Aave (AAVE)

Surfacing risk in DeFi protocols earlier could’ve saved billions of dollars. @l2beat already does this for L2s, but we need the same review depth for all DeFi protocols. DeFi Punk'd could fill this security hole. It's a risk assessment site for more than 8,000 DeFi protocols, where anyone can run a pre-built AI prompt on any protocol and submit a risk score. Each protocol gets a visual risk score across 5 categories: Control, Ability to Exit, Autonomy, Open Access, and Verifiability. To check info about any protocol: → Go to https://t.co/gpQeluT7vc and search for it → Each category shows a color - green (low risk), orange (moderate risk), red (high risk), and gray (not assessed yet) → You can click on any category to read what the models found, the evidence they cited, and how many models agreed on the score The tier badge for protocols shows the review depth, from lowest to highest (Wood, Bronze, Silver, and Gold) Any user can contribute a score as well: → Open any protocol page and click on any non-assessed category → Click on "Copy prompt" and run it on any AI (Claude, ChatGPT) → Hit "Submit run" and submit the output from the AI on GitHub This risk data is crucial for the space, especially after all the recent exploits.

It is a new month and the space never stops building. Upgrades, TGEs, irl meetups, token unlocks and more still happening. Here are some events you should look up to this week👇 ------------------------ ➢ On May 4, @vergecurrency preview for its software goes live. It previews new software applications, features, and future plans for the next build cycle. ------------------------ ➢ On May 5, @Creditcoin USC CC3 Testnet launches. It advances Creditcoin's credit infrastructure protocol with its testnet phase ahead of its mainnet upgrade. ------------------------ ➢ On May 6, @StellarOrg Yardstick Mainnet Vote goes live. It is a key governance milestone where Stellar validators vote on deploying the Yardstick upgrade to integrate new protocol configuration. ------------------------ ➢ On May 6, @monero FCMP++ 2nd Testnet launches. It is the beta stressnet phase for Monero's major FCMP++ privacy upgrade, improving transaction untraceability at the protocol level. ------------------------ ➢ On May 7, @aave Frozen ETH Vote will come to an end. It is an Aave governance vote on a proposal to freeze ETH-related lending markets. ------------------------ ➢ On May 7, @Starknet SNIP 38 Vote will come to an end. It is a Starknet community governance vote on improvement proposal SNIP 38, affecting whether to approve the design of strkBTC and the signer and whether to make strkBTC a staking asset. ------------------------ ➢ On May 7, @wmchain Weekly Livestream airs. It covers the latest World Mobile network updates, partnership news, and community Q&A for the community. ------------------------ ➢ On May 8, @Mantle_Official MIP-34 Vote will end. It is a governance vote on Mantle Improvement Proposal 34, this is a stratgeic credit facility for Aave DAO on the rsETH exploitation. ------------------------ ➢ On May 10, @dfinity Cloud Engines Demo goes live. It demonstrates ICP's new decentralized Cloud Engines feature, this will be launched on Internet computer's 5th birthday. ------------------------ ➢ On May 10, @HuobiGlobal AI Trading Assistant launches. It introduces an AI-powered trading assistant tool integrated within Huobi's exchange ecosystem. ------------------------ We will be seeing some token unlocks this week ➢ @ethena to unlock 171M $ENA ($17.3M) on May 5 ➢ @opinionlabsxyz to unlock 32.09M $OPN ($5.3M) on May 5 ➢ @HyperliquidX to unlock 9.92M $HYPE ($16.39M) on May 6 ➢ @redstone_defi to unlock 40.85M $RED ($5.5M) on May 7 ➢ @spaceandtime to unlock 387M $SXT ($6.1M) on May 8 ➢ @avax to unlock 700K $AVAX on May 4–10 ➢ @LayerZero_Core to unlock linear daily tranche $ZRO in May ----------------------- We will also be seeing TGE ➢ @billions_ntwk $BILL TGE on May 4th. ------------------------ There will be some irl meetups this week also ➢ HederaCon 2026 on May 4 in Miami, United State. ➢ Consensus Miami 2026 on May 5-7 in Miamai, U.S. ➢ GISEC GLOBAL 2026 on May 5 - 7 in Dubai, UAE. ➢ Solana Accelerate USA on May 5 in Miamai, U.S. ➢ Finovate Spring 2026 on May 5 - 7 in San Diego Carlifornia, U.S. Which did i miss, Lemme know in the comments 👇

Why is crypto so tribalistic? I would say it's this way for a few reasons: -Fdvs are always priced against the known competitors. Monad will be priced as a % against BNB, ETH, SOL. New DeFi apps will be priced against AAVE. This trickles all the way down to the latest projects raising as well. -It's BTC vs. ETH. Or LIT vs. HYPE. Or CRV vs. AAVE. Or MON vs. MEGA. Or APT vs. SUI. Or ARB vs. OP. Or LINK vs. PYTH. Or dozens of others. -The industry is very pvp. Traders, teams, exchanges, MMs, VCs, and everyone else are trying to max extract from everyone else. This creates a culture that means it's pretty 0 sum. -Because of the pvp nature and because the native liquidity/users have been declining for years now, teams and projects are fighting over the same userbase. perp dexes are looking for the same whale traders, DeFi protocols also looking for liquidity through incentives. L1s / L2s are trying to find the best builders out of the same pool (generally). -Tokens add another level of financial incentives that allow direct visible pricing. It's right there in front of you and when 99% of crypto projects aren't based in real fundamentals, you are forced to only look at the price of a token for security as an 'investor'. -Crypto is usually based on attention. Attention on 1 project or sector usually means less attention on another. This isn't the stock market, where there are thousands of companies who are moving up and down daily with legit fundamentals in thousands of different sectors. This is crypto, where attention and liquidity moves like a hot ball of fire I could go on and on about it but this has been a thing for as long as I've been in crypto (10 years now). I don't see this stopping either.