Solana DEX Warns Liquidity Providers to Withdraw After North Korean Employee Link Surfaces

Stabble, a Solana-based decentralized exchange ( DEX), urged all liquidity providers on Tuesday, to withdraw their funds immediately after onchain investigator ZachXBT publicly linked a former employee to suspected North Korean IT operations. Key Takeaways: Stabble urged all liquidity providers to withdraw funds on April 7, 2026, after ZachXBT flagged a suspected former employee as … Read more

Solana Foundation Launches STRIDE Security Program for DeFi Protocols Following Drift Incident

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

Aave V4 Launch Explained: Hub-and-Spoke Model, New Partners, and What Changes for Borrowers

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 Launches Vaults and Earn Products as Staking Yields Compress

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

Aave V4 Clears Governance Vote, Eyes Ethereum Mainnet With Security-First Rollout

Aave’s community has approved a proposal to deploy Aave V4 on Ethereum mainnet, setting the stage for a tightly controlled launch focused on risk management and long-term scalability. Aave DAO Greenlights V4 Upgrade With New Credit Infrastructure The approved ARFC (Aave Request for Comment) outlines a security-first activation, with conservative parameters and a deliberately limited … Read more

Balancer Labs to Shut Down as DAO Takes Control of Protocol Future

Balancer co-founder Fernando Martinelli said Balancer Labs will shut down as the protocol pivots toward a leaner, DAO-led structure following months of financial strain and fallout from a 2025 exploit. The End of Balancer Labs Balancer Labs, the original development entity behind the decentralized exchange ( DEX) protocol, is being wound down after what Martinelli … Read more

Resolv Labs Pauses Protocol After $23M Exploit Triggers USR Stablecoin Depeg

Resolv Labs halted its decentralized finance ( DeFi) protocol early Sunday morning after an exploit allowed an attacker to mint tens of millions of unbacked USR stablecoins, sending the token sharply off its dollar peg. What Caused the Resolv Labs Hack and USR Depeg? The incident struck the Resolv DeFi platform, which offers yield strategies … Read more

Decentralized Exchanges Capture Nearly 20% of Global Perps Market

Onchain perpetual futures trading on decentralized exchanges ( DEXs) reached record levels in early 2026, signaling a sustained shift in market structure as traders increasingly move away from centralized platforms. Solana, Ethereum Upgrades Fuel Shift to Onchain Crypto Derivatives Perpetual DEXs processed about $6.7 trillion in cumulative trading volume in 2025, marking a 346% increase … Read more

Suspected $3.7M Exploit Hits Venus Protocol After Attacker Uses Illiquid Token as Collateral

Venus Protocol, a decentralized finance ( DeFi) lending platform on BNB Chain, is investigating unusual activity after an address allegedly used the illiquid $THE token as collateral to extract roughly $3.7 million in digital assets before large-scale liquidations began. Suspected $3.7M Venus Protocol Exploit Hits BNB Chain Lending Markets Onchain and social media alerts first … Read more

What Happened in the Aave Oracle Incident? $26M Liquidations Explained

A configuration error in a price oracle used by Aave triggered roughly $26–27 million in liquidations on Tuesday, after the system temporarily undervalued a key ethereum staking asset used as collateral. DeFi Lending Giant Aave Moves to Reimburse Users After Oracle Mispricing The issue involved Aave’s Correlated Asset Price Oracle (CAPO), which is designed to … Read more

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