Defillama: Q2 2026 Has Been Crypto’s Most-Hacked Quarter on Record With Nearly 70 Exploits

DeFi logged approximately 70 separate exploits in Q2 2026, roughly doubling the previous quarterly record, even as the $746 million dollar total remains a fraction of historical single-event peaks.

10B PUMP unlock lands June 12 as 24h volume slid ~27% to ~$50M; pump.fun revenue still funds buybacks, per DefiLlama. What thin Solana tape means.

Defillama has begun tracking pre-IPO perpetual futures for Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceX, and Quantinuum, as onchain traders are racing to bet on the year’s biggest private companies before they go public. Onchain Markets for Companies That Aren’t Public Yet Crypto data aggregator Defillama said it has added new pre-IPO perpetual futures markets spanning four closely watched […]

DeFiLlama shows EigenCloud TVL at $4.54B with $0 protocol revenue as incentives drive yields. Post-vesting, EIGEN must prove cashflow or risk repricing.

Chainalysis identified a growing attack pattern targeting unverified DeFi contracts, with hackers stealing $36.7 million across four exploits since January.

The shift towards on-chain lending highlights a transformative trend in finance, potentially reshaping credit markets and risk management. The post Private credit issuance falls 40% to $45B in Q2 2026 as on-chain lending surges past $14B appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

The decline in private credit issuance and rising defaults could drive investors to explore alternative financing methods, impacting market dynamics. The post Private credit issuance drops 40% to $45B in Q2 2026 as defaults hit record highs appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Bitcoin dropped to around $61,500 in recent days, its weakest level in roughly four months, and Peter Schiff wasted no time connecting that slide to a broader argument he has been making about stablecoins. Related Reading: Bitcoin Faces Pressure As Investors Rotate Capital Into AI Buildout: Saylor A Stablecoin On The Move Tether’s USDT has already climbed to a market capitalization of nearly $188 billion, according to data from DeFiLlama, closing the gap with Ethereum to just under $26 billion. Schiff, the economist and longtime Bitcoin critic, says the numbers point to an inevitable outcome. “The market cap of Tether will soon surpass the market cap of Ethereum,” Schiff wrote on X. “It will eventually surpass the market cap of Bitcoin, too. The only question is how long it will take.” USDT has become a dominant tool for moving money across crypto markets, and its reach now extends into payments, remittances, and digital dollar transfers — a trend he says supports his case. USDT holds