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Crypto venture capital is contracting sharply, but Lattice Fund partner Regan Bozman argues rivals fleeing to AI are walking into a far harder game. Bozman's Three-Path Map Bozman laid out his thesis in a post republished this week by TechFlow, sketching how crypto investors are splitting into three

Persistent exploits and stagnant growth keep DeFi out of reach for institutions, JPMorgan analysts said Wednesday after the $292 million Kelp DAO breach. JPMorgan Report On Kelp DAO Hack The bank's research team, led by managing director Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou, said the recent attack has already wi

The decentralized finance sector lost $13.21 billion in total value locked over two days after the KelpDAO breach, dwarfing the quieter slide in Bitcoin (BTC) markets. KelpDAO Contagion Hits Aave The drop brought aggregate DeFi TVL down from $99.49 billion to $86.28 billion in 48 hours. Aave alone a

Ten years ago, a crypto exploit required a rare set of skills. You needed deep Solidity instincts, a working knowledge of bridge architecture and enough patience to trace months of on-chain activity. In 2026, a frontier language model can do the first two in an afternoon and a motivated attacker can

A single exploit against Kelp DAO's LayerZero-powered bridge has turned into the largest DeFi loss of 2026, with the attacker draining roughly 116,500 rsETH worth around $292 million at 17:35 UTC on Saturday, then pushing the stolen tokens into Aave (AAVE), Compound and Euler (EUL) to extract hundre