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Hyperliquid’s third-party HIP-3 commodities perps have grown quickly, but Blockworks Research argues the deployer economics are now showing strain. Felix said it will shut down on 20 June after being outcompeted by TradeXYZ, while Blockworks estimates smaller deployers may need about 4 years on average to recoup $30K-per-ticker auction costs.

On June 12, 2026, Mantle said it listed SPCXx, a tokenized SpaceX equity issued by xStocks, enabling 24/7 on-chain trading and liquidity provision on Mantle starting the day SpaceX completes what it calls the largest IPO in history. Fluxion will offer issuer-direct minting using xStocks' Atomic RFQ to avoid AMM slippage, while Merchant Moe launched Project X with up to 100,000 MNT rewards beginning with the SPCXx/USDT0 pool.

On October 10 at 21:15 UTC, the crypto market saw $3.21 billion erased in 60 seconds as liquidations totaled about $19 billion that day. The report frames the trigger as an “Oracle Loop” during an October 6–14 transition tied to Binance oracle pricing updates, worsened by ADL pricing based on internal order books and a $60 million USDe spot dump that pushed USDe to $0.6567. Commentators argue the episode shows how autonomous bots and AI-driven trading can amplify cascades across venues in a 24/7 market structure.

On June 11, 2026, CoinFello announced the public launch of Fello 1, an upgrade that lets users interact with any EVM-compatible smart contract and aims to simplify DeFi liquidity provision. The release adds support for opening LP positions on Uniswap V2, V3, and V4, executing multi-step transactions, and using a self-custodial delegation model where users keep control of wallets and keys.

Chainalysis says four exploits tied to smart contracts with unverified source code led to about $37 million in losses over the past six months, including a $26 million January theft from Ethereum-based Truebit. The firm argues attackers can decompile bytecode and use automated tools to identify issues such as overflows or access-control weaknesses, and it urges source-code verification and broader audit and bug-bounty coverage for contracts holding user funds.

Raydium said it will cover losses after an attacker drained about $1.34 million from five deprecated liquidity pools tied to its legacy AMM V3 program that has been phased out since 2021. The team said current users and active pools were not impacted, and stated reimbursement will be paid from Raydium's treasury while it reviews mainnet programs for vulnerabilities.

Raydium said Wednesday that its retired AMM V3 program was exploited for $1.34 million on Solana. The DEX reported losses of about 150,000 RAY, 5,600 SOL, and nearly 900,000 USDC from pools including RAY-SOL, USDC-RAY, and SRM-RAY. Raydium said the issue stemmed from insufficient validation of LP mints, while stating its current programs were not impacted.

Mastercard said on Tuesday it introduced Agent Pay for Machines (AP4M), a protocol meant to let AI agents send, receive, and settle payments across its global card network, including sub-cent microtransactions. The company says more than 30 firms such as Stripe, Coinbase, and Cloudflare are early partners, with agent permissions recorded on Polygon, Solana, and Base. Executives described AP4M as a longer-term push into machine-to-machine commerce rather than a near-term revenue driver.

Mastercard has launched its Agent Pay for Machines program for autonomous AI-to-AI settlements, with Ripple participating through the XRP Ledger and the regulated stablecoin RLUSD. The pilot documentation does not reference XRP, but RippleX says its XRPL AI Starter Kit enables agent-to-agent payments using XRP and RLUSD, including automatic DEX conversion to XRP in 3–5 seconds.

MetaMask has introduced Agent Wallet, a self-custodial product that allows AI agents to execute DeFi trades while users retain control through required checks and policy limits. The wallet includes transaction simulation, threat scanning, MEV protection, and loss coverage of up to $10,000 for eligible transactions. It launches with support for nine chains and is currently available via a CLI for a limited early-access group, with broader availability expected this summer.