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Whale Moves, ETF Outflows & Three DeFi Exploits in 11 Days | Jul 17
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Three DeFi protocols lost over $25M in eleven days through structurally identical flaws — while a dormant Bitcoin whale moved $383M and ETF outflows hit $440M in a single session. Today's crypto market update breaks down every signal that matters.
Audio is available on Spreaker — see link below.
Three major DeFi protocols lost user funds in eleven days. That's not a coincidence.
Across Protocol's incident adds a different layer. This is a cross-chain bridge that had processed thirty-four billion dollars in volume since two-thousand-twenty-one with zero exploits on Solana.
Away from DeFi, a wallet dormant since December two-thousand-seventeen moved five-thousand-nine-hundred-and-eight Bitcoin on Wednesday. That's roughly three-hundred-and-eighty-three million dollars at current prices.
On the ETF side, U.S. spot Bitcoin and Ethereum products recorded four-hundred-and-forty million dollars in net outflows on July thirteenth, ending what had been one positive week. BlackRock's IBIT and Fidelity's FBTC posted the largest redemptions.
Solana's real-world asset picture is a counterweight to the security headlines. Nine-hundred million dollars in net RWA inflows over thirty days, more than any other major blockchain.
The near-term watchpoints are specific. Watch for Across Protocol's post-mortem and whether the relayer loss figure is material.
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