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The entity behind the roughly $290 million Kelp DAO breach has started moving large volumes of Ether into fresh wallet addresses, in what appears to be the early stages of obfuscating the stolen funds after the exploit. Data from Arkham…
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Arbitrum has moved to lock down a large portion of funds tied to the Kelp DAO exploit, stepping in as the fallout from the cross-chain breach continues to spread. According to a Tuesday update from Arbitrum, the network’s Security Council…
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Aave price plummeted nearly 20% to around $90 by Monday morning following a massive exploit at Kelp DAO that left the protocol saddled with roughly $196 million in bad debt. According to data from crypto.news, Aave (AAVE) price fell from…
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LayerZero linked the $292 million Kelp DAO exploit to Lazarus and blamed a single-DVN setup for the breach.
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Kelp restaking platform lost $293M after rsETH exploit, triggering cross-protocol disruptions as DeFi platforms paused activity.
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Polkadot price rebounded over 10% on Thursday as it recovered from a sharp drop earlier this week. According to data from crypto.news, Polkadot (DOT) price rose 10.4% to an intraday high of $1.29 on April 16, while bringing its market…
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The US Treasury plans rules forcing dollar stablecoin issuers to build kill switches and run full bank‑style AML and sanctions programs, tightening control over on‑chain flows. The US Treasury is preparing sweeping anti–money-laundering and sanctions rules that would turn dollar-pegged…
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Polymarket’s late‑march fee overhaul has instantly transformed it into one of defi’s richest protocols, with weekly fees topping $7.1m and regulators circling. Polymarket has turned a controversial March 30 fee reform into a money machine, hauling in roughly $7.1 million…
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Solana price fell 18% from its March high as global tensions surrounding the U.S. Iran war and an exploit on Solana-based Drift Protocol that drained millions from the ecosystem spooked the market. According to data from crypto.news, Solana (SOL) price…
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ETHGlobal Cannes 2026’s 10 finalists push AI agents, privacy infrastructure and on-chain prediction markets through projects like ENShell, DIVE, Corpus and VEIL VPN. ETHGlobal used a simple “Drumroll please…” tweet to introduce what is arguably one of its most technically…
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Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has publicly accused Circle of failing to freeze stolen USDC as it moved through the company’s own cross-chain infrastructure during the $285 million Drift Protocol exploit on April 1, 2026 — raising pointed questions about when and…
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Solana price managed to hold above the $70 support on Thursday as bulls stepped in to defend the psychological level. According to data from crypto.news, Solana (SOL) price fell nearly 9% from an intraday high of $85.1 on Wednesday to…
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Ant Group bought a 50.55% stake in Hong Kong broker Yau Choy Securities for about $360M, reshaping its board as it quietly positions for a local stablecoin license. Ant Group has completed its acquisition of Hong Kong-listed Yau Choy Securities,…
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A Tether whale just moved 500 million USDT from an unknown wallet to Binance, concentrating stablecoin firepower as BTC and ETH sit on dense liquidation bands. A massive 500 million USDT transfer has been spotted moving from an unknown wallet…
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Non-fungible token lending platform Gondi has vowed to compensate users affected in a Monday exploit during which the attacker stole roughly $230,000 worth of NFTs from the protocol. According to a post-incident update, Gondi confirmed that an exploit of its…
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Bitcoin-focused Solv Protocol was exploited on Thursday, resulting in roughly $2.7 million worth of funds drained from one of its token vaults. The project has offered a 10% bounty to the attackers. Solv Protocol is a DeFi platform that allows…
