rsETH bridge exploit impacts Aave

April 18, a forged bridge message released 116,500 rsETH on Ethereum, leading to $292M in borrowed WETH and wstETH on Aave V3. Recovery reached $300M by May 26.

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This $ETH move screams fakeout. Pure bait.

$ETH - SHORT

Trade Plan:

Entry: 1993.19195 – 1997.36805

SL: 2007.80832

TP1: 1982.75168

TP2: 1978.57558

TP3: 1970.22336

Why this setup?

4h SHORT setup — only works if this zone keeps rejecting. ETH stuck in 1993.19195 – 1997.36805 around 1995.28000, 1D still bearish. RSI 15m at 28 confirms stretched momentum — patience needed. 15m volume at just 0.30x with 3.49K traded vs 11.60K expected per 15m — fade needs confirmation.

Debate:

Long it and prove me wrong, or watch it dump on your face?

Click bellow for trade 👇

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#rsETH bridge exploit impacts Aave

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DeFi lending losses are down 98% since 2020. Daily loss rates on major protocols sit around 0.001%. "Exit blue-chips" is doomer content, not risk analysis. $AAVE isn't the problem. Bridges, multisigs, and bad opsec are where capital actually bleeds.

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Cointelegraph reports Gravity Bridge was drained for ~$5.4M. Attacker reportedly laundered some funds and still holds >$4.2M in ETH. #DeFi #Security

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New day, another Web3 bridge hack 😭 Over $200 thousand in assets have been drained, and 13.7 million wrapped ALPH was minted on the Alephium protocol. Stay vigilant and only use protocols with proven track records in security and decentralization 🛡️ Wanchain.

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honestly i'm just so tired of having this exact same conversation. everyone in defi is obsessed with mathematically perfect code. we audit every line to death but completely ignore basic op-sec. bridges have lost $329m across 8 major exploits in 2026. the $5.4m gravity bridge drain is just the latest hit. zero of these were clever smart contract bugs. every single one was just a compromised private key. we're building a smart contract fort knox and slapping a cheap padlock on the front door because founders think proper key management is too "tradfi". this space is going to keep bleeding 9-figure sums until we actually start taking op-sec seriously.

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I counted 74 major crypto exploits, breaches, hacks and serious security incidents so far in 2026. It is a shame most of you will not read it, because it would open your eyes. Since AI became widely accessible, these problems have accelerated brutally. Attackers move faster, scams scale harder, social engineering gets sharper, and the average user is even more exposed than before. The explicitly reported damage alone is already around $830M to $864M. If I include the massive BTC and LTC social engineering case, we are talking about roughly $1.11B to $1.15B. Very likely much, much more.. And these are only the ones I got wind of. It is not even June yet.

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🚨 Alephium Bridge Exploit Update The Alephium bridge has been hacked and shut down. No new bridge transactions can be initiated. Early reports of a guardian key compromise are WRONG. The team confirmed the cause was malicious event emission, not stolen keys. Confirmed Drained Assets: Ethereum ( $ETH ) 🔹 200,967 $USDT 🔹 17,594 $USDC 🔹 5.18 $WETH 🔹 0.335 $WBTC BNB Chain 🔹 36,750 $USDT 🔹 24.386 $WBNB Attacker also minted ~13.7M fake wrapped $ALPH on Ethereum. ✅ Good News: ALPH locked in the bridge was NOT drained. A recovery process is coming for affected users. Action Needed Now: If you provide liquidity to ALPH pools on Uniswap or PancakeSwap, withdraw it. Do NOT swap or add liquidity until further notice. This limits the attacker from cashing out the fake ALPH. Team says compensation options are being explored. Next official update on Monday, with a full postmortem to follow. Stay Safe. DYOR. 🙏