Lead Story

DeFi Protocols Launch Joint Escape Hatch for Aave ETH Lenders and Loopers

Fluid’s aWETH Redemption Protocol, launched with Lido, Ether.fi, 1inch, 0x and Kyber, has processed $136M out of Aave’s frozen WETH pool in 48 hours. Read Full Story at Thedefiant.io →
AI

Playdate Gaming Handheld Maker Bans Generative AI Tools for Development

Panic, the firm behind the Playdate handheld, now prohibits creative AI applications while preserving developer productivity aids. Read Full Story at Decrypt.co →
AI

Lose Your Job to AI? New York Lawmaker Proposes 'AI Dividend' Stimmy

Congressional candidate Alex Bores outlined a policy that would trigger payments to Americans if surging AI use reduces employment. Read Full Story at Decrypt.co →
AI

Alibaba Drops Qwen 3.6 Max Preview—Its Most Powerful Model Yet

Alibaba released Qwen3.6-Max-Preview, its most powerful AI model yet, topping six major coding benchmarks and posting gains in world knowledge and instruction following over its…
DeFi

North Korea’s crypto heist playbook is expanding and DeFi keeps getting hit

More than $500 million was siphoned across the Drift and Kelp exploits in just over two weeks. What once looked like isolated breaches now resembles…
DeFi

Aave could face up to $230 million in losses after Kelp DAO bridge exploit triggers DeFi chaos

Aave published a report outlining two possible outcomes: around $123 million in losses if damage is shared across all rsETH, or up to $230 million…
Markets

UK Gas Firm Faces Pushback Over Plans to Mine Bitcoin

Reabold Resources faced criticism for plans to use a gas field to mine Bitcoin, but said serving U.K. energy demand remains its main focus. Read…
DeFi

Aave Models $124M to $230M in Bad Debt From Kelp Exploit

In a detailed incident report, Aave service providers quantified the protocol’s exposure for the first time and outlined two scenarios depending on how Kelp DAO…
Markets

Bitcoin Price Retakes $76,500 as Iran Tensions and Oil Volatility Drive Market Uncertainty

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Price Retakes $76,500 as Iran Tensions and Oil Volatility Drive Market Uncertainty Bitcoin price held above $76,500 after slipping toward $75,000 over…