The latest developments in DeFi👇 @variational_io raised $50M in funding and launched RWA perps @Polymarket launched pre-IPO markets for trading private companies @SkyMoney increased SKY Staking Rate from 1.31% to 5.71% (fueled by buybacks) @pendle_fi released the Pendle Trading Alert Bot, enabling users to set alerts for limit order fills, new market launches, and more @chainlink SVR was integrated into Aave V4, adding a new revenue stream for Aave from liquidation MEV @Lighter_xyz announced Lighter RFQ, bringing institutional-grade liquidity for RWA pairs CME and NYSE are pushing the US to force Hyperliquid to integrate KYC @prjx_hl announced an airdrop (likely in stablecoins) for May 22 Bitwise committed to use 10% of the revenue from its Hyperliquid ETF to buy HYPE SEC is allegedly preparing to allow on-chain tokenized stock trading Lombard and Kraken are migrating from LayerZero to Chainlink CCIP for their cross-chain infrastructure Japan officially recognized stablecoins as legal payment methods @solsticefi postponed its TGE to May 25 @aave’s proposal to expand to Monad is live Strategy acquired $2 billion worth of BTC @THORChain suffered a $10M exploit I hope you found this recap helpful🫡