It’s May 18th — here are the buzzworthy pools, news, and announcements for you to have on your radar this week, including new pool ratings.

Weekly Roundup – 5.18

Welcome to Weekly Roundup, where our team of experts selects buzzworthy pools, news, and announcements for you to have on your radar.

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The best of the best. These pools have no major red flags, offer a competitive yield, and are at the top of the class – earning an A or B risk rating. 

looks at the top 500 cross-chain DEX pools by volume (weekly/monthly/yearly) to analyze if it is trending positively, negatively, or neutral so you can stay ahead of the curve.

PEPE-WETH 0.3% (Uniswap V3-Ethereum) 👑

USDT-WBNB 0.01% (PancakeSwap V3-BNB Chain)

Top DEXs by Weekly Volume (Weekly Change)

Top Chains by Weekly Volume (Weekly Change)

Did you miss our latest chat with Dolomite? Don’t worry, we got you covered.

In the most recent episode of Degen Responsibly, we spoke with Dolomite about how users can earn more yield on their DeFi assets. 

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Keeping up with Protocols is tough – let us help. Our team finds the most interesting protocols that should be on your radar and breaks down what you need to know.

 -  a peer-to-peer lending protocol built on top of Aave V3

Lido V2 brings staked ETH withdrawals to users.

The leading liquid staking protocol aims to silence critics with its latest upgrade. Notably, V2 enables users to withdraw their staked ETH and join the protocol as node operators to expand its validator set. stETH holders have already requested to 

Ethereum network experienced its first major hiccup since The Merge.

 Ethereum experienced two incidents of block finalization failure last week due to an unknown cause that affected two clients. The network recovered on its own thanks to client diversity and 

, but researchers are still investigating the root cause and the implications for the protocol. Meanwhile, user transactions continue to be processed normally.

Ledger's new wallet recovery feature exposes major backdoor risk.

Ledger launched a controversial feature that allows users to recover their seed phrase by verifying their identity with the company and two backup providers. The feature has been criticized for compromising users’ security and privacy, and creating a centralized system similar to a bank.

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