to retail investors!
What's even bolder is the introduction of a dynamic risk isolation mechanism, as if they're afraid you won't liquidate fast enough, right? (manual dog head emoji) Let's dive deep into whether this operation can help Solana break through Aave and Compound in the lending race! #jup
$YGG GG is going crazy! Established a publishing department to wildly release blockchain games, Pudgy Penguins + a 10 million dollar prize pool. The pioneer of play-to-earn YGG suddenly announced the establishment of a game publishing department YGG Play and launched its first blockchain game 'LOL Land' — this move is directly aimed at the 'crypto casino'!
Key points:
• Pudgy Penguins IP collaboration, exclusive first release of Abstract;
• 100,000 pre-registrations directly crashed the server, a prize pool of 10 million YGG tokens;
• Free players vs. paying high rollers, clearly targeting two types of people: laid-back players and high-stakes gamblers! #ygg
$TIA Celestia joins forces with Hyperlane modular blockchain. The top-tier Celestia made a big move early this morning—officially announcing the integration of the cross-chain giant Hyperlane as its 'official channel', directly sending the native token TIA to Ethereum, Solana, Base, and other major chains for a 'full-chain tour'! This move completely shatters 'interoperability'.
Who is Celestia? The OG of the modular track, relying on Data Availability Sampling (DAS) technology to make Rollups collectively shout 'daddy'; what about Hyperlane? The founding father of permissionless interoperability, crafting cross-chain bridges as if it were play. This official announcement effectively equips TIA with 'intercontinental missiles'—from now on, DeFi giants on Ethereum, meme enthusiasts on Solana, and yield farmers on Arbitrum can all one-click buy TIA for staking and mining! #TİA
$WLD World Chain strikes against USDC.e, is the cross-chain earthquake really to welcome the 'compliance tsunami'?
World Chain's move is too aggressive! They just announced that starting from May 22 at 8 AM, they will directly disable the official cross-bridge service between USDC.e on Ethereum and their own chain! This is forcing old users to convert all their assets to native USDC!
I heard this move is paving the way for a major upgrade of USDC, and in a few days they will start native cross-chain transactions on CCTP V2! But next door, Sui just broke records with its TVL, while World Chain is going the opposite direction with 'cross-chain disconnection'. What are they really up to? #wld
$ZK ZKsync is making a big move! Gas fees have been cut directly by 94%, is the Layer2 race about to change? ZKsync's recently announced v2.3 upgrade proposal has raised the standard for Layer2's 'champion' to a whole new dimension—verifying ZK proofs has seen gas fees plummet from 6.8 million to 370,000, a staggering drop of 94%! What does this mean? It's like going from first class on a plane to riding a shared bicycle, and the best part is you don’t even have to pedal!
Even more exciting is that this upgrade has also conveniently included elliptic curve operations (ECAdd, ECMul, ECPairing) directly into the circuits, cutting down the verification cost of ZK proofs to a fraction of the original! Coupled with the newly added ModExp precompiled feature, operations like RSA signatures and zero-knowledge proofs that were once high-barrier are now 'foolproof', ushering in an era of easy profits for developers! #zksync
$PENDLE Pendle joins forces with top institutions to make big moves, will stablecoin yields reach Mars?
Pendle has just officially announced a partnership with the leading DeFi institution in Asia, DeFiance Capital, locking in CP. This duo is set to take stablecoin yields to a quantum level—high returns while remaining as steady as a rock!
DeFiance Capital is not just any ordinary backer—they are the largest DeFi fund in Asia. Founder Arthur Cheong transformed a six-figure capital into a nine-figure empire, a legendary figure in the industry. #pendle
$STX Bitcoin L2 veteran is making moves! Stacks' new roadmap is wildly reshaping the ecosystem, is sBTC going to replace wBTC?
Stacks, which was criticized for being 'as slow as lightning,' has suddenly gone crazy! The new roadmap lays it all out — major economic model overhaul, DeFi crazily distributing funds, block speed surpassing SOL, and sBTC being completely decentralized… Is this an attempt to take advantage of the Bitcoin ETF and halving to flip the BTC Layer2 table? #stx
$SCR Scallop Money Rain Frenzy, $5 million revenue gives veSCA loyal supporters a $200,000 cash red envelope! "Can I earn interest just by holding tokens? This wave of benefits is much better than Sui ecosystem's memecoins!" Today, the lending king of the Sui chain, Scallop, suddenly announced a $200,000 equivalent sSCA cash red envelope for loyal locked-in supporters to celebrate the platform's cumulative revenue exceeding $5 million! This move can be considered a 'DeFi version of a year-end bonus,' making the neighboring memecoin traders extremely jealous: 'I’m watching my investments lose money every day, while they just lock their tokens and earn 10% for free?'
🎁 Money Rain Triple Hit: From Earning Passively to Compound Interest
1. "Lock in starting from $2500, claim the red envelope for free" As long as you hold at least 2500 veSCA (approximately $2075) before 8 AM today, you can claim the sSCA airdrop by noon. This threshold is double that of previous activities (minimum 1000 veSCA), but netizens joked: "The longer you lock, the more serious you are; the project team is screening for true diamond hands."
2. Instant Arrival vs. Compound Interest Magic When claiming the red envelope, you can choose to withdraw immediately or lock it again to earn interest; the latter will allow you to receive an additional mysterious bonus next week. Community veterans suggest: "Claim the red envelope and reinvest immediately; this operation is like rolling a snowball, especially since SCA has doubled in the past month."
3. "Anti-Scam Warning" Although the activity seems enticing, some have dug up details: sSCA is essentially a staking certificate and cannot be traded directly; if you want to cash out, you have to wait for unlocking. Twitter KOL @DeFi Detective commented: "Isn't this just 'I give you interest, and you help me lock liquidity' in broad daylight?" #scr
$WLD Worldcoin's late-night explosion in the U.S.! The era of iris scanning and cash distribution has arrived, is it a rooftop for 900 million users or a new script for getting rich?
Just yesterday, Sam Altman's iris encryption empire Worldcoin suddenly entered the United States, announcing a one-stop service for 'eye scan to receive WLD + digital ID' across the country! This move directly turned the crypto and tech circles into fireworks—'Is the AI godfather using eyeballs to hijack the dollar hegemony?'
1. From now on, U.S. users can scan their irises to verify their identity in six major cities including Atlanta and Los Angeles to receive a World ID digital passport + WLD token airdrop. Netizens jokingly remarked, 'In this day and age, even being a lamb requires paying with your eyeball DNA first!'
2. Visa card enters the payment battlefield Worldcoin plans to launch a Visa card that supports WLD payments, allowing users to make purchases directly with the card, withdraw cash from ATMs, and even 'scan eyes for identity verification on Tinder in Japan, to avoid AI photo scams.' This collaboration with Match Group has been humorously dubbed 'proving you're a real person with your iris, then proving you're willing to spend money with WLD.'
3. Ecological universe explosion In addition to integrating with the prediction market Kalshi, Worldcoin will also build a factory in Texas to mass-produce 10,000 Orb devices, aiming to 'turn every Walmart into a coin-dispensing ATM.' Even more audaciously, the official statement claims 'profitability will cover costs within 18 months,' attempting to quell accusations of a 'Ponzi scheme.' #wld
$ENA $TON Telegram Explosion! Ethena teams up with TON to launch a 'Crypto Red Envelope', 900 million users can grab a 10% interest voucher! 'Receiving salary is not as good as earning interest on tsUSDe!' Just last night, the Telegram ecosystem suddenly dropped a bombshell – the King of Synthetic USD, Ethena, officially announced its partnership with the TON Foundation, stuffing a stablecoin investment with an annual return of 20%+ into the chat windows of 900 million users! This operation can be called the 'crypto version of WeChat red envelopes', has the era of flirting while earning interest finally arrived?
1. 'tsUSDe' Emerges: Telegram Becomes a Crypto ATM Users can now directly convert sUSDe to tsUSDe (TON version of crypto USD) in the chat window, seamlessly integrating with Telegram wallets and third-party applications (Tonkeeper, TONHub). 2. 10% Interest 'Wealthy Benefits' Users holding tsUSDe can not only earn Ethena's original returns (current APY about 17%), but also get an additional 10% interest voucher for free! However, the limit per wallet is 10,000 tsUSDe (about $17,000), which has been ridiculed by netizens: 'Not enough for Middle Eastern tycoons, just enough for retail investors.'
3. DeFi Family Bucket Invades Telegram Ethena's lending, perpetual contracts, and fixed income products will fully integrate into the TON ecosystem. For example 🌰: In the future, you can pledge tsUSDe to open BTC leverage in Telegram, while casually transferring money to your best friend. #ena #TON
$OM MANTRA Dubai is making a big move! 150 million tokens are being burned on the spot, can JP Mullin's "decentralized scalpel" save the plummeting OM?
"The Middle East tycoon scene has turned into a meat-cutting scene!" Last night at the TOKEN2049 conference in Dubai, an epic reversal took place — RWA track top player MANTRA co-founder JP Mullin pulled out four “scalpels” under the spotlight, attempting to perform a decentralized emergency rescue on the OM token, which has plummeted by 90%. This press conference could be called the “Complete Guide to Massaging Retail Investors' Psyche,” with moves targeting community pain points from token burning to testnet promises!
◦ Big Power Shuffle: The validation nodes of the MANTRA chain will shift from being led by the internal team to an “external partner alliance,” planning to cut 50% of internal nodes before Q2 2025, introducing 50 institutional validators (Middle Eastern tycoon funds + compliant exchanges).
◦ Governance Undercover War: Previously, the community questioned the team controlling 90% of the token supply to manipulate prices, and this reform was mockingly termed “diluting internal centralization with external capital,” but netizens complained: “The new validators are likely just VC disguises, changing the soup but not the medicine!”
2. Theater of Transparency: Token Economics Dashboard Launched
◦ On-chain Exposure: Real-time public disclosure of token circulation, staking rates, and destruction data, especially the entire process of the burn transaction of 150 million OM is traceable.
◦ Data Facedown: The dashboard shows the current circulation of 985 million OM, but the community discovered the team’s wallet still holds 792 million tokens that have not been unlocked, ridiculing: “It’s just transparent loneliness; the big whales are still the same few.”
3. 150 million OM Burned on the Spot, Stakers Crying in the Bathroom
◦ Destructive Operation: Permanently removing 150 million OM from the staking pool, total supply drops from 1.82 billion to 1.67 billion, but after the crash, the market value of this batch of tokens is only 78 million dollars (at peak worth 945 million).
◦ Staking Economy Collapse: Staking rate plummeted from 31% to 25%, annualized returns rose to over 20%, but netizens angrily criticized: “The principal has gone to zero, what’s the use of high interest?”
4. OMSTEAD Testnet Launched: RWA Compliance Promises Enter Alpha
◦ EVM Compatibility: The testnet supports developers to deploy compliant DeFi protocols, focusing on “RWA tokenization tools that comply with Middle Eastern regulatory frameworks.”
◦ Harsh Reality: The current TVL of the MANTRA chain is only 4 million dollars, yet it has a valuation of 10 billion FDV, being mocked as “using the testnet to prolong the bubble's life.” #mantra
$ENA $AAVE Ethena teams up with Aave to make big moves! PT assets invade the lending market, leveraging 5 times to achieve 25% annualized returns! "DeFi enters the hedge fund era!" Today (May 1), the stablecoin king Ethena Labs has released an update — users can now use eUSDe May Pendle PT as collateral to borrow from Aave, and sUSDe July PT is also about to launch! This operation directly brought Wall Street-level tactics to DeFi's leveraged arbitrage: borrowing USDC at a 4% interest rate to cycle and increase positions, with 5 times leverage directly pushing up a 25% annualized return! What’s even more intense is that the official also doubled the airdrop rewards, causing a collective excitement among both retail investors and whales.
💸 PT assets land on Aave, DeFi opens the "hedge fund mode"
1. eUSDe PT becomes the new hard currency
◦ Collateral rate only 120%: Users can stake their eUSDe May Pendle PT (current APY approximately 17.9%) into Aave to borrow USDC/USDT at a super low interest rate of 4%, cycling to earn the interest differential.
◦ 5 times leverage yields explosive returns: Assuming a principal of 100,000 USDT, collateralizing PT to borrow 400,000 USDT to buy PT, the comprehensive annualized return can reach 25%, which is 10 times more attractive than traditional government bonds!
◦ Institutions are hoarding PT: On-chain data shows that a certain whale has collateralized 37 million eUSDe PT, borrowed 30 million USDT, and transferred it to Ethena’s staking pool, perfectly nesting.
2. sUSDe PT becomes the next battlefield
◦ July-expiring PT ambush: sUSDe staking APY is approximately 9%, combined with PT locked yield of 13.49%, and further through Aave’s circular lending, the total yield easily breaks 20%.
◦ Airdrop Buff stacking: Within the next month, eUSDe/USDe PT deposit rewards will double, and sUSDe PT rewards will be 1 times, attracting yield farmers to cross-chain arbitrage overnight.
3. Pendle becomes the biggest winner
◦ TVL surges by 9% in one day: With the integration news, Pendle's locked amount soared to 1.63 billion, with the eUSDe pool accounting for 124 million, and whales crazily sweeping up YT to earn 50 times points.
◦ "PT Lego" sweeps DeFi: Users can now PT collateralize → borrow → buy PT → then collateralize again, under infinite nesting, Pendle + Ethena + Aave form a perpetual profit machine.
$LISTA Lista Lending released a big move late at night! BTC mortgage to borrow BTCB, 0.38% interest rate to get BNB, Binance ecosystem once again set off a "Matryoshka" craze.
Just last night (April 30), BNB Chain's top lending protocol Lista DAO's lending product Lista Lending launched three new markets at once! Not only does it allow BTC mortgage to borrow BTCB, it also allows users to use Trump's "patriotic stablecoin" USD1 to get BNB at an ultra-low interest rate of 0.38%. What's even more exciting is that the PT-clisBNB lying on Pendle is directly turned into collateral. This wave of operations made Venus next door dumbfounded: "Brother, are you playing DeFi Lego here?"
1. BTC Vault is online, playing the "BTC begets BTC" nesting doll technique
◦ Pledge BTCB to borrow BTCB: Users can now pledge BTCB or other assets (such as WBNB, solvBTC) to borrow BTCB in three markets: WBNB/BTCB, solvBTC/BTCB, and USD1/BTCB.
◦ New arbitrage posture: Assuming that BTC prices fluctuate, users can pledge BTCB to borrow more BTCB, and use leveraged contracts for hedging, and the annualized return can easily exceed 30%.
◦ Secret war of giant whales: On-chain data shows that a certain address has pledged 172 BTCB to borrow 80 BTCB, suspected to be hoarding ammunition for Binance Launchpool's new project.
2. PT-clisBNB becomes collateral, free Pendle income + BNB new issuance
◦ What is PT-clisBNB: This is the income token of slisBNB (Lista liquidity pledge BNB) on Pendle, with an annualized rate of about 14.86%. Now users can pledge PT-clisBNB-30OCT2025 and borrow WBNB at an interest rate of 0.78%.
◦ Double income secret: While eating Pendle interest, borrow BNB to participate in Binance new issuance, and the annualized comprehensive income may exceed 50%.
◦ Risk warning: If the price of BNB plummets before October 30, PT-clisBNB may face liquidity discount.
3. USD1/WBNB market: "Patriotic wool" for Trump fans
◦ Borrow BNB at an interest rate of 0.38%: Deposit USD1, the "patriotic stablecoin" issued by the Trump team, and you can borrow BNB at the lowest interest rate in the entire network, which is suitable for short-term new issuance parties.
◦ Politically correct arbitrage: WLFI (Trump crypto project) users can move idle USD1 to BNB Chain, earning interest and airdrops at the same time.
◦ Decoupling alert: Although USD1 claims to be 1:1 anchored to the US dollar, the on-chain reserves are not fully transparent. Be careful not to become the next UST. #lista
$ENA Midnight raid! The third season ENA airdrop of Ethena opens today at 16:00, with 3.5% tokens available without thresholds? The opportunists are ecstatic!
The third season ENA airdrop starts today at 16:00 (UTC) sharp! 3.5% of the total ENA supply (approximately 52.5 million tokens) will be released directly, and what's more exciting is that the qualification check period has been canceled; users can claim tokens without KYC or answering questions, just click the mouse to withdraw! This move has left the Eigen Foundation, which has been struggling next door, dumbfounded: 'Bro, are you playing a money simulator on the blockchain here?' #ENA
$SCR Scroll co-founder Ye Zhang suddenly tweeted to announce that Scroll has completed a critical upgrade through Euclid, becoming the first zk-Rollup to reach Stage 1 standards! This move not only fulfills Vitalik's expectations for L2 decentralization but also directly hands over the autonomy of the 'on-chain neighborhood committee' to the community, marking a milestone event in the ZK track. 💥 What does Stage 1 mean? Three major killer features revealed
1️⃣ User escape routes fully open
• 'Forced exit rights' written into the smart contract: Before any system upgrade, users can withdraw assets to Layer 1 without thresholds, completely bidding farewell to the panic of 'upgrades mean losing everything.'
• On-chain neighborhood committee supervision: The newly established security committee is composed of institutions like Chainlink and OpenZeppelin, and any changes require 2/3 member signatures + community voting as double insurance.
2️⃣ Anti-failure nuclear weapons
• No fear of sequencer strikes: If the sequencer or prover goes down, the network automatically switches to 'emergency mode,' allowing users to submit transactions directly to the Ethereum mainnet.
• 24/7 heartbeat monitoring: Real-time on-chain data dashboard publicly displays node status, allowing miners to intervene and take over at any time.
3️⃣ Costs slashed to the floor
• Gas fees plummet by 90%: The Euclid upgrade introduces a new state compression algorithm, reducing the cost of a single Swap from 0.3 to 0.03, directly challenging Solana.
• Throughput surges 10 times: Actual tests show TPS breaking 200, with Scroll's test network processing daily transaction volumes overwhelming Arbitrum. #scr