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Binance Research: April DeFi Exploits Triggered $13 Billion in Outflows
16.6.2026
A wave of April exploits drove roughly $13 billion out of decentralized finance, sharply compressing total value locked and pushing onchain leverage back to 2021 levels. A $13 Billion Wipeout in Days Binance Research reported that April’s decentralized finance ( DeFi) exploits triggered around...
Defillama: Q2 2026 Has Been Crypto’s Most-Hacked Quarter on Record With Nearly 70 Exploits
13.6.2026
The last three months of 2026 have become the most-hacked quarter in crypto history, with roughly 70 separate exploits draining about $746 million. A Record Built on Many Small Hits The second quarter of 2026 is already the most-hacked quarter on record, tallying about 70 hacks, which is roughly...
Defillama Adds Pre-IPO Perps for OpenAI, SpaceX, and Anthropic as Onchain AI Bets Heat Up
10.6.2026
Defillama has begun tracking pre-IPO perpetual futures for Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceX, and Quantinuum, as onchain traders are racing to bet on the year’s biggest private companies before they go public. Onchain Markets for Companies That Aren’t Public Yet Crypto data aggregator Defillama said it...
Morpho Raises $175M at $2B Valuation as Paradigm and A16z Back DeFi Push
10.6.2026
Morpho has raised $175 million in a funding round led by Paradigm, A16z Crypto, and Ribbit Capital. The DeFi lending protocol is now valued at about $2 billion as it expands from crypto-native markets into institutional finance. Morpho Targets Institutional Finance as TVL Hits $6.6B Morpho...
Spectra Rolls $4.88M Into New XRP Yield Market as Flare Keeps Liquidity Intact
6.6.2026
An XRP-denominated fixed-term yield market on the Flare Network recently completed a liquidity rollover with zero market interruption. Metavault Architecture Eliminates Operational Friction An XRP-denominated, fixed-term yield market on the Flare Network has successfully executed a seamless...
Aave Says Operations Back to Normal as $300M Backstop Replaces Drained Assets
3.6.2026
Decentralized finance protocol Aave recently revealed that it has fully restored liquidity to its lending pools following a $300 million cross-chain exploit. The Anatomy of the Exploit Decentralized finance ( DeFi) pioneer Aave has successfully restored full liquidity to its lending pools, capping...
Orbs Rolls out V5 on Ethereum and Arbitrum, Cutting Costs Across 10+ Chains
3.6.2026
Layer 3 blockchain infrastructure Orbs has launched its V5 product upgrade on Ethereum and Arbitrum to improve cross-chain verification, lower infrastructure costs, and increase validator participation. Milestone Growth Precedes Upgrade The decentralized Layer 3 blockchain infrastructure focused...
Is All DeFi Unsafe? Industry Leaders Push Back After Openzeppelin Founder Warns Retail to Exit Blue-Chips
31.5.2026
Openzeppelin co-founder Manuel Aráoz sparked widespread industry debate by calling decentralized finance ( DeFi) unsafe. Industry leaders counter that Aráoz’s framing overstates the risk, pointing out that DeFi lending security has improved by roughly 98% since 2020. Shifting From Drama to Data...
Zama Users Lose Access to $12.6M USDC After Circle Executes Court-Ordered Blacklist
30.5.2026
Circle blacklisted a publicly labeled Ethereum smart contract tied to Zama’s privacy protocol on Saturday, freezing approximately $12.6 million in USDC following a U.S. federal court order connected to a civil lawsuit against Overnight Finance founder Maxim Ermilov. Circle’s Zama Blacklist Freezes...
Stake DAO Freezes Arbitrum vsdCRV Markets After Attacker Mints 5.4T Synthetic Tokens
29.5.2026
On May 27, decentralized finance platform Stake DAO suffered an infinite-minting exploit on its Arbitrum protocol. However, Stake DAO core contributors quickly secured the mainnet funds backing the tokens, shut down the vsdCRV bridge, and successfully contained the exploit. Infinite-Minting...
Sui Network Suffers 6-Hour Outage Following 1.72 Upgrade Bug
29.5.2026
The Sui blockchain experienced a nearly six-hour network stall, halting all onchain block production. The disruption marks the second major downtime event for the high-throughput network this year. Onchain Data Shows Block Production Halt for Sui Mainnet The Sui blockchain experienced a severe...
Grayscale Says Hyperliquid Could Become a DeFi Juggernaut
28.5.2026
Grayscale Research cast Hyperliquid as a standout DeFi contender with potential to scale into a major on-chain financial services platform. Its report points to trading growth, exchange-style network effects, and token mechanics linked directly to platform demand. Grayscale Sees Hyperliquid as...
Kraken Rolls out Bitcoin Vault With 2.5% APY for Long-Term BTC Holders in the US
27.5.2026
Kraken launched Bitcoin Vault on Wednesday, giving long-term bitcoin holders a way to earn up to 2.5% annual percentage yield on idle BTC without selling or giving up price exposure. Kraken Bitcoin Vault Goes Live: BTC Holders Can Now Earn Yield The new product sits inside Kraken’s Earn suite...
Streamex and Orca Build 24/7 Compliant Trading Pool for Gold-Backed Token GLDY on Solana
27.5.2026
Streamex Corp. and Solana-based decentralized exchange ( DEX) platform Orca launched 24/7 secondary liquidity infrastructure for tokenized securities on Wednesday, with GLDY, a gold-backed, yield-bearing token, as the first asset to trade on the system. Accredited Investors Gain 24/7 Exit Liquidity...
Bitget Launches Reality Platform for Tokenized Stocks With Stablecoin Dividend Payments
27.5.2026
Bitget has unveiled Reality, a regulated platform for issuing tokenized real-world assets tied to traditional securities. The company aims to bridge traditional and decentralized finance ( DeFi) markets by offering fully collateralized, onchain versions of stocks with institutional-grade...
Exchange OS Goes Live on OKX’s Xlayer With Glassnode Data, Opens Market Building to Any Developer
27.5.2026
A permissionless exchange protocol called Exchange OS has gone live on OKX’s Xlayer network, allowing any developer to deploy spot markets, perpetual futures, and prediction markets on shared infrastructure, with Glassnode serving as the official onchain data provider. Glassnode Powers Exchange...
Base Launches MCP Gateway Letting Claude and ChatGPT Execute Onchain DeFi Actions
26.5.2026
Base, the Coinbase-incubated Ethereum layer two ( L2) network, launched Base MCP on Tuesday, a Model Context Protocol gateway that connects artificial intelligence (AI) agents directly to users’ Base Accounts for onchain transactions. Base Deploys MCP Gateway for Claude and Cursor Users to Interact...
Kraken’s ETH Deposit Highlights Restaking Paradox: Eigencloud’s $6.5B TVL vs EIGEN’s 96% Price Decline
26.5.2026
Crypto exchange Kraken has deposited ether into Eigencloud, the leading restaking protocol on the Ethereum network, even as the platform’s native EIGEN token trades roughly 96% below its all-time high despite holding over $6.5 billion in total value locked. Kraken Deposit Signals Institutional...
Ondo Finance Confirms Founder Nathan Allman’s Death, Appoints Ian De Bode as CEO
26.5.2026
Ondo Finance, one of the leading real-world asset tokenization protocols with over $3.79 billion in total value locked, has confirmed the unexpected death of its founder Nathan Allman. Ian De Bode has been named the new chief executive officer, effective immediately. Filling Big Shoes Ondo Finance...
Whale Who Spent $62M on Uniswap and Compound Tokens Is Now Selling at a $39.7M Loss
26.5.2026
A crypto whale who accumulated $62.83 million worth of Uniswap and Compound governance tokens in July 2025 has begun selling at sharply reduced prices, with losses exceeding $39.7 million and roughly half the original position still to be offloaded. A $62 Million Bet That Went Wrong In July 2025,...