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Research Brief
Research Brief · 20 May 2026
Through research on the following hot topics: major crypto liquidations over $526M, Echo Protocol's $76M exploit on Monad, Swan Bitcoin's alleged insider theft, and Pump.fun's upcoming USDC trading pairs for memecoins. My take: these stories show DeFi remains a minefield of hacks and insider games, while platforms like Pump.fun try to evolve. Things are heading toward stricter security measures and more regulatory scrutiny, but scams will adapt. Public sentiment is wary and frustrated, with victims feeling ignored and traders skeptical of new launches.
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We dont manage funds , We dont do Account handling , We dont give paid tips , We dont Discuss/give Return assurance on Call/Whatsapp DONT FALL FOR ANY SCAM ❌
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🗞 Catch up on the news over the last 24 hours! 🚨 Over $526M were liquidated from the crypto market in the past hour, with longs taking the hardest hit at $510M as $BTC dropped to $77K. 🇺🇸 Senator Cynthia Lummis says, “Now let’s get the Clarity Act to the President’s desk!
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We dont manage funds , We dont do Account handling , We dont give paid tips , We dont Discuss/give Return assurance on Call/Whatsapp DONT FALL FOR ANY SCAM ❌
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Bang disini ada yg suka posting trading crypto di sosial media pribadi, terus di dikatain "si paling trading", padahal kita ga merugikan orang lain dan ga buka kelas juga dan tidak mengajak juga, kenapa ya bang, apakah dengan kita posting trading profit kita di sosial media akan merugikan
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$STRC struggling to remain close to par is not particularly surprising after having absorbed $2bn more inflows in a week, and with $BTC dumping -7% from its highs. $STRC is now a $10bn mcap, which means that there is potentially $7bn worth of additional sell pressure co
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BTCFi protocol Echo exploited, targeting eBTC market on Monad: onchain analysts — link | AI comment
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Echo Protocol Regains Key Control, Burns Attacker's Remaining 955 eBTC Echo Protocol said an admin key leak led to unauthorized eBTC minting on Monad, causing about $816,000 in losses. The team said it has regained control of the admin key and burned the remaining 955 eBTC held by the attac
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Seeing WARD dump reminds me of something I’ve wanted to say for a long time. During the Binance Alpha TGE, the WARD team rugged all the KOL round allocations and still hasn’t distributed them to this day. Yet now the token pumps again just because of some random partnership announcement. That’s meme
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Victims question delay in action on pending PJ case over alleged luxury watch scam https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2026/05/19/victims-question-delay-in-action-on-pending-pj-case-over-alleged-luxury-watch-scam?utm_medium=socmed&utm_campaign=TG
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JPMorgan: ETH Has Lagged BTC on Price and Institutional Flows Since Oct. 2025 JPMorgan said ETH and the broader altcoin market may struggle to catch up with BTC without a meaningful rebound in network activity, DeFi adoption and real-world use cases. Analysts led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou noted tha
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Gambled on this base launch because they got second in hermes hackathon and its basically truth terminal for base CA: 0x3fa00c06032e3c023c4e02c93b4b6b5b7c5b2ba3 120k (still waiting for him to support ca so its a gamble)
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💡 CoinMarketCap | DexScan Updates 💡 DexScan just added Holders Data to TRON. Token allocation metrics are now visible directly where trading decisions actually happen. Better data means better decisions. Now you can: 🔷 See how the token supply is distributed 🔷 Avoid bundled tokens and potential rug
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Crypto Daily Digest & Alpha Feed — 2026.05.19 General News ■ Elon Musk Reveals Plan To File Appeal in Lawsuit Against OpenAI https://x.com/i/status/2056474896641782077 ■ Meta To Cut 20% of Global Workforce By May 20th, 2026 https://x.com/i/status/2056487435907866790 ■ Russia Approves And Announc
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Echo Protocol suffers $76 million exploit in eBTC minting attack on Monad The Bitcoin-focused DeFi protocol suffered an attack whereby about 1,000 unauthorized eBTC $77 million were minted on the Monad blockchain
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NEW: Swan Bitcoin faces a lawsuit for allegedly exploiting insider access to withdraw nearly $1B in Bitcoin and cash from Prime Trust, just days before the firm’s 2023 bankruptcy.
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ICYMI : Asia & EMEA news recap from James Hunt at The Block 👇 🪙 SEC eyes tokenized securities framework A new proposal could reshape how U.S. equities operate onchain. 🔗 Link 🦹 Echo exploit hits BTCFi Attackers minted fake collateral and borrowed WBTC on Monad. 🔗 Link ✍️ Minnesota approves crypt
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[2/2] （ The Block ） 6、 BNB Chain上线BNBAgent SDK 使AI代理能使用链上身份、自动支付和持久内存。 （Cointelegraph） 7、 以太坊基金会再有两名研究员辞职 （ The Block ） ━━ 合规与监管 ━━ 1、 Zerohash获MiCA下首张EMI牌照 将在欧洲提供稳定币和经纪服务。 （ The Block ） 2、 Galaxy获纽约BitLicense （ The Block ） 3、 明尼苏达州银行和信用合作社将于8月1日开始提供加密托管服务 （CoinDesk） 4、 英国央行与FCA为代币化提出"共同愿景"
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Live markets: Bitcoin hangs near $77,000 as interest rates continue to surge Crypto markets are flattish in early U.S. trading on Tuesday as stocks continue to struggle.
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⚡ Pump.fun 宣布 5/21 為新迷因幣引入「USDC 交易對」！社群憂：恐重創 SOL 鎖倉量 - Solana 迷因幣生態迎來重大轉折！發射台巨頭 Pump.fun 宣布將於 5 月 21 日起，正式開放新幣綁定 USDC 交易對。未來迷因幣畢業不再只能鎖定 SOL，這讓許多交易者樂見其成，認為有助於穩定價格與對抗波動。然而，這也引發了社群對 SOL 總鎖倉量（TVL）流失的擔憂；有 KOL 直言，Pump.fun 此舉將導致未來大量資金轉向 USDC，對 SOL 的長期需求無疑是一記重擊。 全文 👉 https://www.blocktempo.com/pumpfun-annou
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【 🔒 資訊安全｜Echo Protocol 遭駭：鑄 $76M 偽 eBTC、實損 82 萬美元】 Echo Protocol 在 Monad 上的 eBTC 部署遭駭，管理金鑰外洩、駭客鑄出 1,000 顆未授權 eBTC（帳面 $76M），但實際盜取僅 82 萬美元。955 顆 eBTC 已被 Echo 收回燒毀、跨鏈功能暫停。 #EchoProtocol #Monad #BTCFi 📍 閱讀全文： https://abmedia.io/echo-protocol-monad-ebtc-exploit-76m-may-2026
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Bitcoin DeFi Platform Echo Protocol Hit By $76M Monad Exploit Echo Protocol said that a compromised admin key had enabled unauthorized eBTC minting on its Monad deployment.
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[1/2] 【Crypto/TradFi 信息汇总】2026-05-20 00:00 ━━ 重要新闻 ━━ 1、 OpenAI联合创始人Karpathy加入Anthropic OpenAI创始成员、特斯拉前AI负责人Andrej Karpathy宣布加入Anthropic，未来数年将专注于前沿大语言模型研究与开发。同期，OpenAI赢下马斯克1500亿美元诉讼（陪审团认定已超时效），最早今年启动IPO，估值已达7300亿美元。 （ Foresight News | BlockBeats ） 2、 美SEC放宽上市公司披露规则，撤销50年"不否认"和解规则 SEC发布两项拟议
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I have followers on here in all different states and countries, let me ask you guys, in the state or country or region whatever where you live, what percentage of the people who live there can actually afford to live there? By afford to live there I mean be able to afford the average mortgage and be
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AI Slop Floods Bug Bounty Programs as Companies Struggle with Fake Reports Bug bounty platforms and software companies are struggling to handle a surge of low-quality, AI-generated vulnerability reports.
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Dezentral und Open Source ist die Zukunft https://fixupx.com/TFTC21/status/2056774252490317976 Martti Malmi, einer der frühesten Entwickler von Bitcoin, hat gerade eine neue Version von Nostr VPN veröffentlicht, einem Open-Source-Mesh-VPN, das das gesamte Vertrauensmodell traditioneller VPN-Dienste
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[EN] Intel представила Panther Lake R для суровых условий Intel представила патч для ядра Linux, который вводит Panther Lake R, ruggedизированную версию Panther Lake для использования в суровых условиях. Panther Lake R имеет новый идентификатор модели и предназначен для использования в промышленных
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No matter what happens with the primary election in the 4th district of Kentucky tonight, it is clear that Zionist influence is simultaneously both starting to lose its chokehold on the GOP and its voter base, and it's also exposing itself more and more as a hostile toxic influence on American p
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Echo：攻击事件源于管理员密钥泄露，已夺回控制权并销毁黑客剩余955枚eBTC — 🔗 link
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📋 GLOBAL BRIEFING | Tuesday, May 19, 2026 💻 TECH Kraken cuts 150 jobs ahead of IPO Crypto exchange Kraken reportedly slashed 150 staff due to AI efficiencies, potentially delaying its planned public listing. ₿ CRYPTO Verus Ethereum bridge exploited for $11.6M A vulnerability on the Verus Ethere
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Nền tảng Echo Protocol trên Monad bị exploit 76 triệu USD Echo Protocol đã chính thức xác nhận đang điều tra sự cố bảo mật liên quan đến Echo cross-chain bridge trên Monad và đây là vụ exploit lớn đầu tiên nổi bật trên Monad mainnet. 👉 https://theblock101.com/echo-protocol-bi-exploit-76-trieu-usd
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Echo Protocol suffered an ~$816K exploit on Monad https://x.com/EchoProtocol_/status/2056623150620873200?s=20
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3 major hacks in just 4 days https://x.com/i/status/2056529579813343720
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ECHO Token Crashes Double Digits After Massive Echo Protocol Exploit • Echo Protocol was exploited, resulting in the minting of 1,000 eBTC worth approximately $76.7 million, with the attacker using a previously tested exploit route involving Curvance. • The hacker has retained around 955 eBTC,
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⚡ Tarn-et-Garonne : deux personnes condamnées pour avoir exploité des travailleurs illégaux du Maroc https://ift.tt/gePucrp Les deux rabatteurs sont reconnus coupables d’escroquerie, fraude sociale et travail dissimulé dans le milieu agricole à Montauban et Montalzat.
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Ethereum Price Prediction: Is Sub-$2K Inevitable for ETH After Losing the 100-Day MA? • Ethereum is facing persistent selling pressure, struggling to reclaim key resistance levels around $2.3K–$2.4K, and is currently testing critical support near $2K. • A bearish breakdown has oc
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EU-Betrugsverdacht: Streit über blockierte Ermittlungen gegen Angelika Niebler #Politik #Deutschland zum Artikel...
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🔴 BREAKING NEWS US reviews psychedelic drugs for mental health Federal regulators are reevaluating the use of psychedelic compounds to treat widespread mental health conditions. The shift could reshape America’s approach to therapy amid rising depression and PTSD rates. A final decision on clinical
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The patience has been tested on this one 💀 Common GOLD what drugs are you on in MAY 😂
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Dezentral und Open Source ist die Zukunft https://fixupx.com/TFTC21/status/2056774252490317976 Martti Malmi, einer der frühesten Entwickler von Bitcoin, hat gerade eine neue Version von Nostr VPN veröffentlicht, einem Open-Source-Mesh-VPN, das das gesamte Vertrauensmodell traditioneller VPN-Dienste
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22-го мая вас ждет два танцпола, и сейчас мы расскажем про один их них 👇🏼 В ССК делаем исключительно Techno танцпол: - Четыре диджей сета от Chara, Chacky, LNGT и Annihilator_Gun aka Dubst3r - Live выступление от Dakeu А также 22-го мая состоится релиз сольного альбома “Retecht” от Tejat, который он
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New ETH Token Deployment 🏷️ Zest Protocol ( ZEST ) 🔖 0x0aAa735CFfdFCC626954D1929Ea90553454d1108 Token Details: 🔗 Chain: ETH 📃 Contract: 0x0aAa...1108 🪙 Supply: 1000000000 Token Checksums: 🧪 Method IDs Hash: #85ed30a9 └ ⚙️ Deploys: 1 • 🚀 Launched: 0 • 🛑 Rugged: 0 🍥 Functions Text: #85e088bd └ ⚙️ Depl
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⚠️ New liquidity position found - $UNCTON ⚠️ Name: Uncle Ton Address : EQBA7C72sNZ2h_eNwpNWSVxXkovIase6XouSF7bGPGwVrhhE Jetton's contract init : 2026-05-05 21:57:08 ✅ Ownership: revoked Creator : EQDgGcPDYiI9TJvkLTYcivZKJnr06sCeRvWzK0a5zTbRZ1xB Creator's wallet init : 2026-05-05 21:57:0
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New ETH Token Deployment 🏷️ GPU Nodes ( gETH ) 🔖 0x48dE03787b92eA2B353327e06fe1931bBF93191E Token Details: 🔗 Chain: ETH 📃 Contract: 0x48dE...191E 🪙 Supply: 21000000 Token Checksums: 🧪 Method IDs Hash: #d8e55dc6 └ ⚙️ Deploys: 1 • 🚀 Launched: 0 • 🛑 Rugged: 0 🍥 Functions Text: #2055f301 └ ⚙️ Deploys: 1
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New ETH Token Deployment 🏷️ Moose ( MOOSE ) 🔖 0xc04bf8C8a82167149d4198Ba474e2386B29bb1f1 Token Details: 🔗 Chain: ETH 📃 Contract: 0xc04b...b1f1 🪙 Supply: 10000 Token Checksums: 🧪 Method IDs Hash: #7593dd94 └ ⚙️ Deploys: 1 • 🚀 Launched: 0 • 🛑 Rugged: 0 🍥 Functions Text: #c06414ff └ ⚙️ Deploys: 2 • 🚀 L
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⚠️ New liquidity position found - $JOOBI ⚠️ Name: JOOBI Address : EQB5jqHoxZ8aiZdznfVb4ARrr7sBSEnTdZXmKDNu5TOIJiaL Jetton's contract init : 2026-05-05 22:05:21 ✅ Ownership: revoked Creator : EQBoRc2ej9nkcd_jG8EfQpvwM5f8ALunOFRf7z0PKHWMUR7n Creator's wallet init : 2026-05-05 22:05:18 Des
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⚠️ New liquidity position found - $GRUMPY ⚠️ Name: GrumpyCat Address : EQAyTMYXpYQlIt1MrOa_duV3K0KYBgPUYlqbKeajM94_K7Hg Jetton's contract init : 2026-05-05 22:12:39 ✅ Ownership: revoked Creator : EQBMbkK1NrYE493fmyhtBMPaw8qswm5YXYIMatuOA2Rfrm2a Creator's wallet init : 2026-05-05 22:12:3
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⚠️ New liquidity position found - $sellor ⚠️ Name: michul sellor Address : EQCfTJ-n7SBxff27TMJuWD_36LWrBza8MVhKtgCkkl4hBpJb Jetton's contract init : 2026-05-05 22:52:52 ✅ Ownership: revoked Creator : EQCPogYSbLB8hrh8pwTqw79FBOiRy2XH5QpKVomTakzdih69 Creator's wallet init : 2026-05-05 22:
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⚠️ New liquidity position found - $AR ⚠️ Name: Ayanami Rei Address : EQDnBKlrklj9IijYGKr8q__nDJrIkDUKAZLwj4hlZ0KbbJT3 Jetton's contract init : 2026-05-05 22:56:45 ✅ Ownership: revoked Creator : EQC8-e3kvN6sU7zKa3IpTxK3MCxjJuRtuR1Ra_deotfEJ3QU Creator's wallet init : 2026-05-05 22:56:16
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