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Linn's Leverage #1091

Crypto Alpha, Macro and everything in-between - Possibly/Probably will make you rich but Not Financial Advice.

Aug 21, 2026
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Pendle:

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Pendle@pendle_fi
The $PENDLE incentives for Pendle Ecosystem USDC vault on @Morpho just got refreshed 🔥 7.88% APY for supplying USDC now:
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Pendle @pendle_fi
The Pendle Ecosystem USDC vault is now live on @Morpho 🦋 Co-curated by Pendle and Armitage, @wintermute_t's vault curation arm. Deposit USDC, earn yield from PT borrow demand, plus a share of 7,500 $PENDLE weekly!
5:48 AM · Aug 20, 2026 · 7.46K Views

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0xSearchie@0xSearchie
I don't think there's a protocol in Crypto with as high a Risk/Reward ratio as @pendle_fi. But of course, with that ratio comes crazy inefficiencies that open up ways to make money if you're willing to build out your edge. Say for example todays srUSDat market which launched on
11:51 AM · Aug 20, 2026 · 2.71K Views

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Pendle@pendle_fi
$PENDLE emission reaches another new all-time-low 🔥 Down 78% since the beginning of the year while buybacks continue to climb
7:09 AM · Aug 20, 2026 · 10K Views

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Boros:

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Cropsharer🌾,🌽@BTC_CRO
thanks to recent volatility the fixed yield funding rate arbitrage opportunities have become quite juicy again:
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Boros @boros_fi
What if you could execute this strategy with one click? Just one click for 20% APR with our terminal?
11:26 AM · Aug 20, 2026 · 484 Views

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Pendle Intern@PendleIntern
Crypto has GOD candled, and billions of shorts were wiped out... But what if you don't want to FOMO into a local top? Or try and short a potential bull trend? Easy solution: long funding rates on Boros. If ETH funding stays at 10.95% over the next month, you're looking at
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Lookonchain @lookonchain
Over the past 24 hours, 174,350 traders were liquidated for a total of $2.98B! This is now the 8th-largest crypto liquidation event in history. https://t.co/NOSh8TO3mO
1:43 PM · Aug 20, 2026 · 2.2K Views

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DeFi Saver:

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DeFi Saver@DeFiSaver
In today’s yield opportunities, the spotlight is on @Morpho and @Compound_xyz. Double-digit supply APYs are available now for: - $DAI on Morpho × Mainnet: 17.29%; - $USDT on Compound × @Optimism: 17.15%; - $RLUSD on Morpho x Mainnet: 14.43%. The market has moved fast over the
2:56 PM · Aug 20, 2026 · 1.3K Views

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DeFi Saver@DeFiSaver
What a convenient time it is to long ETH and get paid extra for it, on @LiquityProtocol . 🤝
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DeFi Saver @DeFiSaver
8,000 BOLD in incentives is now available for Liquity V2 users on DeFi Saver.🤝 Want to Qualify? - Open a leveraged Liquity V2 position using DeFi Saver - Shift your loan over to Liquity V2 using Loan Shifter This month, fortune favors the BOLD.
11:39 AM · Aug 20, 2026 · 866 Views

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Theo:

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Theo@Theo_Network
The eighth week of thUSD points are live in the app. Track everything you've earned in one place: app.theo.xyz/rewards
9:19 PM · Aug 20, 2026 · 1.65K Views

4 Replies · 38 Likes

Maple:

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Maple@maplefinance
The Maple Memo just dropped. @syrupsid latest take on our distribution strategy: Rather than compete for the customer relationship, package the credit engine and let fintechs carry it to their users. His words for it, a Trojan horse that puts digital-asset products in mainstream
4:09 PM · Aug 20, 2026 · 3.4K Views

5 Replies · 13 Reposts · 88 Likes

Chainflip:

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CHAINFLIP@Chainflip
$29.17M moved through Chainflip yesterday, the highest in 76 days. Half the flow was BTC, totaling $15.4m.
2:59 PM · Aug 20, 2026 · 1.42K Views

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Mezzanine:

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Mezzanine@mezzanine_fi
Isolation isn't free. Pooled designs spread your exposure across everything in the pool. An isolated vault concentrates it into one strategy. What you get back is control. You pick the strategy, you do the diligence on that one thing, and you take the tranche that matches how
11:56 AM · Aug 20, 2026 · 606 Views

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Mantle:

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Mantle@Mantle_Official
Borderless access, defined by Mantle. Search it up at mantle.xyz.
3:00 PM · Aug 20, 2026 · 6.48K Views

2 Replies · 2 Reposts · 31 Likes
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Mantle@Mantle_Official
Every era of onchain finance has hit the same wall between traditional and decentralized finance. @chainlink began dismantling it with secure data, then interoperability, compliance and orchestration. From there, Mantle's liquidity and venues take those assets global ↓
12:01 PM · Aug 20, 2026 · 11K Views

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Ethos:

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0xGeeGee@0xGeeGee
Coupling this low of a fdv with the flying tulip - like mechanism (more or less) and no airdrop is an interesting choice and I can see why you'd try something like that. JFC the ticker though, in a world full of dog memecoins, you go and pick the most equivocable reference
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Ethos @ethos_network
Hello, Whuffie. $WHUF by Ethos 🔵 Auction Sep 1 for 20% supply 🔵 85% price guarantee 🔵 $1m starting FDV, $99m cap 🔵 Bonuses for Contributor XP & Referrals Register @ https://t.co/ox3JZi9OOp
12:19 AM · Aug 21, 2026 · 717 Views

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SHIFT:

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SHIFT Protocol@ShiftProtocol_
risexUSDC is LIVE Pre-deposits are now open for risexUSDC, our new vault on @risextrade The initial cap is only $100k, deposits via USDC on Ethereum. risexUSDC is a market neutral vault, leveraging basis and RiseX's flagship XLP liquidity vault as yield engines.
1:00 PM · Aug 20, 2026 · 4.19K Views

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Tori:

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CoinGecko@coingecko
Institutional yield is now available and verifiable onchain. Here's how @tori_finance and @pendle_fi split that yield into a fixed rate or floating upside, giving you access to arbitrage strategies that fund pension funds. Read the full article 👇 coingecko.com/learn/pendle-t…
coingecko.com
Pendle & Tori: Unlocking Institutional Opportunities in DeFi and RWA | CoinGecko
2:00 PM · Aug 20, 2026 · 23.3K Views

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Base:

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Nazar@ustyianskyi
A lot of alpha is coming I like that @base is so actively supporting early projects, and maybe that's why so many of the projects I post about every day are built on Base new daily early alpha Base edition soon
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Base @base
10 teams $1,000,000 Introducing Base Batches 004
2:48 PM · Aug 20, 2026 · 847 Views

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Arc:

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The Tradeguru 🧠@tradeguru
One year ago, @circle introduced @arc. Since then, it has: • processed 200M+ trxns • reached nearly 3M active wallets • settled trxns in ~0.5ms on average Today, 150+ institutions and builders are gearing for mainnet. Here's the full map Defi .@chainlink @PythNetwork
12:36 PM · Aug 20, 2026 · 5.08K Views

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Solana:

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Mesh@MeshClans
Solana has built one of the largest stablecoin bases in crypto, but utilization remains low roughly $14B sits on the network earning nothing. The lending markets themselves are functional. @kamino, @JupiterExchange and @Loopscale already offer competitive rates. What’s missing
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apys @apys_co
92% of stablecoins on @solana are sitting idle. ~$14B earning $0, because putting it to work means picking between numerous lending markets. That's why apys goes live today.
4:39 PM · Aug 20, 2026 · 2.24K Views

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ETH:

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Marc Zeller@mzeller
They say the $ETH roadmap is too complex, so allow me to de-nerd it: The Merge: Don't kill Ethereum because AI is eating all the GPUs and mining is an issue, so now people stake it; it's good for the planet and efficient. The surge: Shit is fast, you don't need the "new solana"
1:13 PM · Aug 20, 2026 · 20.3K Views

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HyperBeat:

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Didi@DidiTrading
Day 594: $200K Fantasy League competition by @hyperbeat > Completely free to participate > $5,000 paid out every gameweek > Sign up with Hyperbeat and import your FPL team Only takes a few minutes to set up your account and have a chance to win free money every single week.
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Hyperbeat @hyperbeat
We're paying Fantasy Premier League managers $200,000 this season! Introducing Hyperbeat Fantasy Premier League: a free weekly competition that runs on the FPL team you already have with $5,000 in real prizes every gameweek, all 38 gameweeks. Here's how it works!
5:13 PM · Aug 20, 2026 · 9.59K Views

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INK:

Hyperliquid:

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Hyperliquid Research Collective (HRC)@HyperliquidR
HYPE Regulatory Overhang Is Gone: Onwards and Upwards Written by @GLC_Research "Yesterday Trump named Hyperliquid directly from the White House: Selig at the CFTC is working to bring it into the US, fully compliant and legal. That single sentence removes the biggest overhang
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GLC @GLC_Research
"HYPE Regulatory Overhang Is Gone: Onwards and Upwards" Bull case just got bigger. Read it below. Hyperliquid. https://t.co/ElD3TwRZMw
4:42 PM · Aug 20, 2026 · 2.85K Views

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Re:

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Re@re
Half a billion in premiums supported, scaling into foundational infrastructure for the real economy. @karnsaroya on @edge_pod with @DeFi_Dad and @Nomaticcap:
7:30 PM · Aug 20, 2026 · 2.02K Views

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Saturn:

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Pendle@pendle_fi
New asset available for PT Looping incentives: @saturn_credit PT-USDat (Jan 2027 maturity) on @monad 🔓 41.55% APY
8:47 AM · Aug 20, 2026 · 7.37K Views

9 Replies · 5 Reposts · 68 Likes

Crypto Notion:

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Quang@quang250802
I made a Notion to track Web3 opportunities for 2026. You’ll find alpha airdrop projects, Web3 jobs, and useful resources. All updated weekly. [ cypress-viburnum-073.notion.site/Alpha-Project-… ] Notion design ideas: @GuarEmperor @0xvietnguyen
12:05 PM · Mar 7, 2026 · 88.7K Views

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EtherFi:

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ether.fi@ether_fi
Forecast for EtherFi Summer: hundreds of new assets, gold, stocks, and no sign of cooling down☀️ Buy tokenized stocks powered by @xStocksFi natively across chains, with every asset held securely in a non-custodial ether.fi vault
9:03 PM · Aug 20, 2026 · 6.07K Views

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Latest Developments:

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The DeFi Investor 🔎@TheDeFinvestor
The latest developments in DeFi👇 The SEC is working to bring Hyperliquid to the US Base App integrated Hyperliquid perps Lido released an automated LDO buyback mechanism Centrifuge proposed converting its token CFG into equity Kaito released Aura - a new version of Yaps
11:47 AM · Aug 20, 2026 · 6.49K Views

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AAVE:

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Smartmoney_Detective@NaveenCypto
Bullish updates on Aave . Data - @_dexuai
10:29 AM · Aug 20, 2026 · 501 Views

1 Repost · 6 Likes

OpenGacha:

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OpenGacha@opengacha_io
introducing OpenGacha: launch your own gacha pool on Solana - stock it with TCG, NFTs, anything verified - players pull for sol, you earn 75% of every fee - customise it however you want. stock it, price it, own it now live at opengacha[dot]io
7:10 PM · Aug 19, 2026 · 39.3K Views

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Interesting Things:

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nairolf@0xNairolf
interesting things: - uni v4 ecosystem - privacy stuff on ethereum - tokenized stocks defi - gachas & onchain collectibles - ai / x402 ecosystem on base - erc6551 like stonkbrokers - cultural assets likely some other things coming :))
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nairolf @0xNairolf
the whole game now is finding that weird little onchain experiment that looks irrelevant today but could become a massive category tomorrow
10:46 AM · Aug 20, 2026 · 14K Views

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New L1s/L2s:

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0xviet@0xvietnguyen
New L1/L2 projects could be next trenches after robinhood @maroo_io - raised $322.2M (powered by Hashed) @inversion_cap - raised $26.5M @ArchNtwrk - raised $20M @fhenix - raised $22M @SimpleChain_RWA - raised $15M @Ultra_io - raised $12M @akavenetwork - raised $10.1M @ArkLabsHQ
11:58 AM · Aug 19, 2026 · 23K Views

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Airdrops:

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社会主义接班人@VIP8888883
2026 年最具潜力的 #空投 分级:⬇️⬇️⬇️ S 级(高确定性 + 可交互 + 融资强) 1️⃣@variational_io — 融资 $6180 万,测试网已上线,积分系统运行中,是 2026 年 Perp DEX 赛道最值得押注的项目之一。 2️⃣@extendedapp — 融资 $1900 万,已上线可交互,类似 Hyperliquid 的积分模式。竞争还没那么拥挤。
7:26 AM · Aug 18, 2026 · 6.17K Views

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