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Please find “Linn’s Ledger” at the bottom of this issue. Paid Subscribers will gain access to Editions of “Linn’s Ledger” containing: Small Caps, Investment Theory, Current Research, Research Techniques, Portfolio changes, and the latest Buys/Sells.
Linn’s Leverage is a log of Linn’s research. Linn - only provides spiritual advice, never financial advice - all suffering is caused by ignorance
Linn’s Ledger will provide an update of the main portfolio when rebalancing, Linn also feature small cap / high risk plays. Understand the risks that come with these plays as I don’t want to hear any complaints if they rug or disappear. I’m in just as much risk with them as you. Do DD. Remember to hold tokens over multiple wallets for added security.
Linn is partnered with: Defi Saver, Theo, Maple, Mantle and PENDLE. Partnership or not, my views are honest and transparent.

Pendle:

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Pendle@pendle_fi

PT Looping incentives are now live. Get extra 2% APY on top of your PT Fixed APY while looping with Pendle. At an 10x loop, that's +20% APY on your position. Limited time only 👇

12:23 AM · Aug 13, 2026 · 2.75K Views

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IMD@_exnihil0_

When @pendle_fi first launched in 2021, very few DeFi users realized how valuable of a platform it would become Now, it’s one of the most unique and useful apps in the entire space, providing much-needed fixed yield for all sorts of tokenized assets I went into some detail on

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IMD @_exnihil0_

Many projects have attempted to bring derivatives into DeFi But @pendle_fi is one of the few to succeed at something other than perps By incorporating yield-bearing assets, fixed yield, leveraged speculation, and countless rewards all into a single platform, Pendle has

1:48 PM · Aug 12, 2026 · 673 Views

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🉐 Crypto Linn@crypto_linn

Pendle PTs: DeFi's APY King There's just over a billion dollars of Principal Tokens outstanding on @pendle_fi right now, and roughly 42% of it has already been used as collateral and looped. Why? Because PTs are capital efficient fixed yield assets in DeFi and enhancing the

8:10 AM · Aug 12, 2026 · 2.53K Views

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Boros:

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Boros@boros_fi

Come trade September’s oil futures rollover with our new $BRENTOIL funding rate market! With the current rollover ending 13 August, and the next one starting 8 September, capture oil funding rate volatility with this new maturity.

3:04 AM · Aug 12, 2026 · 1.01K Views

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DeFi Saver:

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Alex@defi_alex23

This month, we cover the latest EIP discussion making waves across the DeFi community, our newly launched lost token finder, the Aave v3 to v4 migration tool, and much more. https://t.co/A0H5LQ8HgF

4:00 PM · Aug 12, 2026 · 180 Views

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Maple:

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FIRED@FIREDxyz

"July highlights" from Maple community AMA. Its live now too, please join.

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Maple @maplefinance

Maple Community AMA - August 2026

5:52 PM · Aug 12, 2026 · 944 Views

3 Replies · 2 Reposts · 19 Likes

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Maple@maplefinance

Maple Community AMA - August 2026 https://t.co/g1m6CQsrSR

5:31 PM · Aug 12, 2026 · 3.57K Views

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AAVE:

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Aave@aave

Active loans on Aave's @monad market hit $300 million.

5:35 PM · Aug 12, 2026 · 13.5K Views

43 Replies · 23 Reposts · 238 Likes

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Aave@aave

Today, @LlamaRisk is introducing LlamaGuard PT, an automated risk oracle for Pendle PT collateral on Aave, built on @chainlink CRE. It computes the parameters risk stewards set by hand today, with step size caps, deviation gates, and minimum delays enforced onchain.

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LlamaRisk @LlamaRisk

1/Introducing LlamaGuard PT: an automated risk oracle for Pendle PT collateral on @aave, built on @chainlink CRE. Markets move in seconds. Risk parameters move through days of analysis, proposal, vote & execution. LlamaGuard PT closes that gap without removing the guardrails.

3:01 PM · Aug 12, 2026 · 18.6K Views

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Mezzanine:

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🉐 Crypto Linn@crypto_linn

Very excited for what Mezzanine is up to (not working with them but was an early investor) Will become an essential part of DeFi (and will be on Pendle...) GO Stephen GO

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Stephen | DeFi Dojo @phtevenstrong

Big Update at @mezzanine_f: Tranche Anything TL;DR: We're launching with multiple isolated strategies broken into tranches, rather than having one monolithic strategy vault broken up into three tranches. This removes the need for a pre-deposit campaign and allows us to launch

11:29 AM · Aug 12, 2026 · 2.25K Views

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Polaris:

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Nomatic@Nomaticcap

.@polarisfinance_ is coming to @ethereum... We talked all about it with @0xluude: “It would not make any sense for us to build Polaris on another blockchain that has counterparty risk or doesn’t have as much decentralization and censorship resistance as Ethereum.”

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DeFi Dad ⟠ defidad.eth @DeFi_Dad

🎙️ New @Edge_Pod 🧑‍🌾 Polaris: Earn Yield On Gold, ETH, and BTC With No Counterparty Risk | DeFi Frontier 0:00 - Intro 1:46 - Why Ethereum + Polaris are symbiotic 3:27 - What’s the yield trap? 6:38 - How Polaris solves the yield trap? 12:25 - Why hold pETH vs just ETH? 15:15 -

6:55 PM · Aug 12, 2026 · 1.69K Views

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Polaris@polarisfinance_

You get a new way to put your ETH to work by swapping it into pETH. But "What do i actually do with it now?” First things first, you may just hold it to earn native yield. But if you also want to unlock new liquidity, you can mint assets backed by it. USDp and GOLDp from day

2:50 PM · Aug 12, 2026 · 1.23K Views

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ETH:

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The Daily Degen@thedailydegenhq

What is Ethereum's new 'CROPS' focus? And how does one go about building a defi protocol in a manner congruent with this vision? - @Nomaticcap and @DeFi_Dad discuss with @0xluude

8:41 PM · Aug 12, 2026 · 2.4K Views

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vitalik.eth@VitalikButerin

I updated my 2023 roadmap diagram to overlay where the items that were there sit in the current Strawmap ( strawmap.org ). In general, a lot of overlap, but: * Some things got reshuffled in order (eg. quantum safety up-prioritized) * Some things deprioritized (eg.

2:39 PM · Aug 10, 2026 · 558K Views

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Chainflip:

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CHAINFLIP@Chainflip

Boost is rapidly taking over BTC swaps on Chainflip. Its share of BTC outgoing swap volume jumped from 27.6% in May to 67.6% in July, about 2 in 3 BTC swaps now route through Boost.

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FLIP InfoBot @ChainflipBot

$1.58M cross-chain in 31 minutes via Boost (vs 51 min native). 25 BTC → 837.2 ETH via @Chainflip. Settled -0.31% vs market. https://t.co/SFRTS9xmAl

10:01 AM · Aug 12, 2026 · 1.72K Views

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Variational:

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WR☻NGUSER ✗@wronguser000

Quite literally free money waiting to be picked Variational is way too good with you missors, but anyway here you go omni.variational.io/?ref=OMNIFROG

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Variational @variational_io

We identified 10,000 of the most active perp traders on-chain (excluding market makers) that haven’t signed up to Variational yet. We’re allocating $1M+ and 150k Variational points to onboard them. 🧵

12:39 AM · Aug 13, 2026 · 3.27K Views

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RWA Blowup:

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Jeff Amico@_jamico

How an RWA credit facility blows up 1. You deposit USDC into an onchain credit facility and get a yield-bearing stablecoin in return ("USDX"). USDX is backed by a portfolio of loans to offchain borrowers, according to the marketing. 2. USDX's issuer creates a Morpho market

8:21 PM · Aug 12, 2026 · 18.5K Views

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BaiBai:

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rip.eth@ripeth

BaiBai is live 🟢

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BaiBai @baibai_cx

BaiBai is now live to the public. The first PropAMM + aggregator, native to @base. Better prices than any DEX you've used -- guaranteed.

10:12 PM · Aug 12, 2026 · 1.73K Views

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Robinhood:

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Andy@andyyy

Robinhood Chain one month launch numbers are absolutely insane. Wow.

11:24 PM · Aug 12, 2026 · 3.37K Views

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Gnosis:

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Ignas@DefiIgnas

This chart shows another Gnosis fumble: Gnosis was early to non custodial neobank meta with EURe for payments. But majority of users and most notably @mzeller had to leave it. Gnosis had pioneered Prediction markets already in 2019 (Gnosis Olympia) They were early to

12:50 PM · Aug 12, 2026 · 14.7K Views

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Mantle:

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Mantle@Mantle_Official

96% of RWA value on Mantle sits in yield-bearing assets, per @RWA_xyz. Our asset landscape speaks for itself: → 56% active strategies → 25% asset-backed credit → 14% US treasuries $201M of productive capital, by design, working wherever you are.

1:57 PM · Aug 12, 2026 · 8.95K Views

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Ethena:

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Ethena@ethena

Ethena-powered dollar savings are now live on Kraken+ in the US. Hold USDe on @krakenfx and earn up to 4.5% automatically.

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Kraken @krakenfx

Up to 4.5% APY on USDe. Zero effort. With Auto Earn, Kraken+ users in the US earn on it the moment it hits their balance. 👉 https://t.co/DtrBMDtpvz

2:26 PM · Aug 12, 2026 · 21.9K Views

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Thena:

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THENA@thenafi_

The numbers matter only if the products, liquidity, distribution, and user growth follow. This is $THE thesis. Next comes execution.

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THENA @thenafi_

Inside ARK: The Economics Powering THENA 2.0 Beyond the changes, there's a bigger vision. Here's a deeper look at how THENA 2.0 expands beyond a spot-only model through RWA Perpetuals, Strategy Vaults and new revenue engines.

10:44 AM · Aug 12, 2026 · 3.52K Views

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Solana:

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The DeFi Investor 🔎@TheDeFinvestor

Solana ecosystem has been crushing it. In the past 30 days, Solana dApps made more money than Hyperliquid and Ethereum ecosystems combined. Most of this revenue comes from memecoins, but Solana is also gaining a lot of traction in sectors like RWAs.

10:30 AM · Aug 12, 2026 · 7.97K Views

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Harmony:

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Coin Bureau@coinbureau

LATEST: ZachXBT refuses to track Harmony’s 4B $ONE exploit and urges others NOT to help for free. The onchain investigator says Harmony "took advantage" of people who helped freeze funds from its $100M DPRK hack in 2022, rewarding them with $0 and only a “good job.” The

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Coin Bureau @coinbureau

🚨 BREAKING: Harmony hit by a MASSIVE 4 BILLION $ONE exploit, token crashes -30%. The unauthorized mint was equal to roughly 26% of the total supply, with the attacker already moving 2.8B ONE to exchanges, per Juiceberg. Only 115M ONE remains onchain, while the overwhelming

8:57 AM · Aug 12, 2026 · 113K Views

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Strata:

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Strata@strata_markets

Senior USDat (srUSDat) market went live on @pendle_fi on @monad this week. PT: 11.15% APY fixed until 14th January 2027 YT: 8.12% APY fixed + 78x Strata + 19x Saturn Points LP: 12.2% APY + 78x Strata + 19x Saturn Points Additional $MON rewards launching next week.

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Pendle @pendle_fi

RWA structured yield meets fixed rate on @Monad 🤝 Introducing @strata_markets srUSDat (Jan 2027)

8:30 AM · Aug 12, 2026 · 3.39K Views

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OG:

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smolting (wassie, verse)@inversebrah

thread

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smolting (wassie, verse) @inversebrah

ongoing https://t.co/Ucd2EaO3pJ

2:03 AM · Aug 12, 2026 · 15.8K Views

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OnRe:

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Stephen | DeFi Dojo@phtevenstrong

Travis is my new favorite Solana yield farming account. 15.49% IY is great for @onrefinance's ONyc, but there are only 29 days left. That said, if you're interested, here's the rough math: on @kamino: 15.49% Collateral Yield 2.5x Max Leverage 7.41% Borrow Cost

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Travis 💡 @ProofOfTravis

OnRe Point farmers need to chillllllll Damn if I waited 5 more days I’d be up +$1500 on my position. But at least it opens up a good yield for PT-ONyc loopers. https://t.co/FZfqCD4EIs

2:25 AM · Aug 12, 2026 · 7.02K Views

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Tokenized CLO:

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DeFi Andree@DeFi_Andree

Tokenized CLO: From Credit Asset to Programmable Balance-Sheet Asset CLOs show how RWA can go far beyond simply putting traditional assets onchain. The global CLO market has already surpassed $1.3T in issuance, making structured credit a meaningful institutional asset class to

Tokenized CLO: From Credit Asset to Programmable Balance-Sheet Asset

3:09 PM · Aug 11, 2026 · 2.64K Views

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Jupiter vs Kamino:

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Smartmoney_Detective@NaveenCypto

Jupiter Lend vs Kamino . @jupiter_earn is growing consistently . Data - @DefiLlama

3:02 AM · Aug 12, 2026 · 1.06K Views

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Protocol f(x):

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Ivangan_1541@Ivangan_1541

Cannot wait the actual launch on mainnet 👀 @FX100Perp

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FX100 @FX100Perp

Perps have grown up. The next wave of products is built around how people actually trade. FX100 is a perp trading DEX with a 15-minute liquidation-protection window. Live on @base Sepolia testnet. https://t.co/tNueXBveAA

5:55 AM · Aug 12, 2026 · 1.07K Views

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X Layer:

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X Layer@XLayerOfficial

Some agents solve problems. Others start conversations. Social Buzz recognizes ASPs that captured attention, drove engagement, and showed how agent products can spread through communities. Meet the winners 🧵👇

7:02 AM · Aug 12, 2026 · 16.1K Views

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