In a deep financial dissection that scrutinizes risk management standards for 2026, the world’s largest lending protocol Aave ($AAVE ) is still in a 'slow recovery' phase, dealing with the aftermath of the most violent bounce-back that hit the walls of decentralized finance this year!
📊 Crisis sequence by the numbers: from peak to panic bottom
💣 The shocking spark (April 18, 2026): The North Korean Lazarus Group executed a complex cyberattack on the RPC infrastructure of the Kelp DAO re-staking protocol, successfully forging cross-chain messages and stealing 116,500 rsETH tokens (worth 292 million dollars).