Following this week's (nearly $300 million - rs$ETH hack involving KelpDAO, making it the biggest DeFi hack of 2026.
-< Kelp DAO: attacker exploited the LayerZero bridge to drain 116,500 rsETH ($293M), then used it as collateral on Aave to borrow ETH, leaving Aave with bad debt as $AAVE dumps.>
This is a warning, a heavy blow affecting both the DeFi sector and how the world views crypto. But at the same time, the current situation also shows that both stakeholders, and those not involved, are uniting to provide support. DeFi is an extremely important part of Crypto.
Many big names have stepped in to support KelpDao such as Lido$LDO , Mantle, Ether.fi , Ethena, etc.
DeFi needs to unite right now, because losing even one link would be terrible for the entire DeFi industry and would make it very difficult to take crypto further.