The $290 million Kelp DAO hack, attributed to North Korea's Lazarus Group, has DeFi TVL down $13 billion in 48 hours. Do DeFi's foundational assumptions need to change?
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DeFi TVL fell from $99.5 to $86.3 billion in 48 hours after the $290 million Kelp DAO exploit — the latest nine-figure attack attributed to North Korea's Lazarus Group, this time via a compromised Layer Zero bridge. 
Meanwhile, a new class of yield-bearing instrument is staking a claim on capital fleeing private credit: Apyx's APY USD, backed by Strategy's STRC preferred stock, launched on Kraken this week with a 12% yield target and $180 million in supply after just seven weeks. Is STRC-backed yield a legitimate financial primitive, or a Bitcoin derivative with extra steps? 
And as DeFi absorbs yet another devastating security failure, is the industry's core assumption — that incoming transactions should be treated as legitimate — finally due for an overhaul? Austin Campbell, Ram Ahluwalia, and Chris Perkins dig in with Parker White of Apyx and Michael Bentley of Euler.

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<a href="https://x.com/austincampbell">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Austin Campbell⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>, Host of Bits + Bips, Zero Knowledge Consulting
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<a href="https://x.com/ramahluwalia">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ram Ahluwalia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>, Co-Host, CEO of Lumida
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<a href="https://x.com/perkinscr97">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chris Perkins⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>, Co-Host, CEO of 250 Digital Asset Management
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<a href="https://x.com/austincampbell">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Parker White — @TheOtherParker_ — Founding Contributor, Apyx. 
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<a href="https://x.com/ramahluwalia">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Michael Bentley — @euler_mab — Former CEO, Euler Labs
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