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Emergency freeze: Arbitrum Security Council transferred 30,766 ETH (~$70 million) from the exploiter’s wallet on Arbitrum One to a protocol-controlled address (0x…0DA0) before the native bridge withdrawal finalized.
Timing: The action followed PeckShield’s alert on the withdrawal initiation and was confirmed by Lookonchain roughly 20 minutes after execution on April 21, 2026.
Context: The move addresses funds traced to the April 18...
LayerZero attributes $290 million Kelp DAO exploit to Lazarus Group via RPC compromise
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LayerZero clarified that the $290 million exploit of Kelp DAO’s rsETH bridge resulted from external security configurations rather than a flaw in the LayerZero protocol.
The attack is being attributed to the North Korean Lazarus Group, involving a sophisticated DDoS attack and the compromise of RPC nodes.
Kelp DAO has paused its liquid restaking operations while security teams work to trace the stolen assets across multiple chains.
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Bitcoin’s Fourth Halving Cycle Dramatically Underperforming Prior Ones
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Cycle comparison: The post-April 2024 halving cycle is “dramatically” weaker than the 2012, 2016 and 2020 cycles, according to Galaxy head of research Alex Thorn.
Price gains: Bitcoin’s 2025 peak above $125,000 was only 97% above the April 2024 halving price near $63,000, versus 9,294% in 2012, 2,950% in 2016 and 761% in 2020.
Volatility decline: The 30-day Bitcoin Volatility Index now sits at 1.75%, well below the 9.64% peak seen...
RaveDAO’s RAVE token plunges 90% as Binance and Bitget launch manipulation probes
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RAVE token prices plummeted nearly 90% in a 24-hour window, erasing approximately $5.7 billion in market capitalization following a record-breaking rally.
On-chain investigator ZachXBT alleged that 90% of the token supply is controlled by team-linked wallets, claiming coordinated transfers to exchanges triggered a massive short squeeze.
Binance and Bitget have initiated internal investigations into the trading activity after liquidations...
Aave Faces Liquidity Crisis and $280M Bad Debt Following Kelp DAO Exploit
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An attacker drained 116,500 rsETH ($292 million) from the Kelp DAO LayerZero bridge, using the unbacked tokens as collateral to borrow WETH on Aave.
Aave is currently grappling with approximately $280 million in bad debt as the fraudulent rsETH collateral is effectively worthless and unliquidatable.
The protocol’s ETH pool utilization reached 100%, temporarily preventing further withdrawals and sparking over $5.4 billion in total...



