📊 Lido Responds to Kelp rsETH Hack: EarnETH Paused, DAO Activates $3M First-Loss Protection
Lido Finance provided an update on Lido Earn vaults following the Kelp incident, noting that the Lido staking protocol, stETH, and wstETH remain unaffected.
Key updates include:
- Only the EarnETH vault has exposure to rsETH (~9% of its TVL), and its deposits and withdrawals are currently paused.
- If a loss occurs, a $3 million "first-loss protection mechanism" funded by the Lido DAO treasury will be applied by burning the DAO’s vault shares. #hack
Lido Finance provided an update on Lido Earn vaults following the Kelp incident, noting that the Lido staking protocol, stETH, and wstETH remain unaffected.
Key updates include:
- Only the EarnETH vault has exposure to rsETH (~9% of its TVL), and its deposits and withdrawals are currently paused.
- If a loss occurs, a $3 million "first-loss protection mechanism" funded by the Lido DAO treasury will be applied by burning the DAO’s vault shares. #hack
🎁 #BTC Iranian media Fars News: Reports claiming that Iran is collecting fees for passage through the Strait of Hormuz in cryptocurrency are inaccurate.
📊 JPMorgan Says DeFi Exploits and Stagnant TVL Continue to Limit Institutional Appeal - The Block
🕵️ H100 agreed to acquire Moonshot and Never Say Die in a share deal that could raise its Bitcoin holdings to ~3,500 #BTC, with support from Adam Back.
🇺🇸👀 Crypto #ETF Flows Today:
Bitcoin ETFs:
1D NetFlow: +4,349 $BTC (+$338.83M)
7D NetFlow: +15,357 $BTC (+$1.2B)
Ethereum ETFs:
1D NetFlow: +35,736 $ETH (+$83.26M)
7D NetFlow: +144,456 $ETH (+$336.58M)
Solana ETFs:
1D NetFlow: +1,311 $SOL (+$113K)
7D NetFlow: +373,090 $SOL (+$32.09M)
Bitcoin ETFs:
1D NetFlow: +4,349 $BTC (+$338.83M)
7D NetFlow: +15,357 $BTC (+$1.2B)
Ethereum ETFs:
1D NetFlow: +35,736 $ETH (+$83.26M)
7D NetFlow: +144,456 $ETH (+$336.58M)
Solana ETFs:
1D NetFlow: +1,311 $SOL (+$113K)
7D NetFlow: +373,090 $SOL (+$32.09M)
📊 9 straight days of $ETH ETF inflows.
$43.3M on April 21 alone. ETHA and FETH leading the bid. The streak is quietly building while attention sits on #BTC.
Our Ethereum Smart Money Flow Index — ETH-exclusive — has been tracking positive divergence vs price for weeks.
When institutional flow and on-chain SMFI agree, the setup usually gets respected.
$43.3M on April 21 alone. ETHA and FETH leading the bid. The streak is quietly building while attention sits on #BTC.
Our Ethereum Smart Money Flow Index — ETH-exclusive — has been tracking positive divergence vs price for weeks.
When institutional flow and on-chain SMFI agree, the setup usually gets respected.
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🗣 CNN says the stock market has been "up like a rocket" during Donald Trump's presidency.
🇨🇳🕵️ Global M2 leads $BTC by approximately 10 weeks.
G4 liquidity is expanding again — but this time, China drove ~61% of the incremental growth over the last year. US M2 contributed only ~9%.
CT is watching the Fed. The real fuel is showing up from the other side of the map.
Our Macro catalog tracks all of it — Global M2, BRICS, G20, East vs West — alongside on-chain flow.
G4 liquidity is expanding again — but this time, China drove ~61% of the incremental growth over the last year. US M2 contributed only ~9%.
CT is watching the Fed. The real fuel is showing up from the other side of the map.
Our Macro catalog tracks all of it — Global M2, BRICS, G20, East vs West — alongside on-chain flow.
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🔮 SkyBridge's Anthony Scaramucci expects a Bitcoin recovery by Q4 2026. He stated, "You probably won't see a recovery in BTC maybe until the 1st month of the last quarter." Even bearish voices are now pricing in 2026 upside.
🕵️ Stablecoin supply just hit $321B, an all-time high during 46 days of fear.
$USDT tagged $188B ATH on April 21, while $USDC sits at $78.25B. The combined sector crossed $321B for the first time ever.
Stablecoin expansion represents the quietest liquidity print in crypto, as retail remains afraid and capital is staging in dollars on-chain.
What does $321B in dry powder usually pay when fear exhausts itself?
Watch the supply overlay. #stablecoin
$USDT tagged $188B ATH on April 21, while $USDC sits at $78.25B. The combined sector crossed $321B for the first time ever.
Stablecoin expansion represents the quietest liquidity print in crypto, as retail remains afraid and capital is staging in dollars on-chain.
What does $321B in dry powder usually pay when fear exhausts itself?
Watch the supply overlay. #stablecoin
📊🤔 #BTC Major stakeholders are quickly accumulating $BTC. Retail traders have also started accumulating.
Ideally, if key stakeholders continue to accumulate while retail traders start taking profits, this combination is one of the strongest signals for long-term growth.
Ideally, if key stakeholders continue to accumulate while retail traders start taking profits, this combination is one of the strongest signals for long-term growth.
🥷 Lido Submits Proposal to Join rsETH Relief Effort, Up to 2,500 stETH Contribution
Lido has proposed to participate in Aave’s rsETH relief effort following the recent Kelp rsETH LayerZero bridge exploit. The proposal requests authorization for a one-time allocation of up to 2,500 stETH to support a recovery package that addresses the rsETH deficit and aims to mitigate spillover risks in the DeFi ecosystem. #hack
Lido has proposed to participate in Aave’s rsETH relief effort following the recent Kelp rsETH LayerZero bridge exploit. The proposal requests authorization for a one-time allocation of up to 2,500 stETH to support a recovery package that addresses the rsETH deficit and aims to mitigate spillover risks in the DeFi ecosystem. #hack
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🧑💻 OpenAI officially releases new ChatGPT AI model GPT-5.5 #ai
🗣 Senator Cynthia Lummis says there is now bipartisan support for Congress to advance crypto market structure legislation.