DeFi Confidence Cracks After KelpDAO Exploit as Aave Suffers 44% Monthly Drop

In recent developments, since the $292 million KelpDAO incident, decentralized finance has endured a brutal stretch, with fallout spreading well beyond the initial exploit. Lending protocol Aave has been among…

KelpDAO Slams Layerzero After $300M Exploit, Shifts rsETH to Chainlink CCIP

In recent developments, following a $300 million exploit on April 18, 2026, KelpDAO has publicly challenged LayerZero Labs’ account of the incident, alleging that the bridge provider is deflecting blame…

Aave Leads ‘DeFi United’ Push to Contain $292M KelpDAO Fallout

In recent developments, aave’s founder has pledged 5,000 ETH of his own money as a growing DeFi coalition races to contain the fallout from the KelpDAO exploit. Looking closer, market…

Cryptoquant: KelpDAO Hack ‘Contagion’ Triggers Worst DeFi Liquidity Crunc…

In recent developments, the KelpDAO exploit allowed an attacker to siphon unbacked rsETH tokens and deposit them into Aave, triggering one of the sharpest liquidity contractions in recent DeFi history,…

Arbitrum Security Council Freezes 30,766 ETH From KelpDAO Exploiter in Emerge…

In recent developments, the Arbitrum Security Council froze 30,766 ether held by the KelpDAO exploiter on Arbitrum One, moving the funds to a protocol-controlled address before they could be bridged…

$14B Vanishes From DeFi Ecosystem After KelpDAO Exploit Rocks Lending Markets

In recent developments, following the KelpDAO exploit that resulted in the loss of nearly $300 million, the decentralized finance ( DeFi) ecosystem has experienced a cascading wave of withdrawals, affecting…

ZachXBT Flags $280M+ KelpDAO Exploit Hitting Ethereum DeFi Lending Markets

In recent developments, an attacker reportedly exploited a vulnerability in KelpDAO’s rsETH liquid restaking token on April 18, 2026, draining an estimated $280 million or more across Ethereum and Arbitrum.…