DeFi is having one of its most difficult weeks in recent memory. What started as a single exploit on April 19 has since cascaded into a system-wide liquidity shock that has rattled confidence across the ecosystem and raised questions that go well beyond the incident itself. Related Reading The event began at Kelp DAO, where…
They say journalists never truly clock out. But for Christian, that's not just a metaphor, it's a lifestyle. By day, he navigates the ever-shifting tides of the cryptocurrency market, wielding words like a seasoned editor and crafting articles that decipher the jargon for the masses. When the PC goes on hibernate mode, however, his pursuits…
David Schwartz, the former Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Ripple, has addressed recent concerns over DeFi bridge security, reassuring XRP Ledger (XRPL) users that the network is not exposed to attacks like those linked to the Kelp DAO exploit. He emphasized that vulnerability in cross-chain bridge systems largely depends on how they are designed and…
XRP’s decentralized finance ecosystem is growing fast. Its FXRP supply is closing in on 160 million tokens, a milestone that signals rising adoption just months after launch — and the numbers are fueling a broader argument about where XRP stands in the future of decentralized finance. Related Reading XRPL Validator Makes The Case For Stability…
At the start of this series, we set out to answer a simple question: What is actually driving trading activity on Stabull outside the UI? What we uncovered was not a single partnership, feature, or campaign — but a pattern. Across Base, Ethereum, and Polygon, Stabull liquidity is increasingly being used as part of the…
A $292 million exploit at Kelp DAO has drained $6 billion from Aave and pushed DeFi's April losses past $580 million — but the configuration errors behind this month's hacks are the easy problem. The harder one, already visible in AI red-team research, is that autonomous exploit generation is becoming cheap enough to industrialise. Decentralised…
The crypto market is buzzing after new speculation about a potential collaboration between Solana (SOL) and XRP spread across social media. This comes alongside claims of a wrapped XRP (wXRP) expansion into Solana-based decentralized finance. The developments have fueled debates among traders and analysts, with some pointing toward potential liquidity shifts and others highlighting their…
Across global markets, Ethereum has emerged as one of the most heavily shorted assets, a positioning that reflects more than simple bearish sentiment. It signals a growing divergence between market expectations and ETH’s long-term fundamentals, placing the asset at the center of an increasingly complex macro and structural narrative. How Ethereum Short Interest Now Rivals…
Raees Chowdhury is the co-founder and chief investment officer of Tok-Edge, a London-based regulated DeFi hedge fund built around a novel cryptoasset structure called the Redemption Token. With a career spanning senior roles at BCG and Bain Capital, a managing partner position at Revolt Ventures — a fund sitting beneath a $10 billion AUM vehicle…
Singapore, Singapore, 14th April 2026, Chainwire Singapore, Singapore, April 14th, 2026, Chainwire Printr V2 introduces five creator-selectable fee distribution models, configurable liquidity, anti-vamp protection, and a new on-chain mechanism called Proof of Belief (POB) staking. Live on 8 chains from day one. Printr, the omnichain token launchpad backed by Bybit Venture Studio, has launched Printr…