DeFi Saver Newsletter: June 2026

Nice to see you back for another edition of the DeFi Saver Newsletter. 

We have a packed agenda this month, featuring several major developments here at DFS, especially for Hyperliquid users. So, without further ado, let’s get right into it:

1. Ecosystem news: Fluid recovery plans; Glamsteram upgrade; Morpho Midnight Whitepaper published.
2. DFS news and updates: Hyperliquid release and S1 of DeFi Saver Rewards; Aave V4 position explorer; Knowit Owlz educational partnership.
3. DeFi Saver Stats for May.
4. Position of the month.

Stress tests, upgrades, and fixed rates coming soon   

DeFi certainly took some heavy punches in the first few months of 2026, and in more ways than one. The rsETH hack certainly was the most prominent, but far from the only exploit that hit the DeFi community.

Back in March, a malicious attacker deposited $100.00.-$200.000 USDC on the Resolv protocol, and ended up minting $80M in uncollateralised USR, due to oracle price manipulations. The incident was rooted in a critical vulnerability within the protocol’s minting logic, where approvals were based on off-chain signatures that lacked sufficient on-chain constraints.  

The repercussions of these disruptions quickly spread to other protocols, with Fluid notably affected. The protocol was ultimately left with approximately $21M in bad debt after opportunistic actors took advantage of oracle pricing discrepancies. 

Following this, Fluid published a post-mortem on May 11th, explaining that damage control has indeed been done, and that additional restructuring is in order for the upcoming period, such as pausing token buybacks $FLUID emission slashing, delays in the DEX v2 launch, as well as implementing multi-source oracle upgrades.

Shifting focus to the network itself, the next major Ethereum upgrade is steadily approaching. 

The Glamsterdam hardfork, announced for a Q3 release, aims to refine transaction processing and validator coordination, while also targeting a gradual gas limit increase from 60M to 200M. These significant shifts are driven by two core proposals: EIP-7732 (ePBS) and EIP-7928 (Block-Level Access Lists).

Some novelties are in store even for some DFS-supported protocols. 

Morpho has officially published the Morpho Midnight Whitepaper, a new fixed-rate lending protocol that introduces fixed-term, predictable borrowing and lending markets on-chain. More precisely, this means users will be able to lock in borrowing and lending yields for a specific amount of time.

The codebase is officially open-source and is currently available for community audit and feedback ahead of the protocol's scheduled launch. 

Morpho Midnight has certainly piqued our interest, so you can certainly look forward to a new DFS integration in the near future.👀

DeFi Saver news & updates

If you’ve been following our journey for a while, you know we’re usually about lending pools, leverage management, and generally helping you sleep soundly at night through market volatility. But this month, we are breaking the mold and doing something we have never done before.

For the very first time in DeFi Saver history, we are expanding our signature DFS toolkit to cover perpetual trading strategies.

To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time a DeFi app has combined access to 10+ lending protocols with perpetual trading under the same roof.  And to celebrate this and make this transition even smoother, we’re kicking things off with a dedicated rewards campaign you don’t want to miss.

Read on for more details as we go over everything you need to know about this month’s novelties here at DFS.

Hyperliquid integration on DeFi Saver

The DFS x Hyperliquid integration is officially live, bringing DeFi lending and perpetual trading within a single interface, bolstered by the signature DFS toolkit for advanced liquidation protection. 

You can access it directly via the DeFi Saver sidebar. To get started, simply connect your wallet to begin opening positions through the integrated perpetuals dashboard. 

But that’s not all.

We’re also excited to announce the DFS rewards program centered around perpetual trading and leveraged borrowing! The campaign is set to run for two seasons, each two weeks long, featuring an initial prize pool of 50,000 USDC up for grabs.

Ranking will be based on a mix of trading volume and PnL, aimed at rewarding both your activity and your sharpest trading strategies.

If you’re looking to join the competition, you can find all the eligibility requirements, scoring details, and campaign specifics in one of our previous blog posts, or our official X announcement:

DeFi Saver x Knowit Owlz: Practical DeFi education

During the past month, we collaborated with Knowit Owlz for their latest edition of the Web3 Cohort and DeFi challenge. 

And as part of this partnership, our resident DeFi expert @defi_milos hosted an in-depth walkthrough of the DeFi Saver app, guiding the participants through our core features and automation tools. Whether you’re new to DeFi or simply need a refresher on what DeFi Saver has to offer, be sure to check it out:

Aave V4 DeFi Explore is officially live

Our DeFi Explore platform now includes Aave V4, allowing users to monitor any position regardless of whether it was opened through DFS. The integration provides comprehensive protocol analytics and a simulation tool to evaluate how price fluctuations impact positions.

A highlight of this update is the ability to track and analyze protocol-wide liquidations directly within the platform. Users can gain insights into repaid debt volume, the total number of liquidated positions, and seized collateral. Specific markets can also filter these statistics for a clearer view of activity in each market.

DeFi Saver May stats

At the end of May, DeFi Saver Automation managed approximately $281M of collateralized assets across 867 user positions. 

Activity throughout May saw a total of 8,536 transactions successfully executed across approximately 1,384 unique user addresses at DeFi Saver.  Notably, Aave V4 saw significant engagement with 330 transactions, a substantial portion of which were concentrated within the newly launched Forex (Spoke) market. And while this month was a bit quieter in terms of overall market activity, the total volume at DFS held up well, reaching approximately $45M.

Position of the month

Amidst the prevailing bearish climate and the recurring clash between short-term market anxiety and long-term conviction across crypto socials, certain users remain unfazed.

This 0x2bd user certainly falls into the latter group, having consistently executed Boost txs since early February of this year, steadily increasing their exposure.

With $72.98M in supplied WETH against $46.36M in debt, this position currently maintains a safety ratio of 127.38%. While that may seem somewhat comfortable at first glance, we do have to emphasize that the buffer before reaching the liquidation threshold is quite thin, leaving little room for major market swings.

And yes. We can, in fact, simulate it:

So, dear whale 0x2bd, if you’re reading this, consider it a kind reminder that setting up Auto-Repay can prove to be invaluable, especially in markets like these. And if you want to be extra diligent, you can even enable notifications to inform you if your position gets riskier or when automated settings are triggered.

All in all, this user seems like somebody fairly certain that the bottom is in, and (for the sake of their position, as well as our love for ETH), we do hope they're right.

That would be a wrap of this month’s issue of the DFS Newsletter. If you have any questions or even feedback on our latest DFS x Hyperliquid UI, please be sure to hit our support team up via DFS Discord. And who knows, your idea might just win you an extra 200 USDC. 👀

Until the next post, stay safe out there!

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