Hercules|DeFi

Despite the hacks and security issues in DeFi recently.
𝘓𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴, 𝘛𝘝𝘓𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘋𝘦𝘍𝘪 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮.
Here are some key updates and yield opportunities 👇
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➢ @pendle_fi was added to Grayscale's Q2 2026 Assets Under Consideration watchlist this week, while its Principal Tokens went live as collateral on Aave V4 at launch.
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➢ @aave DAO passed the "Aave Will Win" framework with 75% approval, grant

While the market sentiment looks bearish
Wall Street is going all in on crypto.
@BlackRock, @Fidelity , @MorganStanley, and @GoldmanSachs aren't joking around this time.
The numbers from ETFs so far have been huge:
> Last week was the strongest since Jan as $1.1B was seen.
> BTC ETFs last week alone was $996M, with BlackRock IBIT at $871M
> ETH ETFs also saw $275M last week
> SOL ETFs YTD is $218M, saw $35M last week
> XRP is seeing $55.39M weekly from ETF. April might just be its best so far.
> Bitcoin ETF assets is nearing an 100 B milestone
> Ethereum ETF assets is nearing $13.69
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$292𝐦 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞
@KelpDAO’s rsETH just got caught in another cross-chain exploit.
This time, the weak point wasn’t leverage or oracles… it was the bridge.
@zachxbt flagged unusual bridge activity tied to rsETH.
tl;dr:
Exploit wallet used Tornado Cash
The robbed LST is distributed into wallets and used as collateral by @Aave, which appears to have already been liquidated by borrowing or swapping the WETH.
→ Result: 116,500 rsETH drained ($292M)
Funds moved fast across chains, making tracking and recovery harder.
𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝
> rsETH:

Why are people getting a “Paid Partnership” tag just for commenting on my post?
At this rate, even lurking might count as a brand deal 😭🤷‍♂️

RWA crossed $28B+ market size this month, it continues to heat up.
𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘎𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘹𝘺 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘋𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘨𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘋𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘢𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘙𝘞𝘈 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦
These are some new developments that happened in RWA the past few days: 👇
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➢ Galaxy Digital plans to conduct its first fully on chain shareholder vote.
The vote will be done on @avax and will form part of Galaxy Digital's ex

X and @solana teaming up to save us from the bear market?
Now that’s interesting.
What do you think they’re building?

From a partnership to new DeFi feature, the DeFi yield ecosystem is overflowing with opportunities
𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦-𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵 𝘈𝘗𝘠𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘷𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘚𝘶𝘪, 𝘈𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘮, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘺𝘨𝘰𝘯.
Lets have a look 👇
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➢ @Morpho confirmed that borrowers on the lending platform have paid out over 170 million dollars in interest over the past 12 months. This milestone marks a staggering 210% increase compared to the previous fiscal year
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➢ @MidasRWA launched Midas Staked

Don't focus on the negatives, builders are still building.
𝘜𝘱𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴, 𝘛𝘎𝘌𝘴, 𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘱𝘴, 𝘵𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨.
𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤👇
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➢ On Apr 13, @convexfinance HybridVaults Vote will take place, a community governance vote on HybridVaults integration within the Convex Finance protocol, shaping DeFi yield strategy parameters.
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➢ On Apr 14, @cardano Treasury Proposal Vote will take place, an on-chain g

Your next onchain counterparty might not be human.
𝘈𝘐 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺, 24/7, 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘥.
These are some huge updates you might have missed 🧵
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➢ @AntGroup launched Anvita, a platform enabling AI agents to hold assets, trade, and make payments with minimal human involvement.
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➢ @Visa launched Intelligent Commerce Connect, a new network described as a token vault-agnostic on-ramp for developers and merchants building agentic

From a partnership to new DeFi feature, the DeFi yield ecosystem is overflowing with opportunities
𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦-𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵 𝘈𝘗𝘠𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘷𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘚𝘶𝘪, 𝘈𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘮, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘺𝘨𝘰𝘯.
Lets have a look
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➢ @Datavault_ai announced it has closed an agreement with Coppercore Inc. to digitize and tokenize copper resources through onchain infra.
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➢ @tether’s USAT is launching on the @Celo, its first expansion beyond Ethereum. @googlecloud provides infrastructure

$260𝐦 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭
@DriftProtocol , one of Solana’s fastest-growing perps DEXs, faced a moment that exposed how fragile DeFi can get under pressure.
Let’s break it down. 🧵
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬
Onchain security noticed something off.
tl;dr:
→ Core issue: Perpetual futures + collateral system imbalance
→ Attack vector: Price/oracle manipulation under low liquidity
→ Result: Potential for bad debt and protocol insolvency
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐭
This wasn’t a “hack” in the traditional sense.
It was an ec