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Drift Protocol Hack 2026: What Happened, Who Lost Money, and What’s Next

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.…

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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.…

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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…

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Citrea Mainnet Goes Live, Bringing Bitcoin-Native Lending and Trading Online

Citrea’s mainnet went live on Tuesday, marking the launch of a new Bitcoin-focused application layer designed to support lending, trading, and settlement linked directly to the Bitcoin network. Citrea Goes…

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X Bans InfoFi Apps, KAITO Token Slides as Incentivized Posting Ends

X moved to curb incentivized posting on Jan. 15, revoking developer API access for so-called InfoFi apps in a bid to clean up artificial intelligence (AI)-generated spam and reward-driven reply…

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Silent Onchain Shift: Coinbase Predicts Widespread Crypto Use Hidden in Everyday Apps

Crypto’s future is charging toward mass adoption as seamless, invisible blockchain integration takes center stage, transforming digital experiences into effortless financial ecosystems that users embrace without even realizing they’re using…

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Crunch Lab Builds out AI Intelligence Layer With Fresh $5M Capital

Crunch Lab, the core contributor to the decentralized artificial intelligence (AI) collective CrunchDAO, has raised $5 million in a strategic funding round, the company shared with Bitcoin.com News. The investment…

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