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Arbitrum’s Security Committee announced on April 21 that it has taken emergency action to freeze 30,766 ETH on the Arbitrum One chain related to the KelpDAO hacker attack. With assistance from law enforcement agencies, the Security Committee confirmed the attacker’s identity and devised a technical plan to transfer the funds to an interim freeze wallet without affecting any other chain state or Arbitrum users.

DefiLlama founder 0xngmi says Aave's TVL isn't being "pumped" by circular borrowing, arguing the platform's metrics already strip out borrowed assets and loops. Summary DefiLlama's 0xngmi says Aave's TVL already strips out borrowed assets and loops. The founder argues circular lending and

Alphabet Inc.'s Google is reportedly in talks with Marvell Technology to develop two new chips designed to improve how artificial intelligence models are run. Summary Google is in talks with Marvell to develop two AI-focused chips, including a memory processing unit and a next-generation TPU, t

Kelp DAO issued a statement on April 21 rebutting LayerZero’s criticism of its 1/1 DVN configuration, pointing the root responsibility for the $292 million vulnerability in this incident to LayerZero’s infrastructure. Aave released an event impact assessment report: under a scenario where losses are evenly distributed, about $124 million; under a scenario where losses are concentrated on L2, they reach up to $230 million.

Cryptography engineer Filippo Valsorda published a technical analysis article on April 20, 2026, arguing that even under the most optimistic development pace, quantum computers cannot crack 128-bit symmetric encryption (AES-128) in the foreseeable future, pointing out that the industry has misunderstood “post-quantum cryptography.”

Singapore-listed cleaning services firm LS 2 Holdings expects its earnings to face moderation as the government's Progressive Wage Credit Scheme (PWCS) is phased out, the company said on April 19. While core operations are expected to remain resilient, the removal of PWCS support is likely to

XRP is now available for purchase through a WhatsApp chat bot, an important milestone toward making meme coins mainstream. On April 20, Solana’s lead developer Anatoly Yakovenko shared that he swapped 0.1 SOL for 5.99 wXRP, with the entire process completed via a WhatsApp chat bot. He said Solana is ready for the Baby Boomer generation.

Mizuho Financial Group, Nomura Holdings, Japan Securities Clearing Corporation (JSCC), and Digital Asset jointly announced on April 21, 2026 (Monday) that they will launch a pilot for Japan government bond (JGB) collateral management on the institutional-grade blockchain platform Canton Network, with the goal of enabling around-the-clock, real-time collateral exchanges between custodians across accounts.

Bearish sentiment persists, but early accumulation signals are emerging across select altcoins. Infrastructure and utility-driven projects show consistent development despite weak price action. Speculative and experimental assets continue to attract attention during early market

Curve Finance founder Michael Egorov published a long post on the X platform on April 21, 2026, pointing out that several preventable attacks have recently occurred in the DeFi space. He said the root cause is centralized failure points that are harming the entire DeFi industry. In the post, Egorov proposed to the Ethereum Foundation that it develop principles, rules, and recommendations for building DeFi security.

French music streaming platform Deezer announced on April 21 the most comprehensive AI music penetration data to date: AI-generated songs currently account for 44% of the platform’s daily newly uploaded tracks—up to 75k per day, or more than 2 million per month. Despite a large influx of AI music, its actual plays account for only 1-3% of the platform’s total plays, and 85% of AI-generated tracks are disqualified from earning revenue due to cancellations.

KelpDAO’s vulnerability caused Aave’s total value locked (TVL) to fall from $26.4 billion on April 18, 2026, to about $17 billion on April 21, and after DefiLlama founder 0xngmi officially responded on the X platform to accusations that its Aave TVL figures were inflated by circular liquidity, he said that the amount of borrowed tokens has been deducted from the TVL.

The Chamber of Digital Commerce, the digital commerce chamber of the blockchain industry, on April 20, 2026, sent a letter to the Senate Committee on Banking, urging the committee to advance the legislative process for establishing the digital assets market structure to the formal markup stage, and to publish a public statement simultaneously on the X platform. The letter was also sent to Tim Scott, the committee chair, and others.

Layer 1 chain Pharos announced its native token PROS tokenomics framework on April 21. The total supply of PROS is 1 billion coins, including a 6% air drop. The core team and investors are subject to 12 months of lockup plus 36 months of linear release. The staking inflation policy is split into two phases: 0% for the first six months before the mainnet launches, then 5% per year starting in the seventh month; afterward, the foundation will dynamically adjust it based on the network’s operating conditions.

Grayscale, on April 20, 2026 (Monday), submitted an updated HYPE ETF filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), listing Anchorage Digital Bank as the primary custodian, replacing Coinbase, which had served as the primary broker and custodian in the prior filing. If approved by the SEC, the fund will trade on Nasdaq under the stock ticker GHYP.

Dragonfly managing partner Haseeb posted on X on April 21 in response to recent market pessimism sparked by DeFi security incidents. He said that DeFi has delivered improvements after the Terra collapse, the failed 2020 Black Friday auction, and the stETH de-pegging in 2022. He emphasized that DeFi will not disappear, and that discussing how to improve it is itself part of DeFi’s progress.

On April 21, iQIYI clarified its Nadou Pro AI actor library, stating it is a standardized collaboration platform for AIGC creators and actors to communicate efficiently, and that no actors were added without consent. The announcement followed controversy sparked when iQIYI Senior Vice President

According to the Schedule 13D filing submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 20, Tether holds 1,950,000 shares of the Bitcoin mining financial platform Antalpha through affiliated entities, representing a 8.2% ownership stake. Tether chairman Giancarlo Devasini has voting and disposition rights over the aforementioned shares.