Apr 21, 2026

Tether Asserts Stablecoin Dominance Over Circle's USDC Amid Major Crypto Hacks

Tether's USDT market cap hit an all-time high, with DeFi users appearing to favor the stablecoin over USDC as a refuge from indust...

Apr 21, 2026

Aave’s core markets hit 100% utilization at once, and that's not a good thing

CertiK says the lending protocol is in serious trouble while CEO Stani Kulechov tells CoinDesk he does “not have anything useful t...

Apr 21, 2026

Optimism Bills 'Privacy Boost' as Turning Point for Enterprises on Ethereum

The layer-2 Ethereum scaling network’s privacy offering is expected to expand to additional blockchains.

Apr 21, 2026

XRP Poised To Dominate New DeFi Cycle, XRPL Validator Says

XRP’s decentralized finance ecosystem is growing fast. Its FXRP supply is closing in on 160 million tokens, a milestone that signa...

Apr 21, 2026

$606 Million Lost: April 2026 Becomes the Worst Month for Crypto Exploits

TLDR: April 2026 recorded $606M in losses across 12 exploits, surpassing total Q1 losses by 3.7x. Social engineering led the large...

Apr 21, 2026

Starknet v0.14.2 Brings Native Privacy Infrastructure to Mainnet

TLDR: Starknet v0.14.2 introduces SNIP-36, enabling native in-protocol STARK proof verification on mainnet. STRK20 allows any ERC-...

Apr 21, 2026

Arbitrum Security Council Freezes $71.5M in Ethereum linked to $292M KelpDAO Exp...

Arbitrum's emergency response to the KelpDAO exploit has sparked praise and criticism over the network's ability to freeze stolen...

Apr 21, 2026

Dragonfly’s Haseeb Qureshi: Aave Has the Capital to Absorb Bad Debt Amid DeFi Ri...

TLDR: Dragonfly Managing Partner Haseeb Qureshi says Aave holds sufficient capital to absorb any bad debt it may face.  DeFi has s...

Apr 21, 2026

KelpDAO hackers are laundering millions in stolen crypto, data show

KelpDAO hackers are moving $290M in stolen crypto across blockchains, using privacy tools to mask the trail as DeFi contagion fear...