Ethena’s USDe supply on Solana rises by over $450M in 4 days

Blockchain tracking firm Arkham Intelligence has labeled a set of suspicious wallets as “THORChain Exploiter” addresses, with one Bitcoin-linked wallet holding close to 36.85 BTC — worth roughly $3 million — and a separate Ethereum wallet carrying around 216 ETH. The funds are sitting there, visible on-chain, linked to two addresses that security researchers have […]

The latest shareholder letter from DeFi Development Corp., a Nasdaq-listed Solana treasury company, shows that its fully converted SOL per share has grown 108% over the past year, rising from 0.0322 on May 13, 2025, to 0.0670 on May 13, 2026.  The growth is notable because it came during a difficult period for Solana’s price action, particularly in the first quarter of 2026, where the SOL price has been struggling with bearish momentum. Related Reading: XRP Records Biggest Spike In Network Usage In 2 Months Solana Treasury Growth Shows A New Source Of Demand According to a May shareholder letter from DeFi Development Corp., a Solana treasury company, the company has more than doubled its fully converted SOL per share into 108%.  The 108% growth highlighted by DeFi Development Corp. is based on SOL per share, a metric the company uses to measure how much Solana backs each fully converted share. The company reported 2,294,576 SOL and SOL equivalents as of May 13, 2026, with approximately

SOL holds the triangle breakout support near $81.30 as buyers watch $90, $98, $120, and $145 resistance levels. Solana traded near a key support area after a sharp pullback from $96, while buyers defended the breakout zone on the daily chart. The move followed a descending triangle breakout and a retest of former resistance as […] The post SOL Holds New Support After Triangle Breakout As Buyers Defend Zone appeared first on Live Bitcoin News.

Jito Labs' JTX could reshape Solana's trading landscape by enhancing on-chain trading appeal, challenging centralized exchanges' dominance. The post Jito Labs expands into consumer trading with JTX on Solana appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

The $292 million KelpDAO exploit is among the biggest crypto losses of 2026. The impact of this attack on users’ confidence was broad, triggering a $13.5 billion drop in DeFi total value locked (TVL). However, recent developments suggest a return in market confidence. Related Reading: ZachXBT Claims LAB Insiders Control 95% After $6 Billion Crypto […]

Intesa Sanpaolo more than doubled its crypto exposure from $100M to $235M between Q4 2025 and Q1 2026. The bank entered Ethereum and XRP for the first time via BlackRock’s iShares and Grayscale’s XRP Trust ETFs. Intesa nearly exited Solana entirely, cutting holdings from 266,320 shares to just 2,817 in one quarter. Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy’s […] The post Italy’s Top Bank Raises Crypto Holdings to $235M Amid Institutional Push appeared first on Live Bitcoin News.

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The post Is ETH Still the Backbone of Web3? appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Ethereum is no longer just “the smart contract chain.” In 2026, it is better understood as a settlement layer, liquidity hub, developer base, staking network, ETF asset, and foundation for a growing web of Layer 2 ecosystems. That makes the question more nuanced than whether Ethereum is still important. The real question is whether ETH still captures enough value from the activity built around it. For crypto investors, DeFi users, builders, and Web3 businesses, Ethereum remains difficult to ignore. It still anchors much of the DeFi economy, supports major stablecoin and tokenized asset activity, and serves as the base layer for many rollups. At the same time, users now interact with Ethereum through Layer 2 networks more often than through Ethereum Mainnet itself. This guide explains Ethereum’s 2026 position without hype. It looks at what Ethereum still does well, where the risks are, how Layer 2 scaling c