DeFi
DeFi

Bitcoin climbs as risk sentiment improves, altcoins hit by exploit concerns

Bitcoin advanced while altcoins continued to struggle after the weekend’s DeFi exploit, with markets eyeing Middle East tensions and shifting…
Apr 21, 2026
DeFi

Aave Faces Up to $230 Million in Losses After Kelp DAO Exploit, Incident Report Finds

An Aave Labs and LlamaRisk incident report puts bad debt exposure at $124 million to $230 million depending on how…
Apr 21, 2026
DeFi

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…
Apr 20, 2026
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…
Apr 20, 2026
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…
Apr 20, 2026
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,…
Apr 20, 2026
DeFi

Bitcoin bounces above $76,000 as DeFi suffers $14 billion exodus after KelpDAO hack

Crypto steadied despite rising Iran tensions, but DeFi is reeling from one of the largest exploits of the year. Read…
Apr 20, 2026
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…
Apr 20, 2026
DeFi

Bitcoin faces near-term pressure as liquidity tightens, Hilbert Group CIO says

Russell Thompson warned of a sharp tightening in global liquidity that could weigh on risk assets and bitcoin in the…
Apr 20, 2026
DeFi

Six years after “DeFi Summer” is the sun already setting on the decentralized finance revolution?

KelpDAO’s $292 million rsETH exploit landed at the wrong moment for DeFi. Roughly $10 billion left the sector over the weekend, after…
Apr 20, 2026