April 2026 will be remembered as the the month DeFi died:
KelpDAO: $293,000,000
Drift: $285,000,000
Rhea Lend: $18,400,000
Grinex: $15,000,000
Wasabi Protocol: $5,500,000
Sweat: $3,500,000
Volo Vault: $3,500,000
Hyperbridge: $2,500,000
BSC TMM/USDT:...
Drift Protocol (DRIFT)
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Kelp and Drift are the worst outcome made real: exotic composability mixed with DeFi, all of the vulnerabilities that entails, none of the constraint. Rent minimization and disintermediation are real benefits. But they only hold if you build on thing...
4/30/2026 18:21
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DPRK is the biggest DeFi power user ever 👀
Made ~$635M from DeFi in April alone! Utilising 28 protocols in 30 days:
Copy their strategy:
1) apr 1 - drift - $285m
2) apr 3 - silo v2 - $392k
3) apr 4 - tmm - $1.67m
4) apr 5 - denaria finance - $165k...
4/30/2026 16:31
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Genuinely WTF is going on with DeFi this month?
Just an insane number of code exploits, oracle exploits, bridge hacks, and key compromises:
LayerZero | $292M | April 18 | rsETH bridge exploit
Drift Trade | $285M | April 1 | Compromised Admin + Fak...
4/30/2026 16:08
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$629.8M stolen in April alone.
That's more than all of Q1 combined.
This was the third-worst month in crypto's history.
- Kelp $293M
- Drift Trade $285M
- Rhea Lend $18.4M
- Grinex $15M
- Sweat Foundation $3.5M
- Volo Vault $3.5M
- Hyperbridge $2....
4/30/2026 16:04
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april 2026 was the worst month ever in terms of defi exploits
~$635M lost in total, 28 incidents in 30 days:
1) apr 1 - drift - $285m
2) apr 3 - silo v2 - $392k
3) apr 4 - tmm - $1.67m
4) apr 5 - denaria finance - $165k
5) apr 9 - aethir - $423k
6)...
4/30/2026 12:39
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crypto protocols lost $606 million to hacks in the first 18 days of April, making it the worst month since the Bybit breach in February 2025
$285 million from Drift Protocol on April 1st and $292 million from KelpDAO on April 18th, both traced back ...
4/27/2026 08:31
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April 2026 just became the worst month for crypto hacks since Bybit.
$606M gone in 18 days. KelpDAO and Drift alone took $577M.
We’re 17 years in and still building castles on sand. If your “DeFi blue chip” can’t survive a Tuesday, it’s not a blue ...
4/26/2026 13:02
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I'm still wondering how come $KERNEL only dumped a mere 15% from this whole KelpDAO story.
In comparison, $DRIFT dumped 50% after their hack.
Even $AAVE, which wasn’t responsible for the KelpDAO hack, dumped 25% (which also makes sense since THEY t...
4/24/2026 13:37
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it's been a rough year for defi.
Drift + kelpdao have affected the industry pretty badly. these attacks are not attacks on protocol but on all of us. the whole industry.
Lazarus group has stolen a total of $7b from us. that money belonged to us. pe...
4/20/2026 15:54
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Very sad to see the recent Drift and KelpDAO security incidents. These were hard blows for DeFi.
In the last 2 days alone, DeFi TVL shrank by almost $15 billion.
But it makes me relate even more to what @santiagoroel has been preaching over the las...
4/20/2026 09:26
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There have been 51 exploits in 2026, totaling $802M in losses.
Drift + Kelp accounted for 72% of all 2026 losses accrued.
None of these accounts for the collateral damage seen across TVL, user trust, valuations, and the space's morale.
DeFi rema...
4/19/2026 17:55
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Since the KelpDao/AAVE exploit and freeze I’ve observed substantially less dunking from the Solana eco, than from other ecos during Drift. But it should be closer to zero.
I understand the want to call out hypocrisy from those calling Solana protoc...
4/19/2026 10:53
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THE END OF MULTISIGFI ERA
Two weeks ago, Drift lost $300M as 2 keys were compromised.
Today, LayerZero lost $300M after one of the 1-of-1 keys was compromised.
On this trajectory, next week we will lose $300M as 0.5 out of 1 keys are compromised.
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4/19/2026 10:20
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After Drift got hacked, I withdrew all my funds from tier2-3 protocols, put them all into AAVE.
I know that KelpDAO hack is not really connected to aave but man.. the fear got me.. there is no need to take risks, so I just withdrew all my funds from...
4/18/2026 19:44
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🚨LATEST: CIRCLE HIT WITH LAWSUIT OVER $280M DRIFT EXPLOIT RESPONSE
Circle faces a class action lawsuit for its failure in freezing the stolen USDC during the Drift hack, enabling $230M to be bridged across chains, raising claims of negligence and a...
4/17/2026 03:45
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Circle sued by class action filed over Drift Protocol $280 Million Hack By Gibbs Mura, A Law Group for not freezing the stolen funds.
OAKLAND, CA—On April 14, 2026, Gibbs Mura, A Law Group was the first to file a class action lawsuit on behalf of D...
4/16/2026 20:51
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Crypto + Macro Stuff I'm Looking At Today
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- S&P 500 hits new all-time high
- $BTC currently 41% below previous all-time high
- Also... $BTC funding rates apparently at most negative levels since 2023 (per Glassnode)
- Drift announces fu...
4/16/2026 15:18
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USDC dominates in DeFi because of years of Tether FUD.
But IMHO AI hacking DeFi is a bigger risk than USDC or USDT depeg risks.
And because Circle fails to proactively freeze hacked funds, Tether's USDT might be a safer bet than USDC in DeFi.
With...
4/16/2026 14:38
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kraken breached, polkadot bridge exploited, drift hacked, ledger app drainer available in apple apps
yeah physical gold is harder to move and transact in, but at least it can’t be hacked
anyway, move funds across more hot and cold wallets for safet...
4/14/2026 16:20
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🔥CIRCLE DEFENDS NOT FREEZING HACKED USDC
Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire says the firm chose NOT to freeze funds from the $285M Drift hack, citing a “moral quandary” and lack of legal clarity.
Circle argues that acting without legal authority risks viol...
4/13/2026 11:29
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has @DriftProtocol apologized to their users yet and/or provided a plan for how they plan to recoup their customers lost funds?
yes- the hack was very sophisticated.
no- that’s still not an excuse to sign transactions/download apps on the same devi...
4/12/2026 23:00
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"Fully constructed identities, including employment histories, public facing credentials and professional networks." DPRK spent 6 months building trust with Drift. They met people in person at multiple conferences. They deposited $1 million. This is ...
4/12/2026 15:00
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Circle has publicly responded to the backlash over the April 1 Drift Protocol exploit, where attackers stole roughly $270–285 million (with a significant portion converted to and bridged as USDC via Circle’s own Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol/CCTP).
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4/10/2026 14:54
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A lot of people are reaching out to me for updates but I don't have any information outside what is publicly available
I stopped working on Drift end of last year so have just been following along with the public comms like every body else
Ultimate...
4/9/2026 20:39
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The Drift hack wasn't a code bug. It was a six-month social engineering op at real conferences.
@perkinscr97: "When a nation state attacks a startup, the nation state wins every single time." @bitsandbips @ramahluwalia @austincampbell
https://t.co/...
4/8/2026 18:13
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"When a nation state attacks a startup, the nation state's going to win every single time."
What caught me from this week's @bitsandbips: the Drift hack wasn't a code exploit, it was a six-month social engineering campaign. @ramahluwalia @austincamp...
4/8/2026 16:00
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What struck me most: the attackers built fully constructed LinkedIn identities, showed technical fluency, deposited real capital, met Drift people in person at multiple conferences.
This wasn't a day job. It was patient, resource-intensive, nation-...
4/8/2026 03:24
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Andy said the Drift exploit post mortem was one of the only ones in DeFi that shook him to the core.
Rob was skeptical and suspected it might be an inside job disguised as a North Korean attack.
@tayvano_ a respected blockchain investigator in th...
4/8/2026 01:19
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Description
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Drift Protocol is a decentralized exchange specializing in perpetual swaps and spot trading with up to 10x leverage. It aims to provide greater capital efficiency and enhanced liquidity through features like cross-margined risk management and Just-In-Time Auction mechanisms, making it a significant player in the DeFi space.
| Sector: | Perpetuals |
| Blockchain: | Solana |
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