Aave overhauls listing standards after $230 Million rsETH exploit exposed bridge risks

An official postmortem traced the exploit to a LayerZero bridge verification failure and outlined a sweeping overhaul of Aave's asset-listing standards as DeFi risks shift beyond smart contract bugs.

source https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/06/01/aave-overhauls-listing-standards-after-usd230-million-rseth-exploit-exposed-bridge-risks

A massive $1.26 billion sale of BlackRock’s IBIT was likely a rapid exit by a large investor

NYDIG, meanwhile, rejected the basis-trade theory, citing the large discount and the lack of an unusual spike in corresponding CME bitcoin futures volume.

source https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/05/31/a-massive-usd1-26-billion-sale-of-blackrock-s-ibit-was-likely-a-rapid-exit-by-a-large-investor

How the House Financial Services Committee is taking on tokenization: State of Crypto

Rep. French Hill, head of the House Financial Services Committee, weighed in on outstanding policy issues in an interview with CoinDesk last month.

source https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/05/31/how-the-house-financial-services-committee-is-taking-on-tokenization-state-of-crypto

How Stellar became part of DTCC's tokenization push for Wall Street securities onchain

Wall Street's clearing giant chose a public blockchain with compliance tools built for regulated assets, Stellar Development Foundation CEO Denelle Dixon said.

source https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/05/31/how-stellar-became-part-of-dtcc-s-tokenization-push-for-wall-street-securities-onchain

The institutional edge: moomoo targets Wall Street-grade trading tools for retail crypto investors

The brokerage giant says the future of investing won’t be defined by asset access alone but by the quality of tools investors get.

source https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/05/28/the-institutional-edge-moomoo-pushes-to-offer-wall-street-grade-crypto-tools-to-retail-investors

Bitcoin's wild days are over — and Trace Mayer says that's a good thing

The creator of the Mayer Multiple argues bitcoin’s growing economic substance is compressing volatility and attracting deeper capital.

source https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/05/28/dnp-trace-mayer-bitcoin-s-volatility-compression-is-a-sign-of-maturity-not-weakness

XRP Ledger's new proposal blocks the flash loan attacks costing DeFi hundreds of millions

A draft XRPL amendment notes that flash loan attacks are "structurally impossible" on the network because of how its transactions are built, an architectural quirk that has spared the chain from the exploit class that has cost Ethereum DeFi billions.

source https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/05/29/xrp-ledger-s-new-proposal-blocks-the-flash-loan-attacks-costing-defi-hundreds-of-millions