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The Solana Foundation and Asymmetric Research launched STRIDE on Monday, a tiered security program built to protect decentralized finance ( DeFi) protocols across the Solana ecosystem with ongoing evaluations, threat monitoring, and formal verification. The initiative follows the Drift Protocol hack that saw $286 million pilfered in 12 minutes last week. Key Takeaways: The Solana … Read more
A Solana-based perpetual futures exchange lost $286 million in 12 minutes on April 1, 2026, after attackers spent three weeks quietly manufacturing fake collateral and socially engineering the protocol’s signers. The incident has been the most topical discussion in crypto circles over the last few days. DPRK Lazarus Group Suspected in Drift Protocol $286 Million … Read more
Onchain analysts flagged an estimated $200 million or more, drained from Drift Protocol accounts on April 1, 2026, making it one of the largest decentralized finance ( DeFi) breaches recorded this year. DRIFT Token Crashes After Protocol Reports Major Onchain Exploit The funds moved to wallet address HkGz4KmoZ7Zmk7HN6ndJ31UJ1qZ2qgwQxgVqQwovpZES, which blockchain explorers have flagged as potentially … Read more
Tokenized uranium holders can now use xU3O8 as collateral to borrow stablecoins through a new integration with the Morpho lending protocol. Metals.io announced that borrowing against xU3O8, the world’s first tokenized uranium, is officially live as of March 30, 2026. This launch, powered by the Morpho lending infrastructure and available on Oku, allows investors to … Read more
1inch expands its Model Context Protocol to allow AI agents to execute swaps and manage onchain portfolios in real time. 1inch Business announced the expansion of its Model Context Protocol (MCP) on March 30, 2026, to enable autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agents to access decentralized finance infrastructure directly. The integration allows developers to build goal-oriented … Read more
Aave launched V4 on Ethereum mainnet on Monday, introducing a hub-and-spoke architecture that lets institutions borrow against real-world assets and fixed-rate credit products without fragmenting the protocol’s existing liquidity pool. Ethereum DeFi Protocol Aave Releases V4 With Chainlink Oracles and Tokenized Collateral Markets The release shared with Bitcoin.com News was announced at EthCC in Cannes … Read more
Lido DAO has formally approved a $60 million operating budget for 2026 and outlined a strategy to move beyond its core liquid- staking product into yield vaults, institutional wrappers, and what the protocol calls “real-business DeFi.” Lido DAO Targets Corporate Treasuries and Tokenized Assets in Three-Year DeFi Plan The plan, detailed in the GOOSE-3 governance … Read more
A new European Central Bank (ECB) working paper finds that governance over major decentralized finance protocols is controlled by a narrow group of token holders, delegates, and centralized exchanges, raising hard questions about who can actually be held accountable. Top 100 Holders Control 80% of DeFi Governance Tokens, ECB Study Finds The working paper, ECB … Read more
Decentralized finance ( DeFi) protection protocol built, Firelight, has surpassed 50 million XRP staked following several whale-scale deposits. Rapid Adoption and Capacity Expansion Firelight, the onchain protection layer for DeFi, has surpassed 50 million XRP staked on its protocol. The achievement follows several large-scale deposits exceeding 1 million XRP each and a newly expanded deposit … Read more
Mezo has partnered with Aerodrome Finance in a collaboration that makes the latter the primary liquidity hub for the former’s native token and its Bitcoin-backed stablecoin. Bridging Base’s ‘ve’ Pioneers into Bitcoin DeFi Mezo, a decentralized lending protocol built on Bitcoin, has entered into a strategic partnership with Aerodrome Finance, a leading decentralized exchange ( … Read more