Tag: DeFi TVL
The $292M KelpDAO hack erased $13 billion from DeFi – and Strategy bought $2.54B in Bitcoin while it burned
$292 million. That’s what the KelpDAO hack drained from a single cross-chain bridge in one transaction on Friday afternoon – making it 2026’s largest DeFi exploit and one of the biggest in crypto history. But the theft wasn’t the real story. What happened next was. Within 48 hours, DeFi protocols hemorrhaged $13.2 billion in total…
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Nobody Wanted Algorand at $0.08 – Then Google, the SEC, and Revolut All Showed Up
Algorand rallied 50% from near-record lows as a Google quantum paper, regulatory clarity, and institutional adoption converged in one explosive week. Nobody wanted Algorand at $0.08. ALGO, the native token of the Layer 1 blockchain built by MIT cryptographer Silvio Micali, spent most of Q1 2026 in freefall. It touched $0.08 in late March –…
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Week in Crypto: March 23-29 Data Roundup – The Great Divergence
The numbers from this week don’t add up. And that’s exactly why they matter. Bitcoin dropped 3% to $66,578. Ethereum slid 3.9% to $1,989. The Fear & Greed Index spent its 46th consecutive day in “Extreme Fear” territory – the longest unbroken streak since FTX collapsed in November 2022. Long-term Bitcoin holders, the so-called diamond…
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DeFi Didn’t Flinch: $97.6B in TVL While Bitcoin Bleeds 20% and Fear Hits Rock Bottom
Fifty-three million dollars. That’s the total liquidation exposure sitting within 20% of current prices across all of DeFi right now, according to on-chain data from DefiLlama and Aave risk dashboards. For context, that same number was $340 million in February 2025. An 84% drop – during a nastier market. Bitcoin’s down 20% year-to-date. The Fear…
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Bitcoin’s Great Disconnect: Whales Stack 91,000 BTC as Fear Index Hits Rock Bottom at 10
Exchange reserves plunge to a 7-year low while retail investors panic – on-chain data reveals who’s really buying the dip. The crypto market is flashing one of its most extreme sentiment readings in years. On March 22, 2026, the Crypto Fear The fear and greed index has taken a big hit, dropping down to 10,…
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