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Recent Crypto markets Publications DeFi's Brutal 2026: Over $840M Lost to Hacks as Kelp DAO and Drift Top the List - 2026 is among the worst years on record for DeFi security, with more than $840 million lost to hacks and over 40 protocols shutting down, led by the Kelp DAO and Drift exploits.Crypto Falls as Fed's Hawkish Dot Plot Sends Bitcoin Below $64,000 - The crypto market dropped about 2.6% on June 18, 2026, with Bitcoin slipping under $64,000 and Ethereum below $1,800, after the Federal Reserve signaled possible rate hikes for the rest of the year.BlackRock Launches BITA, a Bitcoin ETF That Pays Monthly Income, Targeting 15-25% Yield - BlackRock launched its iShares Premium Income Bitcoin ETF (BITA) on Nasdaq on June 16, 2026, the first major US issuer to offer monthly cash distributions from Bitcoin exposure via a covered-call strategy.Coinbase Launches 21 Products: Tokenized Stocks, SEC-Registered AI Advisor, BTC Mortgages - Coinbase unveiled roughly 21 new products in a single release on June 16, 2026, expanding beyond crypto into stocks, an SEC-registered AI advisor, tokenized equities, and Bitcoin-backed mortgages.Ripple Takes Equity Stake in Flutterwave at $3.3B, Bringing RLUSD and XRP Ledger to African Payments - Ripple has taken an equity stake in African fintech Flutterwave at a roughly $3.3 billion valuation, with plans to integrate its RLUSD stablecoin and the XRP Ledger into cross-border payments, starting in Nigeria.Thetanuts Finance Hit by $2.1M Exploit on Deprecated Vault; Whitehat Recovers Most Funds - An attacker drained about $2.1 million from a deprecated Thetanuts Finance vault on Ethereum on June 15, 2026, exploiting an integer-division flaw. A whitehat recovered roughly $2 million in option tokens.Explore Related Topics