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After the $16.5 billion in exploits, DeFi is now being forced toward the controls it once resisted

After the $16.5 billion in exploits, DeFi is now being forced toward the controls it once resisted

Published: May 10, 2026 · CryptoSlate

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The rsETH crisis resulted in $200 million in bad debt on Aave's books, despite not a single line of its contracts misbehaving. On Apr. 18, attackers that Chainalysis preliminarily linked to Lazarus compromised RPC infrastructure, forced a failover to poisoned…