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DeFi
Kelp DAO Loses $293M in Bridge Exploit, Leaving Aave With Over $200M in Bad Debt
Attacker minted unbacked rsETH through Kelp's LayerZero bridge, then borrowed WETH on Aave V3 and V4 before markets could freeze.

DeFi
Wrapped XRP Now Available Across Major Solana Apps: Solana
Solana announced wXRP is live on Titan Exchange, Real, Phantom, Jupiter, and Meteora, expanding cross-chain asset availability on the blockchain.

Markets
X Generates $1 Billion in Trading Volume Days After Launching Cashtags Feature: X
X's new cashtags trading pilot for stocks and crypto reached an estimated $1 billion in volume within days of its Tuesday launch.

Markets
Bitcoin Touches $78,000 As Iran Declares Strait of Hormuz 'Completely Open'
A geopolitical breakthrough and strong ETF inflows converged to lift crypto markets on Friday.

Markets
Memecoin Sector Shows Signs of Life as ASTEROID Rockets Past $25M
Narrative-driven tokens are catching bids again as the broader memecoin sector attempts to recover from a bruising 2025.

DeFi
Figure Clashes With Short Seller Over Blockchain Lending Claims
Morpheus Research's report alleges that the $7.7B fintech is exaggerating its use of blockchain technology, while Figure and asset manager Van Eck dispute the findings.

TradFi & Fintech
Singapore Gulf Bank Launches In-Bank Settlement for USDC on Solana
The bank says it plans to add other stablecoins across multiple blockchains to the service.

CeFi
Kraken's Parent Firm to Acquire US Derivatives Exchange Bitnomial
Payward has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Bitnomial for up to $550 million.

TradFi & Fintech
Mitsui & Co.'s Crypto Arm Brings Tokenized Metals Asset Zipangcoin to OP Mainnet
The shift to Optimism is ZPG's first deployment on a public blockchain since launching in 2022, and the start of its global rollout.

Markets
Altcoins Surge as Bitcoin Drifts Near $75,000
ETH held above $2,300, while SOL reclaimed $90 and XRP jumped to $1.46.




