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KelpDAO’s liquid restaking token, rsETH, has become the center of a major DeFi recovery effort after a hack estimated at roughly $290 million. The latest development came on Thursday, when Lido Finance unveiled a proposal aimed at supporting Aave’s (AAVE) coordinated response to the rsETH shortfall.  Lido Joins rsETH Recovery Effort The Lido plan was submitted to Aave’s Research Forum following this week’s Kelp incident involving the rsETH LayerZero bridge exploit.  While the exploit’s details were still unfolding, Aave moved quickly to organize a larger, ecosystem-wide effort—“DeFi United”—with the goal of making affected users whole after the April 18 bridge…

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, April 23rd, 2026, ChainwireAt the Prediction Conference in Las Vegas, SafeBets [SafeBets.world Inc.] unveiled a first-of-its-kind prediction platform where users can earn substantial financial rewards.The company’s arrival comes as the prediction market sector reaches a historic inflection point. Industry volume has grown 127-fold in three years, from $0.5 billion in 2022 to $63.5 billion in 2025, with research firm Eilers & Krejcik further projecting the sector to reach $1 trillion in annual trading volume by 2030.SafeBets is built to capture a significant share of that market through a model that no existing platform has yet…

In 2026, fintech PR teams are operating in a more demanding environment than ever. Media budgets are under closer scrutiny, campaign outcomes need to be justified with hard evidence, and the old habit of choosing outlets based on brand familiarity or scattered metrics no longer holds up. What teams need now is not more dashboards, but a better decision system.Outset Media Index (OMI) solves the fragmentation pain point. It is the first media intelligence platform to turn fragmented media signals into a unified framework for planning, benchmarking, and decision-making. Rather than forcing PR teams to compare traffic from one tool,…

Key Takeaways: Circle’s Chief Economist Gordon Liao proposed raising USDC’s Aave V3 Slope 2 rate to 50% to restore liquidity after a KelpDAO exploit. A $292 million KelpDAO rsETH bridge attack on April 18 drained Aave of up to $15.1 billion in TVL within days. Aave’s USDC pool sat at 99.87% utilization for four days, with under $3 million in available liquidity as of April 22. Circle Chief Economist Proposes Higher USDC Rates on Aave V3 to Restore Liquidity After KelpDAO Exploit The proposal, filed as an Aave Request for Comment, asks Aave’s Risk Steward to immediately raise Slope 2…

Fold Holdings has launched a new Bitcoin Bonus Program that lets employers offer recurring bitcoin-denominated bonuses without changing payroll systems, positioning it as the first product under its new Fold Business platform. Employers set bonus amounts in dollars on their normal payroll schedule, while Fold handles conversion to bitcoin, custody, vesting and delivery through the Fold app. Fold describes the Bitcoin Bonus Program as an employer-grade bonus vehicle that can function both as a benefit and as a retention tool.  The company says employees can track and hold their bitcoin over time, turning what is often a spent-on-arrival cash bonus…

Ripple (XRP) is leading the charge, as crypto continues to be a catalytic matter of debate in the US markets. The US government is leaving no stone unturned to launch the Clarity Bill, a structure that promises to deliver promising infrastructure to the crypto industry. XRP is crucial to this development, as the crypto was once targeted for being a security, just because the domain lacked a system to work with. With the Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse actively engaged in formulating the new policies for this bill, it clearly shows how far XRP has come in its quest to prove…

Spartans.com is not waiting for its August 1st global launch to make moves. The popular online crypto casino already ranked 14th globally in beta has just signed a 12-month exclusive iGaming partnership with Real American Freestyle, a wrestling league generating 250 million social views per event after just eight events. This is two fast-moving operations recognising each other before either has hit full stride. Meanwhile, Stake leads the global crypto casino market in deposit volume but is facing a mounting wave of US lawsuits targeting its live casino games operations, and Bet365 has just entered Michigan as its 17th US state,…

We ran the same playbook… and it worked againLast time, we broke down exactly how we qualified for the Trump meme dinner.This time, we did the same thing. No changes. No fancy tricks.And it worked again.We also shared that playbook with our community. Hopefully, a few more people made it in as well. That’s always the goal. Not just farming solo, but helping others find these opportunities too.In the end, we finished 207th place. That was enough to secure a spot at the dinner this Saturday.What surprised me most?The competition felt much lighter this time.Qualified Trump meme gala, FloridaA much…

SPK price is back from the dead and it didn’t come quietly. After months of grinding sideways and shaking out weak hands, the token just ripped higher, smashing through its accumulation phase and tagging $0.063 in April. For something that looked completely forgotten after its brutal post-2025 decline, this kind of move feels… almost suspiciously aggressive.SPK price breakout ends long painful accumulation phaseLet’s rewind a bit. SPK price had its moment back in July 2025 with a ridiculous 540% parabolic surge. Then came the hangover months of steady decline, lower highs, and that slow bleed that kills interest more than…

XRP is grinding in the mid‑$1.40s, trapped between stubborn resistance and strong support as fresh “digital commodity” clarity, ETF rails and April seasonality fight flat flows. Summary XRP trades around 1.42–1.45, still roughly 60% below its 2018 all‑time high near $3.65, with a key 1.30–1.35 support band and 1.50–1.52 acting as near‑term resistance. April is historically XRP’s strongest month with average returns above 20%, and 2026 is already shaping up as one of its better Aprils thanks to renewed regulatory clarity, ETF access and altcoin rotation. A joint SEC–CFTC statement now treats XRP as a digital commodity, Ripple is leaning…