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Research Brief
Research Brief · 17 May 2026
Through research on the following hot topics: Telegram channels are buzzing with new GameFi and farming pools like Hamster Eldorado and INSIDERAA, plus cross-chain expansions for Blum Perps and PocketFi. Major concerns include Aave’s potential $230M loss from a Kelp DAO bridge exploit and Bitmine’s $6B unrealized ETH losses. Grayscale’s institutional moves and Coinbase CEO’s optimism on crypto legislation also stand out.
My take: The mix of hype around airdrops and serious DeFi risks shows a market chasing quick gains while ignoring vulnerabilities. This feels unsustainable.
Prediction: Expect more regulatory clarity soon, but exploit frequency will rise, forcing stricter security standards.
Public sentiment is split—excited for new earning opportunities but anxious about hacks and market stability.
#1
🚀 Welcome to Hamster Eldorado!
All unclaimed and vested $HMSTR tokens can now be converted into HamsterVerse Gold at an incredible value!
✨ Why is this amazing?
· Get real value in HamsterVerse games based on the $HMSTR listing price
· Spend your Gold on exclusive in-game items
#2
🔥 INSIDERAA Farming Pool is LIVE! 🔥
📚 Learn. Play. Earn. Level up your crypto game and farm RAA Points now!
INSIDERAA, the Duolingo-style GameFi app for Web3 & Trading lessons, is launching its first Farming Pool in partnership with Tomarket! 💹🧠
⏰ Farming Pool Timeline
📅 Start: Apr 18, 16:00 (UTC
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🔧 **Scheduled Maintenance **
We’ll be performing a scheduled database maintenance & data migration to keep everything running smooth.
📅 February 16 (Monday)
🕐 10:30–12:30 UTC
Expected downtime: ~1 hour
Full 2-hour window reserved just in case.
During this time, some services may be temporarily u
#4
🔥 Trump’s Empire Farming Pool is LIVE! 🚀
Ready to rise from zero to president? Start farming Points now and claim your share of up to 100 STARS rewards! 💥
📅 Farming Pool Duration:
Start: May 15, 16:00 (UTC+8)
End: May 22, 16:00 (UTC+8)
💰 How It Works:
Collect Points during the farming period.
A
#5
💸** USDT & USDC deposits on Arbitrum & Polygon are now supported on **[**Blum Perps**](https://t.me/blum/app?startapp=to_perps)**!**
Top up your Perps wallet the way you like – choose Arbitrum or Polygon, whatever fits you best ⚡️
👉 [**Go to Wallet → Perps → Deposit and start trading**](https://t.
#6
💔 **Aave Faces Potential $230 Million Loss After Kelp DAO Bridge Exploit**
🚨 A recent exploit involving the __Kelp DAO__ bridge and __LayerZero__ has put **Aave's lending protocol at risk of losing up to $230 million**. The incident revolves around the **rsETH liquid token** for restaking, issued b
#7
**🟥**** PocketFi 2.0 is HERE — trade Solana tokens via TON Connect
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With [**PocketFi 2.0**](http://t.me/pocketfi_bot/V2GOLDEN), we’ve unlocked the full potential **Solana** for the **TON community**, transforming your everyday crypto experience into digital art** ****⤵️**
[**Start your Solana jou
#8
Have a great weekend... and happy new year, traders! 🥂❤️🎉
2023 was a remarkable year for markets, spanning a global recovery in stocks, crypto, and global indices. Fascinating trades have emerged including the outperformance in Bitcoin, Coinbase, NVIDIA, and more.
Knowing which assets thrived
#9
The best and worst stocks of 2023 ⤵️⤵️
Top performing stocks of the year (market cap over $5 billion):
1. Carvana +1,062%
2. Bridgebio +485%
3. Coinbase +446%
4. Symbotic +350%
5. Microstrategy +347%
6. Applovin +250%
7. NVIDIA +244%
8. Super Micro Computer +244%
9. Duolingo +231%
10. DraftKi
#10
Our gift to traders everywhere...
Introducing three new screeners, now available globally:
1. Stock screener: scan all equities, for anything.
2. Coins screener: find new cryptos breaking out.
3. ETF screener: discover emerging funds.
This release marks a new era in screening for the most impor
#11
**🪂 AIRDROP: $5,000+ in SWITCH sent to July traders. TOP 1 trader made +3742% PnL!**
[**10M+ SWITCH**](https://t.me/pocketfi_bot/V2GOLDEN?startapp=-eyJuZXR3b3JrIjoidG9uIiwiYWRkcmVzcyI6IkVRQnhvNGh1VkpYYWYxWk9kd25uRGR4YTlPVm95TkdoWE1zSlZ6b2JteFNXSVRDSCIsInV0bV9zb3VyY2UiOiJ0ZWxlZ3JhbSIsInV0bV9tZWRpdW0
#12
**IO DeFi Helps Crypto Holders Generate Stable Daily USD Income**
As the crypto market matures, more investors are shifting from short-term price speculation to consistent daily USD income. This trend goes far beyond stablecoins.
Today’s portfolios often include BTC, ETH, USDT, USDC, XRP, SOL, and
#13
📈 **Grayscale Expands Institutional Crypto Exposure Amid Evolving Market**
🔍 **Grayscale, a prominent crypto asset manager, is broadening its institutional crypto exposure by evaluating a diverse range of digital tokens across various sectors.** On January 12, 2026, the company released an updated
#14
⚠️ **Tom Lee–Linked Bitmine Sits on $6B in Unrealized Losses on ETH Reserve **
**💭**** Bitmine Immersion Technologies, a publicly traded digital asset treasury firm linked to investor Tom Lee**, is facing more than $6 billion in unrealized losses on its Ether reserves after the latest downturn in c
#15
**JUST IN:** 🇺🇸 Coinbase CEO Brain Armstrong says today is a "historic day for crypto and for the future of digital assets in America."
"Let's get CLARITY done."
@WatcherGuru
#16
**JUST IN:** Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says crypto market structure legislation is "closer than ever" to being passed.
@WatcherGuru
#17
**🟦 NO NEED TO SWITCH NETWORKS ANYMORE! **
🔥 **BASE is live in PocketFi!** 🔥**
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This is not just a new chain. This is a **SEAMLESS CROSS-CHAIN TRADING EXPERIENCE.
**
❤️ [**PocketFi**](https://t.me/pocketfi_bot/V2GOLDEN?startapp=-eyJ1dG1fc291cmNlIjoidGVsZWdyYW0iLCJ1dG1fbWVkaXVtIjoicG9ja2V0ZmZpX25l
#18
Zelensky and Trump may be doing better, but tough issues lie ahead
The consequences of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s contentious White House visit last month appear to have abated. But this week’s negotiations in Saudi Arabia suggest the conversation over how to end the war in Ukraine
#19
🌟 Hey CELL players! We've got answers to your burning questions! 🌟
You asked, we listened. Here's a quick FAQ round-up to keep you in the loop:
Q: When is the listing/TGE/AirDrop?
🔄 $CELL will be launched on Human Network. As soon as that's live, we'll plan the AirDrop
#20
📊 **Bitcoin's Current Market Position: A Balancing Act**
📉 Bitcoin is currently priced at **$89,907** with a market cap of **$1.79 trillion** and a **24-hour trading volume** of **$45.09 billion**. Despite an intraday range between **$88,532** and **$90,788**, the market appears to be in a __consol
#21
Рабів до раю не пускають. Це сенс українського тлумачення волі. Це причина, чому на нашій землі ворога не залишиться.
Сьогодні ми вшановуємо героїв, які віддали своє життя за Україну й українців у час Революції Гідності, – Героїв Небесної Сотні. Людей різного віку та професій, різних регіонів, але
#22
🌍 **Balaji Srinivasan: Cryptocurrency as a Foundation for a New Global Order**
💬 **Balaji Srinivasan,** former CTO of Coinbase and author of __The Network State,__ argues that **cryptocurrency was designed to establish a "code-based order" as traditional institutions decline.** He views blockchain
#23
🔴 **April: The Worst Month for Cryptocurrency Security in a Year**
💔 **April marked the worst month for the cryptocurrency market in terms of security, with losses from hacks exceeding $630 million across more than 25 incidents.** Decentralized finance (DeFi) was at the center of these events, **wi
#24
📈 **Bitcoin's Upward Trend: Will It Continue? Expert Opinions**
🔍 In its latest analysis, __The DeFi Report__ evaluated the current state of cryptocurrency markets and future forecasts. Analyst **Mike** believes that despite geopolitical events and short-term growth, prices may fall to lower levels
#25
**GramFi – Telegram-Native InfoFi**
📌 **About the Project**:
GramFi is a Telegram-native InfoFi platform designed to transform on-chain and social attention into measurable value.
While Kaito introduced the concept of “yapping” on X to farm influence and visibility, GramFi brings this dynamic dire
#26
🌍 **PayPal Expands PYUSD Stablecoin Access to 68 New Countries**
🚀 **PayPal has significantly broadened the reach of its dollar-pegged stablecoin, PYUSD,** now available to users in **70 countries** following a recent expansion into **68 additional markets.** Previously limited to the **U.S. and U.
#27
🚀**Clawd token skyrocket in last 12 hours**!
Clawd Bot is an autonomous AI agent created by developer Austin Griffith that independently builds and deploys dApps on Ethereum (specifically on Base), manages its own $CLAWD token, and runs experiments such as prediction markets for selecting a PFP and
#28
*IRAN: STRAIT WON'T REOPEN BASED ON TRUMP'S 'ABSURD' DISPLAYS: BBG
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60.3K viewsTree News Bot, 13:42
#29
Started using GMGN for most of my trading and rly liking it so far
Similar to photon and bullx but w several gamechanging features
- track wallets
- smart money ai tracking
- copy trading (including on smart money)
- new launches
- trading bot (sol eth blast base tron)
- amazing UI
- best a
#30
Commercial Russian port attacked for the first time in the 18-month war, Ukraine says
Ukrainian sea drones attacked a major Russian port on the Black Sea on Friday, damaging a naval ship, according to a Ukrainian official, the latest in a series of strikes inside Russia as Kyiv vowed to bring the f
#31
An AI-enabled teddy bear sold by a Singapore-based company is back on the shelves after researchers discovered it chats unprompted about sexual fetishes and other unsuitable topics. https://bloom.bg/3M4UYmv
📷: FoloToy
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58.8K views10:40
#32
**BASE** **loading** 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ... [80%]
#33
**Binance Alpha Will Remove REX, XO, TANSSI, DARKSTAR, YALA, RCADE, RDAC, SKATE, OVL, SLAY, Ghibli (SOL), Ghibli (BSC), PHY, VLR, SVSA, WBAI, EDGEN, FAIR3, MM, BUBB, AICell, XLAB, SIGHT (2026-04-30)
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Based on recent reviews, tokens that do not adhere to Binance Alpha’s standards have been removed
#34
💡 **Ethereum as the "Fuel" for AI Agents: Insights from Jordi Visser**
🚀 **Jordi Visser, the founder of 22V Research, has recently increased his position in Ethereum,** predicting a **massive tokenization of assets this year that will serve as the foundation for AI agent payments.**
🔗 Visser empha
#35
Coinbase listed $PEPE on spot
How many times did I fkn tell u guys this was the genny play
Gg
#36
**Binance Alpha Will Remove PRAI, COMMON, PINGPONG, TAKER, JANITOR, GATA, KLINK, CORL, SWTCH, ARIAIP, LONG, ZKWASM, GORILLA, ECHO, LITKEY, FIR, GM, DELABS, DONKEY, WHY (2026-05-14)
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Based on recent reviews, tokens that do not adhere to Binance Alpha’s standards and will be removed from the featuri
#37
Quantumult X 1.5.6 (914) is ready to test on iOS.
What to Test
- Add support for anyTLS ([https://github.com/anytls/anytls-go](https://github.com/anytls/anytls-go))
- Standard TLS:
[anytls=](http://example.com:443/)[example.com:443](http://example.com:443/)[,](http://example.com:443/) password=pw
#38
**Binance Will Cease Support for Deposits and Withdrawals of Tokens on Selected Networks - 2026-05-14**
Binance will be ceasing support for deposits and withdrawals of the following tokens via the networks stipulated below from 2026-05-14 08:00 (UTC). After 2026-05-14 08:00 (UTC), any deposits sent
#39
#Telegram #群友 #极客 #真实写照
📱 [**Telegram 机友“赛博修仙”爱好图鉴**](https://t.me/tossichannel/2980)
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这是一份基于 Telegram 极客圈子（MJJ）日常行为观察的“赛博修仙”指南。从折腾支付、囤积服务器到删库跑路，每条都是真实的血泪折腾与快乐
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**💸 一、跨境金融与支付狂热**
• 外汇循环：绞尽脑汁在国内花外汇，又想方设法在国外花人民币；
• 资金搬运：整天研究如何把 RMB 带出去，下一秒又研究怎么把外汇弄进来；
• 卡片收集：办一堆国内没用的卡，再办一堆国外更没用的卡，最后让钱在这些废卡之间反复横跳；
#40
Microsoft Edge 117 Stable released, supports restoring recently deleted bookmarks
#microsoft #windows #edge #browser
Via: askvg
AskVG
[Software Update] Microsoft Edge 147.0.3912.98 Stable Released, Here is What’s New and Fixed
UPDATE: Release of Microsoft Edge 147.0.3912.98 stabl
#41
**Binance Will Delist ATA, FARM, MLN, PHB, SYS on 2026-05-27**
Based on our most recent reviews, we have decided to delist and cease trading on all spot trading pairs for the following token(s) at **2026-05-27 03:00 (UTC)**:
- Automata (ATA)
- Harvest Finance (FARM)
- Enzyme (MLN)
- Phoenix (PHB)
-
#42
**Binance Will Support the Base Network Upgrade & Hard Fork - 2026-05-21**
Starting at approximately 2026-05-21 17:00 (UTC), Binance will suspend the deposits and withdrawals of token(s) on the Base network to support its network upgrade and hard fork to ensure the best user experience.
👉🏻[Learn
#43
Bet you’re sick of crypto conferences.
We’ve been working hard to make sure Breakpoint 2024 is different. Here’s the TLDR:
1. New Format. No panels. Expect four formats: 5-min, 5-slide product keynotes, debates with formal motions, fireside chats between industry practitioners, and headline talks
#44
ARBITRUM FREEZES 30,766 ETH LINKED TO SUSPECTED NORTH KOREAN AAVE, KELPDAO EXPLOITERS: https://x.com/arbitrum/status/2046435443680346189
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46.4K viewsTree News Bot, 03:57
#45
**Binance Will Extend the Monitoring Tag to Include NFP, NOM, POND, QUICK & VIC on 2026-04-30**
Based on recent reviews, Binance will extend the Monitoring Tag to include more tokens on 2026-04-30.
The tokens to be added to the Monitoring Tag list are:
- NFPrompt Token (NFP)
- Nomina (NOM)
- Marl
#46
青龙 v2.16.4
更新说明:
1. 脚本推送增加自定义 webhook 方式
2. 增加 chronocat 无头模式的QQNT推送, 感谢 [youfak](https://github.com/youfak)
3. task 命令支持给脚本传参，使用 -- 分割，后面的参数都会传给脚本
4. 系统日志增加置顶置底按钮
5. 定时任务详情增加额外定时展示
6. 定时任务增加前后规则校验，不能包含 task 命令
7. 修复定时任务间隔较小，任务状态不准确
8. 修复定时任务日志滚动
9. 修复 QlBaseUrl 末尾不加斜杠无法访问
10. 修复定时任务详情页查看历史日志异常
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#47
**🟥 PocketFi: New Features**. **February 2026.**
🪙** Direct USDT Deposits**
Deposit USDT on Base, BSC, Solana, TON, and TRC networks. Funds are automatically converted to USDC and ready to trade.
**👻**** Hide ~~annoying ~~Any Position**
No more dusty, unsellable memes cluttering your portfolio. Hi
#48
**Binance Completes Integrations of USDC on Starknet Network and USD1 on AB Chain, Opens Deposits and Withdrawals - 2026-04-30
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Binance has completed the integrations of USDC (USDC) on the Starknet network and World Liberty Financial USD (USD1) on the AB Chain. Deposits and withdrawals are now op
#49
- Add XTLS Vision for VLESS.
vless=192.168.1.1:443, method=none, password=23ad6b10-8d1a-40f7-8ad0-e3e35cd32291, obfs=over-tls, obfs-host=apple.com, reality-base64-pubkey=k4Uxez0sjl8bKaZH2Vgi8-WDFshML51QkxKFLWFIONk, reality-hex-shortid=0123456789abcdef, vless-flow=xtls-rprx-vision, tag=vless-tls-rea
#50
Okay based on the first reactions it seemed like the naming convention issue brought by Zach didn't get much reflection in you.
In this case, I'd like to share a more practical guidance I used recently when had to test a k8s operator setup locally.
The topic is:
Go: Testing Kubernetes Ap
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