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LayerZero Labs acknowledged a Lazarus Group attack on internal RPCs and a multisig signer's unauthorized personal trade, impacting 0.36% of assets on the protocol.
Future repurchases will follow a preset schedule and be routed through on-chain markets.
Payward says the OCC national trust charter would complement Kraken's banking arm, Kraken Financial.
A four-firm pilot settling the first cross-border, cross-bank redemption of tokenized U.S. Treasuries on the XRP Ledger extended a rally sparked by Ondo's seat at the DTCC’s tokenization table.
The President of the European Central Bank spoke against EUR-pegged stablecoins at the inaugural Banco de España LatAm Economic Forum today.
Tron, Cardano and Solana led weekly gains among the Top 10, while Bitcoin and Ether lagged as US spot ETF demand cooled on Thursday.
Tangem Pay lets users spend USDC directly from their self-custodial Tangem wallets, settling all transactions on Polygon.
Analysis of 2,665 LayerZero OApp contracts shows nearly half rely on single-validator security configurations, the same setup that exposed KelpDAO's rsETH to exploitation.
In a detailed incident report, Aave service providers quantified the protocol's exposure for the first time and outlined two scenarios depending on how Kelp DAO allocates the loss. LayerZero and Kelp continue to blame each other for the compromised bridge configuration.
Fluid's aWETH Redemption Protocol, launched with Lido, Ether.fi, 1inch, 0x and Kyber, has processed $136M out of Aave's frozen WETH pool in 48 hours.
Optimism's first privacy offering by core developer Sunnyside uses ZK and TEE hybrid technology to enable confidential computing for enterprises on the OP Stack.
Since the freeze, ZachXBT reported that the attackers had begun moving funds from Ethereum mainnet to Bitcoin.
Ramp expands stablecoin access by launching USDT across Solana, Plasma, and Ethereum with seamless 1:1 USD conversion for global money movement.
Tempo also announced it's launching a Stablecoin Advisory.
After attackers deposited rsETH from an exploited Kelp bridge and borrowed Wrapped ETH, Aave had frozen WETH across multiple markets.
New York AG Letitia James filed suit against Coinbase and Gemini, alleging their prediction market platforms constitute illegal gambling operations lacking state licenses.
WalletConnect's ecosystem of 700 crypto wallets and 70,000 dApps now supports the enterprise- and privacy-focused blockchain network.
Polymarket announced early access for perpetual futures trading, while The Information reported that Kalshi is planning a similar product launch.
Base's Azul upgrade is currently live on testnet, with mainnet launch scheduled for mid-May.
TRON founder takes the Trump-linked DeFi project to California federal court, escalating a months-long feud over blacklisted tokens and governance rights.
Aave TVL has dropped by $10B since the Kelp attackers used the protocol to borrow $190 million in WETH, depositing unbacked rsETH.
Stablecoin issuer argues Aave's interest rate curve is failing to clear the $1.89B pool after four days at full utilization.
WisdomTree's WTGXX holds nearly $860M in distributed asset value, mostly on Ethereum.
The stablecoin issuer says it has now supported more than 2,300 cases worldwide, including over 1,200 with U.S. agencies.
ETH is lagging with on-chain risk still elevated post-Kelp, while SOL dropped 3% and the broader market cap slipped 1.6% on the day.
Lido is the first service provider to publicly announce its participation in the relief fund via a governance proposal requesting up to 2,500 stETH.
The deployment of 10 Mega Mafia apps satisfies the first of three performance triggers tied to the long-awaited token launch.
Major altcoins traded sideways on Friday after Trump ordered the Navy to fire on Iranian mine-laying boats.
Traders can post non-USDC assets as collateral for perps through Unified Trading Accounts, with conservative supply caps at launch.
Bybit CEO Ben Zhou pledged his support for Mantle's 30,000 ETH loan proposal.
The Ethereum Foundation finalized a 10,000 ETH over-the-counter sale to BitMNR at an average price of $2,387 per token.
The Aave DAO is voting on a proposal to provide funding to restore Kelp DAO's rsETH product backing after an April 18 bridge incident, as part of a broader DeFi United ecosystem recovery effort.
Western Union plans to roll out its USDPT stablecoin next month, alongside a digital wallet network and Stable Card for global payments.
Elfa AI begins offering continuous listening and real-time interpretation for AI agents to execute transactions on Solana when market conditions are met.
MicroStrategy has acquired an additional 3,273 Bitcoin in a new purchase valued at approximately $255 million, while prediction market Polymarket sets 10% odds on the company selling any Bitcoin before year-end.
Maple Finance announced it has crossed $7 billion in total bridge volume, signaling growing cross-chain demand for yield-bearing dollar assets.
CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam said prediction markets provide measurable value to participants and the public, committing the agency to setting regulatory standards for the sector.
The DeFi United coalition crossed its rsETH backing target after a flood of weekend commitments from across the Ethereum, Solana, TRON, Avalanche, and Bitcoin ecosystems.
With Genesis Capital fully deployed, the protocol looks to shift from governance-determined capital outflows to rules-bound expenses capped at a fixed percentage of revenue.
Bored Apes, Mutant Apes, Pudgy Penguins, Azuki and Doodles are all up double digits on the month.