Infrastructure
The on-chain sleuth cited “suspicious” exchange-linked activity as RAVE swung from $60 million in market capitalization to $6 billion and back. Read Full Story at…
Apr 20, 2026
DeFi
KelpDAO’s $292 million rsETH exploit landed at the wrong moment for DeFi. Roughly $10 billion left the sector over the weekend, after confidence had already been shaken by…
Apr 20, 2026
Infrastructure
North Korea’s Lazarus Group exploited a single-verifier LayerZero setup to drain $290M in rsETH on April 18 by compromising RPC infrastructure and poisoning the bridge’s…
Apr 20, 2026
Infrastructure
North Korea’s Lazarus Group likely stole $292 million from Kelp DAO’s rsETH bridge by exploiting a single-verifier configuration that LayerZero says it had warned against.…
Apr 20, 2026
Infrastructure
Mizuho, Nomura, and Japan’s central clearing house are launching a blockchain-based proof-of-concept for collateral management of Japanese government bonds. Read Full Story at Thedefiant.io →
Apr 20, 2026
DeFi
The Aave token fell nearly 20% to $89.5 in just over 24 hours as users withdrew billions of dollars from the lending protocol. Read Full…
Apr 20, 2026
DeFi
A prohibition on yield-bearing stablecoins and robust payments infrastructure in the US means stablecoins will not eat into banks’ market share. Read Full Story at…
Apr 19, 2026
DeFi
After attackers drained $291 million in crypto from Kelp DAO-linked infrastructure, DeFi users struggled on Aave to withdraw funds. Read Full Story at Decrypt.co →
Apr 19, 2026
Infrastructure
Every year policy discussions get more important, and this year’s even more so. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com →
Apr 19, 2026
DeFi
Attacker minted unbacked rsETH through Kelp’s LayerZero bridge, then borrowed WETH on Aave V3 and V4 before markets could freeze. Read Full Story at Thedefiant.io…
Apr 19, 2026