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According to the official announcement, Gate DEX has officially launched the Welfare Center. The Welfare Center is designed around the entire process of on-chain trading, guiding users to quickly complete their first on-chain transaction and continuously receive more rewards through novice tasks, trading challenges, and exclusive rights. Whether it's the first experience with Gate DEX or long-term active trading users, everyone can complete corresponding tasks in the Welfare Center to receive up to 5,400+ USDT contract trial funds.Specific benefits include: Novice tasks, where users can start the "7-day novice growth task" upon entering the Welfare Center. By connecting Gate Wallet and completing specified on-chain actions such as the first spot, contract, Swap, and Meme Go transactions, users can receive rewards;Advanced trading challenges, where users complete net recharge and trading challenges, unlocking higher-level rewards as trading volume increases; Meme & exchange exclusive challenges, where users can not only receive rewards after completing corresponding level tasks but also unlock Gate DEX exclusive Gas-free rights, reducing on-chain trading costs.

According to Cointelegraph, Ethereum is embroiled in a fierce governance debate over the source of core development funding. Last Friday, former Ethereum Foundation contributor Trenton Van Epps warned that as old support programs deplete and foundation expenditures shrink, the core development ecosystem could face a "slow-burning funding crisis" within three to nine months, requiring approximately $30 million annually to maintain over a dozen clients, research, and coordination teams.The core of the debate stems from the "validator redirect income" proposal put forward by Kleros co-founder Clément Lesaege, which suggests redirecting 0% to 10% of validator rewards to an ecosystem funding pool, estimated to generate about 50,000 to 70,000 ETH annually at current staking levels. This proposal has faced widespread opposition, with critics warning that it could entrench the power of large validators and blur the boundaries between operations and governance. Some community members previously countered that the foundation's funds are sufficient to operate for 30 years, but the foundation's actual decisions indicate that it is actively shrinking expenditures and pushing for diversified funding models.On Monday, a nonprofit organization called EthLabs was announced, initiated by five former Ethereum Foundation researchers, aiming to directly fund development through large ETH holders. On Tuesday, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin stated that the foundation is cutting its budget by about 40% according to established policies and has recently laid off 54 people.

According to CoinDesk, the Ethereum research forum has released a new proposal introducing the "validator redirect revenue" mechanism, allowing validators to redirect 0% to 10% of staking rewards to fund ecosystem infrastructure and public goods. If a majority of validators support a certain percentage, that percentage will be enforced for all validators. Based on current staking levels, a redirect of 5% to 10% could bring approximately 50,000 to 70,000 ETH to the ecosystem each year, equivalent to about 120 million dollars.The proposal aims to address the long-standing "free-rider" problem in Ethereum, but it has also raised concerns about the risks of validators jointly manipulating the flow of funds and the misalignment of interests between staking operators and ETH holders. The proposal is currently still in the discussion phase and has not yet entered the formal voting process.

According to official news, Gate will launch the TradFi CFD Gold Master Tournament event from June 11 at 18:00 to July 11 at 18:00 (UTC+8). During the event, users can sign up and participate in trading TradFi CFD related assets such as gold, silver, crude oil, foreign exchange, US stocks, and indices, giving them the chance to participate in the Gold Master Trading Leaderboard, Yield Master Leaderboard, and the Gold Lucky Bag hourly lottery event, sharing leaderboard rewards equivalent to a maximum of 500,000 USDT and a total of 1,020g gold rewards.In addition, new users who open positions in the CFD sector for the first time, complete their first CFD transaction, and have a position amount reaching 1,000 USDx can also receive a 200 USDx CFD position experience voucher. Users can obtain lottery qualifications for the Gold Lucky Bag after completing tasks such as trading, inviting friends, or VIP upgrades; users at VIP5 and above can also participate in exclusive gold lotteries and daily free lottery opportunities in the regular session to win additional gold rewards.

According to Bits.media, the reward pool of the NovaBox platform was hacked on June 9 on Ethereum, resulting in a loss of approximately 56.73 ETH, affecting over 130 deposit users. The attacker drained the pool's funds from 65.11 ETH to 0.09 ETH in a single transaction, accounting for about 99.86%.Security company F12 stated that the incident was not due to a smart contract vulnerability, but rather a flaw in the reward distribution mechanism. The attacker borrowed 427.5 WETH through an Aave V3 flash loan, exploiting a loophole in NovaBox's mechanism of distributing dividends before updating balances when users deposit or withdraw. The hacker first deposited a small amount of NOVA tokens to trigger the dividend calculation, then deposited a large amount of ETH, significantly increasing the actual share. However, since the system did not update the balance in time, dividends were still calculated based on the previous small share, while payments were made based on the new large share, resulting in approximately 145.82 ETH of "phantom dividends," which drained the reward pool.

The Ethereum treasury company SharpLink posted on platform X that since launching the ETH treasury strategy, the company's accumulated staking rewards in Ethereum have reached 21,119 ETH.In addition, the Ethereum staking rewards obtained by the company last week amounted to 529 ETH.

According to the official announcement, Humanity has shared the real-time tracking page of the stolen funds with all CEXs, DEXs, and trading aggregators, and will continue to update the relevant data. The project team has also set up a reward of 1 million USDT for any information that helps recover the stolen funds, and all recovered funds will be used to repurchase H tokens.In addition, while formulating a recovery plan for affected users, the team has launched a real-time tracker for the attacker's address and downstream fund flows, publicly displaying the attacker's wallet, fund movements, and asset disposal status to allow users to monitor the progress of the event in real-time.

According to The Block, Nasdaq-listed company TON Strategy disclosed that it obtained approximately 3.3 million TON rewards by staking about 227 million Toncoin in May, equivalent to about 5.6 million USD at market price, with a preliminary annualized staking yield of approximately 1.48%.The company has staked almost all of its held TON and supports a series of effective network upgrades in the latest governance proposal, including improving smart contract execution efficiency, block synchronization, and verification capabilities to enhance throughput and scalability.

Humanity Protocol ($H) recently announced that its Staking feature has officially launched on Humanity Chain. According to the official announcement, this staking event has set a total initial reward pool of 30M $H, which, based on the recent peak of $H, has a total value of approximately 28M USD, open to long-term participants in the ecosystem.The launch of this Staking feature occurs against the backdrop of a rapid increase in trading activity for H. Previously, H recorded high trading volumes on exchanges such as Bithumb and Bybit, and in some trading scenarios, it was directly compared to Worldcoin (WLD). The introduction of the Staking feature is also seen as a further step by Humanity Protocol to enhance long-term holding stickiness, consolidate on-chain liquidity, and promote the construction of the Humanity Chain ecosystem.Two major Humanity Chain staking pools are open, with a maximum APR reaching 10,658%.According to the information on the event page, the Humanity Chain Staking primarily sets up two staking pools.Among them, the 6-month staking pool is configured with 10M $H rewards; the 4-year staking pool is configured with 20M $H rewards. Users can choose the corresponding staking plan based on their different needs for lock-up periods and liquidity.At the beginning of the event, the staking page showed that the maximum APR once reached 10,658%. Since the staking yield will dynamically change with the number of participants, total staking scale, and reward distribution, the actual APR will be based on real-time data from the event page.In terms of participation, users can transfer assets to the Humanity Chain wallet through exchanges that support native H, or they can transfer assets from the ETH chain to Humanity Chain via the official cross-chain bridge to participate in staking.Rewards are distributed according to the proportion of staking, and the ecological transaction fee sharing is expected to be released simultaneously.This staking reward will be allocated based on the user's asset proportion in the corresponding staking pool. In other words, the proportion of the user's staking scale to the total staking scale in the pool will directly affect their share of the rewards.In addition to the fixed reward pool, the official also mentioned that users participating in Staking will have the opportunity to share in the transaction fee income generated by validators and verification services within the Humanity Protocol ecosystem in the future. This means that Staking is not just a short-term incentive activity but is also tied to the subsequent verification services, ecosystem usage, and on-chain economic model of Humanity Chain.From a market perspective, the launch of the 30M $H reward pool provides holders with a new on-chain income entry point while also helping to convert some circulating chips into long-term staking positions. As the Humanity Chain mainnet ecosystem gradually advances, Staking may become an important step for H to transition from trading heat to on-chain ecosystem consolidation.

According to BlackHart, the DeFi project Fluid's reward distribution mechanism on Ethereum was exploited, resulting in approximately $215,000 in assets being transferred away. Fluid uses a Merkle reward list mechanism initiated by one key and approved by another key. The attacker simultaneously held both operational private keys, submitted a list that only awarded themselves, and then completed the claim with a zero-knowledge proof.The stolen assets came from three reward distributors, including 112,883 FLUID, 47,903 GHO, and a small amount of cbBTC, which were later exchanged for ETH and transferred via Tornado Cash. Fluid's lending market, treasury, DEX, and user deposits were unaffected. The team replaced the compromised keys and transferred the remaining reward funds within approximately 10 hours, but the public statement only mentioned that reward claims were paused for updates, without mentioning details about the private key leak and losses.

The decentralized derivatives trading protocol Aster announced the official launch of BTCU and ETHU perpetual contracts through permissionless token listing voting, and introduced a trading event with a total prize pool of $50,000 $U. The official statement indicates that this is one of the world's first perpetual contract trading pairs priced in $U.It is reported that the event will take place from May 27, 10:00 UTC to June 2, 14:00 UTC. During the event, trading BTCU and ETHU will enjoy a 1.5 times weight bonus.The total prize pool of $50,000 will be evenly divided between the two trading pairs (each $25,000), distributed according to the proportion of trading fees generated by users in the corresponding trading pairs, with a maximum individual reward cap of 3% of the corresponding prize pool. Participating users must generate more than $5 in fees on a single trading pair to qualify.In addition, $U (United Stables) is a dollar-pegged stablecoin issued by United Stables Limited, aimed at building a unified liquidity layer across trading, payments, DeFi, institutions, and the AI sector.

To continuously incentivize high-quality content creators and deepen ecological co-construction, TRON Eco Star has undergone a significant upgrade. The fixed ranking reward pool has officially increased to 40,000 USDT, allowing more builders to share in the dividends of ecological development. At the same time, a brand new "Officially Invited Creator" level has been launched, open to creators who consistently produce top-tier content, granting them exclusive identity, a higher incentive structure, and direct ecological resource support. TRON sincerely invites a wide range of creators to actively participate, allowing real value to receive real support, and jointly expand the TRON ecological narrative. Check the complete rules and submit your application now to secure your exclusive position and illuminate the ecological future with TRON.

The cryptocurrency trading platform FameEX has officially launched the "TradFi Crazy Trading Competition Phase 1," which will take place from May 20 to May 31.It is reported that this event mainly targets the CFD (Contract for Difference) trading area on the FameEX platform, supporting trading of commodities tokens such as gold and crude oil, as well as US stock tokens like Tesla, Nvidia, and Apple. During the event, users can unlock multiple benefits by participating in designated currency trading, including a new user first order reward, trading volume achievement rewards, continuous check-in rewards, and a 100% loss subsidy for the first order up to 50 USDT.In addition, the official stated that users participating in the trading challenge, if their cumulative trading volume reaches tiered targets, can additionally receive up to 8,000 USDT in experience rewards per individual.

Sentient announced the latest season of the hackathon event "Challenge 0" will be held from May 20 to June 22, with a total prize pool of over $6,000 and MiniMax points.It is reported that this challenge focuses on reasoning based on real financial data, using Databricks' OfficeQA benchmark. Participating teams are required to build an AI Agent that reads and reasons financial statements based on historical documents from the U.S. Treasury (1939-2025) to answer 246 financial questions.The official statement indicates that developers do not need to write code and can directly use pre-built coding Agents to participate, optimizing through prompt engineering, MCP servers, and other methods. The system will evaluate and rank based on dimensions such as accuracy, latency, and cost.

JUST 6th Anniversary × GasFree Super Carnival Month is in full swing, the "GasFree Knowledge Challenge" beginner challenge has now begun, with a massive prize pool of up to 10,000 USDT continuously being offered. We sincerely invite all community members to participate in answering questions, with the first wave sharing 200 USDT in incentives.To participate, simply follow @DeFi_JUST, like and retweet this post, provide the correct answer to the poster question in the comments, tag 3 friends, and include the #JUSTGASFREE topic along with your GasFree wallet address for a chance to be one of the 20 lucky winners. Once the comments on the Chinese and English tweets exceed 300 each, the second phase advanced challenge and a 400 USDT doubled prize pool will be unlocked immediately! The event runs from May 19 to 25, and opportunities are fleeting, so take the first step of "0" Gas transfer now and win big with your strength.

On-chain detective ZachXBT has announced a reward of up to $10,000 for insider information related to the Hong Kong market maker "Heisenberg Guru (HSBG)."ZachXBT stated that HSBG is suspected of being involved in multiple market manipulation incidents on centralized exchanges (CEX), including $RIVER. It pointed out that Sion and Chao are core members of HSBG and mentioned that materials such as chat records, contracts, and internal communications may all be eligible for rewards. Clues can be submitted by contacting ZachXBT via private message on X.

According to on-chain analyst @ai 9684xtpa, Sun Yuchen has once again withdrawn 41.99 million SPK financial rewards from Spark after a two-week interval, worth approximately 1.23 million USD, and has since fully deposited it into HTX, suspected to be sold.Since September 2025, Sun Yuchen has transferred approximately 610 million SPK to exchanges, with a total value of about 19.08 million USD.

According to the official announcement, the second phase of the Gate contract points lottery has officially started, with two major prize pools set up.Among them, users holding Gate contract points ≥50 can consume 20 points to participate in the 20 GUSD lottery, with a total of 5,000 winning spots; users holding points ≥40 can consume 20 points to receive a 100 USDT position experience voucher, with a total of 3,000 spots available.In addition, participants must upgrade the Gate App to version 8.18.0 or above to participate, and the web version is also open. The GUSD lottery time is from May 15, 18:00 to May 18, 18:00 (UTC+8), and the voucher prize pool redemption time is from May 18, 18:00 to 23:59 (UTC+8). Rewards are expected to be distributed to user accounts within 1 hour after the event ends.