DEFI CARNAGE — $750M Stolen in 2026 Hack Wave!
🔹 Kelp DAO mega-hack April 19: $293M rsETH drained via LayerZero bridge exploit by North Korea's Lazarus Group using fake cross-chain messages 💣⚔️
🔹 Contagion aftermath: $13.8B DeFi liquidations in 48hrs, Aave protocol frozen with $195M bad debt exposure as markets panic 📉🏦
🔹 April bloodbath: 40+ separate attacks totaling $647M — Drift Protocol $285M, Step Finance $27.3M, Truebit $26.4M all hit 🎯💥
🔹 Bridge attacks dominating: fake messages bypassing audits faster than protocols can patch vulnerabilities 🌉⚠️
$12B+ idle DeFi TVL honeypot getting ransacked while normies chase dog coins 🍯💸