Layer 2s Consolidate as Base and Arbitrum Gain Share Layer 2s have entered a consolidation phase in 2026, with Base and Arbitrum capturing the bulk of…
Ethereum L2 transaction volume hits 30-day high on Base surge Ethereum layer-2 transaction volume rose to a 30-day high as activity across the scaling ecosystem accelerated,…
Kelp DAO Hacker Launders Most of $220M as Recovery Window Shrinks The Kelp DAO hacker has nearly finished laundering roughly $220 million in stolen funds, leaving…
Kelp DAO Exploit Laundering Seen Peaking Near $30M a Day Kelp DAO’s April exploit moved quickly from a bridge failure into a laundering campaign that, according…
Stablecoin payments gain pace as L2 TVL stalls Stablecoin payment use cases are drawing more attention in 2026 even as layer-2 total value locked has failed…
Grayscale Hyperliquid call spotlights $5B DeFi swap Grayscale’s latest Hyperliquid note landed in the middle of a larger DeFi debate: a protocol with roughly $5.5 billion…
Stablecoin Supply Holds Flat as Exchange Balances Rise Stablecoin supply has been flat for three weeks while exchange balances have moved higher, a pattern that suggests…
DeFi security upgrades outpace on-chain insurance TVL DeFi security upgrades accelerated into 2026 even as on-chain insurance TVL failed to keep pace, leaving a gap between…
Isaac Patka’s three-multisig standard targets DeFi risk Isaac Patka is pressing DeFi protocols to separate emergency freezes, parameter changes and contract upgrades into three distinct multisigs,…
