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The article says that before last weekend, lending stablecoins on Aave (a big $DEFI platform) paid only 2.32% APY – even less than what you get from a risk-free US Treasury (3.64%). That made no sense: an unregulated smart contract was being treated as safer than the US government.
Then on April 18, a hacker exploited a cross‑chain bridge tied to Kelp DAO, minted $292 million worth of fake tokens, and used them as collateral on Aave to borrow $190–230 million in real assets. Aave worked as designed – but the collateral was worthless. Within 48 hours, $6–10 billion fled Aave. Deposit rates shot up to 13.4%. People couldn’t withdraw; others had to borrow at a loss just to get cash.
The ugly truth: DeFi has no bankruptcy process, no court, no recovery. If you’re fast, you keep everything. If you’re last, you lose everything. You can’t predict your own risk because it depends on how fast everyone else moves.
DeFi isn’t going away, but the market finally realized it’s not risk‑free. The 2.32% rate was a fantasy. Now rates are repricing to reality
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