2026-05-08 · English Report

Daily Report Part 1/3 — Markets + Core Projects + BTC 2026-05-08

📈 Market Analyst Views

@IncomeSharks

@NoLimitGains


🚗 Tesla $TSLA

@yxinsights (Yimin X)

@DanBTC916 (Dan)


📋 Core Project Updates

Lido (@LidoFinance)

Lido Forum Hot Topics:

  • Lido V2 GateSeal Committee (14h active)
  • SSV Anchor Client Hoodi testnet performance update (17h)
  • LEGO Grant: Vero security assessment proposal (18h)
  • Kelp incident loss coverage authorization (1d)
  • Liquid Buybacks: NEST executing LDO/wstETH liquidity (2d)
  • Shorten VEBO report cycle from 8h to 4.8h proposal (3d)
  • Remove SecureRPC (Manifold) relay proposal (3d)
  • Delegate platform incentive program (3d)

SSV Network (@ssv_network)

SSV Forum Hot Topics:

  • Multi-Sig emergency powers used (May 6): v2.0.0 upgrade exposed Stale EB Snapshot vulnerability — zeroed-out clusters retained old EB snapshots that could be exploited to inject fake balances. On-chain review confirmed no one exploited the bug; fix deployed via SAFE batch transaction
  • ⚠️ ETH-denominated payment transition: SSV transitioning to ETH payments, testnet May 11, mainnet TBD. Existing SSV clusters must top up immediately to ensure runway
  • DIP-52: SSV Treasury Management Policy (12d)
  • DIP-56: Anchor Client 2026-2027 continued development (15d)

🔔 SSV Revenue Distribution Monitoring: Last distribution was 2025-09 (Oct 27, 2025 by EridianAlpha). Eridian resigned as IMP admin on Jan 27, no new distribution updates since

Jito (@jito_sol)

Jito Governance (gov.jito.network):

  • Latest proposal: Intervention to Resolve a Feature Gate Triggered StakeNet Bug (completed, ~1 month ago)
  • SIMD-0185 Feature Gate upgrade Part 1&2: Completed
  • JIP-33 Jito X Coinbase partnership: Completed
  • JIP-34 Liquidity and incentive budget: Completed

ether.fi (@ether_fi)


₿ BTC Tracking

@pwuille (Pieter Wuille)

  • Only 2 posts visible, no new public content in past 48h

@TheBlueMatt (Matt Corallo)

@adam3us (Adam Back)

  • Consensus 2026 attendance: Interviewed by StrataMedia and Jacquelyn Melinek, discussing Bitcoin evolution, infrastructure scaling, and institutional vs retail adoption
  • Reid Hoffman has held BTC since 2014 without selling (repost @BitcoinMagazine) https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/2052071075035447348
  • Past 48h mostly Consensus conference social content, no major technical posts

@bitcoinoptech (Bitcoin Optech)

@LukeDashjr (Luke Dashjr)

@peterktodd (Peter Todd)

  • Past 48h mainly discussing Russia-Ukraine/geopolitics, no BTC-related technical content

Bitcoin Core releases (GitHub):

  • Latest: v31.0 (new release), v28.4, v29.3, v30.2
  • v31.0 is a major version upgrade

⚙️ Solana SIMD Governance

Recently Merged PRs:

  • SIMD-0186: Define fee-only semantics (#514, by 2501babe, 17 comments)
  • SIMD-0460: Virtual Address Space Adjustments (#460, by Lichtso, 14 comments)
  • SIMD-0459: Syscall Parameter Address Restrictions (#459, by Lichtso, 20 comments)
  • SIMD-0449: Direct Account Pointers in Program Input (#449, by febo, 28 comments)
  • SIMD-0500: Disable deployment of SBPF-v0/v1/v2 (#500, by Lichtso, 29 comments)
  • SIMD-0437: Incremental Reduction of lamports_per_byte to 696 (#437, 34 comments)
  • Total: 210 merged PRs

Open PRs: 22 pending review

  • Shorter slot times (#525, by bw-solana, 24 comments) — newly opened
  • SIMD-0177: Program Runtime ABI v2 (#177, 128 comments) — consistently active
  • SIMD-0461: Falcon signature verification syscall (#461, 19 comments)
  • SIMD-0497: Reduce Consecutive Leader Slots to 2 (#498, 20 comments)
  • SIMD-0503: Static Sysvars (#503, 50 comments)
  • SIMD-0363: Simple Alpenglow Clock (#363, 75 comments)

Daily Report Part 2/3 — Competitors + Sentiment 2026-05-08

🏁 f2pool Competitors

1. @AntPoolofficial

2. @ViaBTC

3. @SpiderPool_com

4. @FoundryServices

🏁 stakefish Competitors

5. @Kiln_finance

6. @Figment_io

7. @P2Pvalidator (P2P.org)

8. @everstake_pool

🔴 f2pool & stakefish Sentiment

f2pool Sentiment

Positive — Joined Stratum V2 Working Group

Key news: f2pool today announced joining the Stratum V2 Working Group alongside AntPool, Block Inc, Foundry, SpiderPool, MARA Foundation, and DMND. Stratum V2 is the next-gen mining protocol standard supporting miner-constructed transaction templates, significant for decentralization. Bitcoin Magazine covered the story.

No negative content found for f2pool lawsuit / f2pool hack / f2pool scam / switch from f2pool.

stakefish Sentiment

Neutral-to-Watchful — Cosmos Voting Incident Still Prominent in Search

Recent events:

No new negative content found for stakefish SEC / stakefish down / stakefish scam.

🚨 OP_RETURN / Spam Monitoring

9. @CunyRenaud (Renaud Cuny)

10. @LukeDashjr (Luke Dashjr)

11. @peterktodd (Peter Todd)

  • Latest post (May 7): Reposted BBC report on Russia ignoring Ukraine's unilateral ceasefire and striking kindergarten https://x.com/peterktodd/status/2052195958499291366
  • Reposts: Geopolitical content (Tommy Robinson on ISIS brides returning to Australia)
  • Recent posts mainly geopolitical, no OP_RETURN / spam-related technical content

12. @GrassFedBitcoin (Mechanic #BIP-110)

OP_RETURN Summary

  • SpiderPool under spotlight: 5 large OP_RETURN events in 7 days, frequency accelerating, CunyRenaud tracking continuously
  • RDTS activation countdown: Luke Dashjr confirms RDTS earliest May 29, new Knots release imminent
  • CSAM narrative escalation: Luke Dashjr linking OP_RETURN issue to CSAM distribution risk, increasing public pressure
  • Anti-Citrea camp ongoing: GrassFedBitcoin and CunyRenaud jointly criticizing Citrea, hodlonaut thread repeatedly cited

Daily Report Part 3/3 — Key Companies 2026-05-08

🏢 Public Mining Companies

Bitdeer (BTDR)

Marathon (MARA)

  • Today's highlight — Long Ridge 1GW+ campus: CEO Fred Thiel emphasizing acquisition skips 7-10 year build cycle, direct access to 1GW+ total power capacity digital infrastructure campus https://x.com/MARA/status/2052122279253872705
  • Non-dilutive financing strategy: Published Long Ridge acquisition funding source documents, emphasizing multi-channel non-dilutive financing https://x.com/MARA/status/2051311148746563691
  • Repost: IR lead Robert Samuels analyzing Long Ridge comprehensive advantages — operating power generation + large-scale interconnection + developable land + prime PJM location https://x.com/RobSamuelsIR/status/2051306418225942877
  • Note: All content centered on Long Ridge acquisition, in investor communication intensive period

Riot (RIOT)

  • Low activity: May 5 posted Q1 2026 results summary then went silent again https://x.com/RiotPlatforms/status/2051349041544372568
  • Q1 highlights: $167.2M total revenue, $33.2M data center revenue, 1,473 BTC produced, 50 MW AMD contracted IT capacity, CEO calls Q1 a "decisive turning point"
  • Note: Broke 66-day silence with one post then stopped again, social media resumed but at extremely low frequency

CleanSpark (CLSK)

Hut 8 (HUT)

Core Scientific (CORZ)

Bitmain

Key Theme: AI infrastructure arms race peaked this week. Hut 8 dominates with $9.8B Beacon Point lease + Q1 earnings + stock breaking $100. Core Scientific follows with $3.3B financing + Muskogee 1.5GW expansion. MARA fully focused on Long Ridge 1GW+ acquisition investor communications. Riot broke silence with one post then stopped. CleanSpark operational monthly + new site construction + executive media blitz. Bitdeer event presence only. Bitmain 11-day+ silence.

💼 Strategy / Saylor

Strategy (@Strategy)

Michael Saylor (@saylor)

  • Today: "Buy more bitcoin than you sell." — minimalist call, 1.7M views https://x.com/saylor/status/2052394763001761817
  • Digital capital framework chart: "The most important chart in finance" — BTC digital capital → STRC digital credit → MSTR digital equity, 175K views https://x.com/saylor/status/2052353641307062460
  • Repost highlights: JPMorgan says Strategy's BTC purchases can reach $30B this year; Saturn announces $2M seed round (building BTC application layer on STRC); Apyx apxUSD now world's 30th largest stablecoin; Phong Le on digital capital/equity/credit
  • Pinned: "Bitcoin has won. The four-year cycle is dead" (Apr 4) https://x.com/saylor/status/2040438683380146574
  • Overall tone: Post-Q1 earnings, full push to strengthen STRC ecosystem narrative, JPMorgan $30B endorsement + DeFi integration accelerating

📈 Fundstrat / Tom Lee

Tom Lee (@fundstrat)

Key Theme: Strategy/Saylor fully pushing $STRC ecosystem — JPMorgan $30B purchase forecast + Saturn seed round + Apyx stablecoin ranking + semi-monthly dividend vote. Tom Lee at Consensus calling "crypto spring," bullish on scarcity asset thesis. "Four-year cycle broken" becoming a shared narrative between Saylor and Tom Lee.


Action Items Summary

Combined from Part 1 + Part 2 + Part 3:

🔴 Urgent

  1. SSV ETH Payment Transition — Testnet May 11: Existing SSV clusters must check balances and top up immediately to ensure runway, or face service disruption risk
  2. Stratum V2 Working Group Joined — f2pool Announced: Major industry collaboration move; internal team must be informed and follow-up technical integration initiated
  3. OP_RETURN / RDTS Countdown (May 29): SpiderPool large OP_RETURN frequency accelerating + Luke Dashjr about to release new Knots with RDTS; OP_RETURN policy debate entering critical window

🟡 Important

  1. stakefish Cosmos Voting Incident Unaddressed: Searching "stakefish" still shows Cosmos #1030 YES vote as a prominent first-page result, continuing to impact brand reputation; recommend evaluating whether public response is needed
  2. SSV Multi-Sig Emergency Vulnerability Fixed but Needs Follow-up: v2.0.0 Stale EB Snapshot bug patched with no exploitation, but indicates post-upgrade audit processes need strengthening
  3. SSV Revenue Distribution Stalled for 8 Months: No updates since Eridian's resignation; need to confirm successor manager and timeline
  4. AI Infrastructure Arms Race Intensifying: Hut 8 ($9.8B lease) + Core Scientific ($3.3B financing + 1.5GW) + MARA (1GW+ Long Ridge) — mining companies pivoting hard to AI/HPC, affecting hashrate market dynamics
  5. Retail Sentiment at Most Bullish Since 2017: Record S&P 500 call options + VIX hasn't bottomed — market overheating signals warrant caution

🟢 Positive

  1. f2pool Sentiment Positive: No negative search results; Stratum V2 membership is a positive brand event
  2. Lido Ecosystem Remains Robust: SparkLend becomes largest wstETH holder + Kelp relief proceeding orderly + active forum
  3. Jito JTX Officially Launched + Institutional Hire: Solana trading infrastructure expanding, Fortune Magazine coverage
  4. Strategy Holds 818,334 BTC + JPMorgan Predicts $30B Purchases This Year: Institutional BTC buying force continues strengthening
  5. Tom Lee at Consensus Mainstage Calling "Crypto Spring": Major analyst bullish signal + "four-year cycle broken" narrative taking shape
  6. Bitcoin Core v31.0 Released: Major version upgrade; post-quantum research (zk-STARK recovery, SPHINCS backup keys) progressing

📋 Access Status Checklist (Global Merged)

# Account/Source Part Status
1 @IncomeSharks 1
2 @NoLimitGains 1
3 @yxinsights 1
4 @DanBTC916 1
5 @LidoFinance 1
6 @ssv_network 1
7 @jito_sol 1
8 @ether_fi 1
9 @pwuille 1 ✅ (no recent content)
10 @TheBlueMatt 1
11 @adam3us 1
12 @bitcoinoptech 1
13 @LukeDashjr 1
14 @peterktodd 1 ✅ (no BTC technical content)
15 research.lido.fi 1
16 forum.ssv.network 1
17 SSV Revenue Distribution 1 ✅ (latest 2025-09)
18 SSV Multi-Sig Announcement 1
19 gov.jito.network 1
20 bitcoin/bitcoin releases 1
21 Solana SIMD merged 1
22 Solana SIMD open 1
23 @AntPoolofficial 2
24 @ViaBTC 2
25 @SpiderPool_com 2
26 @FoundryServices 2
27 @Kiln_finance 2
28 @Figment_io 2
29 @P2Pvalidator 2
30 @everstake_pool 2
31 @CunyRenaud 2
32 @GrassFedBitcoin 2
33 f2pool sentiment search 2
34 stakefish sentiment search 2
35 @Bitdeer 3
36 @MARA 3
37 @RiotPlatforms 3
38 @CleanSpark_Inc 3
39 @Hut8Corp 3
40 @Core_Scientific 3
41 @BITMAINtech 3
42 @Strategy 3
43 @saylor 3
44 @fundstrat 3