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The Curve team has published a proposal on the governance forum, addressing approximately $700,000 in bad debt generated by the CRV-long LlamaLend market, proposing a recovery mechanism based on the free market.This mechanism utilizes the option characteristics of the CRV-long treasury assets: when the price of CRV rises, the value of the treasury assets increases, and when the price falls, it does not further depreciate. The proposal suggests establishing a Curve stable pool with a low amplification coefficient (A=2) and a high redemption fee (1%), concentrating the liquidity of the treasury tokens around a repayment capability level of approximately 71%. Arbitrageurs can profit by purchasing treasury tokens through flash loans and conducting partial liquidations.Curve DAO has been invited to approve incentive measures for this pool, and the management fees collected will be retained in the treasury in the form of treasury tokens. If this mechanism is successful, it will serve as a reference solution for similar situations.

DefiLlama founder 0xngmi posted on platform X, stating that after verifying the data, if the funds seized by Arbitrum are prioritized for use in the AAVE market on Arbitrum, Aave will have no bad debt on Arbitrum under the condition that all rsETH share the depreciation.In a scenario where only the value of the mainnet rsETH is guaranteed (ignoring the value of the mapped version of rsETH on Layer 2), Aave will reduce bad debt on Arbitrum by 80%, from $88 million to $17 million.

Dragonfly Capital partner Haseeb tweeted that despite recent issues such as bad debts with AAVE, he remains optimistic about the long-term development of DeFi.Haseeb pointed out that the DeFi industry learns and progresses through repeated failures. Whether it was the collapse of Terra, the failed auction on Black Friday in 2020, or the stETH de-pegging incident in 2022, DeFi has repeatedly faced setbacks, but it becomes stronger after each failure. This is no different from TradFi—traditional finance has also experienced multiple failures, such as the 2008 banking crisis, the lending crisis, and the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s.The core of DeFi is risk aversion and resilience. Even with some bad debts like those of AAVE, the protocol has enough equity to cover the losses, and these failures are not fatal. He emphasized that DeFi will not disappear, and the intense discussions around how to improve DeFi are part of its ongoing progress. He is bullish on DeFi and on this community.

Aave officially stated that there may be two types of bad debts arising from the rsETH theft incident, depending on the different handling of rsETH. If the stolen losses are deducted from all circulating rsETH, it is expected to generate $123.7 million in bad debts, which is concentrated in the Ethereum mainnet in absolute terms, and is most severe in proportion on Mantle.If the value of the mainnet rsETH is guaranteed, and all losses are accounted for in the mapped version of rsETH on Layer 2, it is expected to generate $230.1 million in bad debts, all of which will be on Layer 2. Mantle will face a 71.45% WETH shortfall, and Arbitrum will face a 26.67% shortfall; the Ethereum mainnet will not be affected. Aave added that which situation ultimately occurs depends on decisions that Aave cannot control, mainly the accounting method for rsETH and the exchange rate update method of the LRT Oracle.

Well-known developer and Yuga Labs Vice President 0xQuit posted on X that the situation with Aave is dire and worsening, with multiple liquidity pools reaching 100% utilization, causing depositors to be "stuck," and the protocol facing further bad debt risks... If the price of ETH drops and Aave cannot effectively liquidate (which is indeed the case currently), it will ultimately lead to inefficient liquidations, resulting in more bad debt. If the problem cannot be resolved quickly, this situation may snowball.

DefiLlama founder 0xngmi has outlined three possible courses of action that KelpDAO may take following the rsETH hacking incident. Each of the three paths has significant flaws, and the final decision will test KelpDAO's credibility and Aave's risk tolerance.Path One: All users share the losses. KelpDAO will uniformly deduct 18.5% of the losses from all rsETH holders proportionally. Currently, there are about 666,000 rsETH collateralized across the Aave network, primarily highly leveraged on the mainnet and L2 (assuming all are at a 95% liquidation LTV). Once socialized losses occur, the equity of all positions on the mainnet will be completely wiped out, resulting in approximately $216 million in bad debt. The Umbrella protocol can cover $55 million in bad debt, and the Aave treasury will additionally bear $85 million, leaving a gap of about $76 million. KelpDAO may fill this gap by borrowing or selling Aave tokens (currently valued at about $51 million), but this would still put significant pressure on Aave, and all users would need to share the losses.Path Two: Directly rug the rsETH holders on L2. KelpDAO will only guarantee the mainnet rsETH and consider the rsETH on L2 as worthless. Currently, Aave L2 has about $359 million in rsETH collateral (calculated at current oracle prices), and if all are calculated at maximum leverage, it would result in approximately $341 million in bad debt, which cannot be covered by the Umbrella protocol at all. Aave can only use the treasury or borrowing to save part of the market, most likely abandoning chains like Arbitrum, Mantle, and Base, which have the largest losses, leading to a collapse of these L2 markets. This option has a minor impact on the Aave mainnet but would severely damage the credibility of the L2 ecosystem and could trigger a chain reaction.Path Three: Attempt to refund only the holders based on a snapshot taken before the hack, which is extremely difficult to execute. KelpDAO tries to fully refund only the rsETH holders based on the snapshot taken before the hack, while subsequent buyers or transfer holders would bear the losses themselves. However, since funds have significantly flowed after the attack, and the nature of DeFi protocols is liquidity pools, it is impossible to truly distinguish between different batches of depositors, making technical execution very challenging. The hacker borrowed $124 million on the Aave mainnet and $18 million on Arbitrum, and after deducting the coverage from the Umbrella protocol, there remains about $91 million in losses. Although this plan theoretically minimizes the spread of impact, its practical implementation is nearly impossible and could easily lead to legal and community disputes.

Michael Egorov, the founder of Curve Finance, posted on the X platform expressing hope that Aave can address the relevant issues. He pointed out that non-isolated lending has good scalability but carries higher risks, with the key being risk management, an area where Aave has historically performed well.He stated that the market can adopt a fully isolated model like that of Curve Finance or a hybrid model, although the latter is very complex, it is feasible. However, the market has yet to understand its advantages. Michael Egorov also mentioned that Aave v4's hub and spoke model might be a step towards a semi-isolated and safer direction.

Due to the Kelp DAO attacker using stolen rsETH to collateralize and borrow ETH on Aave, Aave is suspected to have bad debts, with the specific amount currently unknown.Aave officials stated: "The rsETH market on Aave V3 and Aave V4 has been frozen. We are reviewing the rsETH borrowing information that occurred on Aave after the attack and will share more details as soon as possible. If the protocol has accumulated bad debts due to this incident, we will explore ways to compensate for the losses."OKX market shows that AAVE is currently at 105.15 USDT, down 9.56% in the last 24 hours.

AI and cryptocurrency company Genius Group disclosed on Tuesday that it sold all of its remaining Bitcoin in the first quarter to pay off debts. The company stated that it would rebuild its Bitcoin inventory when market conditions are more favorable.This move contradicts its "Bitcoin First" strategy announced in November 2024, when the company committed to holding over 90% of its current and future reserves in Bitcoin. As of March 2026, Genius Group held 84 BTC, worth approximately $5.7 million, with its holdings declining since April 2025, when a U.S. court temporarily prohibited it from expanding its Bitcoin inventory.The company reported strong performance in the first quarter, with revenue increasing by 171% year-on-year to $3.3 million, gross profit rising by 228% to $2 million, and net profit turning from a loss of $500,000 in the first quarter of 2025 to a profit of $2.7 million. In 2026, several companies have reduced their Bitcoin inventories. MARA Holdings sold 15,133 BTC in March, cashing out approximately $1.1 billion to repurchase convertible bonds; Bitdeer cleared all of its 943 BTC holdings in February; Cango Inc. sold 4,451 BTC; GD Culture Group confirmed the authorized sale of part of its inventory.In contrast, Michael Saylor's Strategy has accumulated 89,581 BTC this year, worth approximately $6.1 billion.

According to BBX data, global listed companies made key progress in "health optimization" of their treasury structures yesterday:$50 million addition: Boyaa Interactive (0434.HK) announced yesterday that the board has approved an additional budget of $50 million for increasing its holdings in Bitcoin and Ethereum. So far, the group has invested over $250 million, aiming to establish itself as the largest digital asset treasury entity in Asia.Officially entering "debt-free holding": TeraWulf (NASDAQ: $WULF) announced yesterday that it has used cash flow generated from its high-performance computing business to pay off the last of its high-interest debt. As one of the most energy-efficient mining companies globally, the company reiterated that it has entered the "100% output retention" phase as of yesterday.Computing power as net reserves: HIVE Digital (TSX-V: $HIVE) disclosed yesterday that the profits from its AI data center in Sweden have fully covered global operating expenses for two consecutive months. This means that all Bitcoin produced yesterday is recorded as "net reserves," with no need for any market sell-off.$10 million procurement settled: Acurx Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: $ACXP) confirmed yesterday that its first $10 million strategic procurement of Bitcoin has been fully completed. As a biopharmaceutical company, ACXP plans to use this asset as a "value anchor" for its clinical research and development funding over the next five years.Automated treasury upgrade: Public.com launched an "automated treasury balancing" suite for small and medium-sized enterprises globally yesterday, supporting the automatic proportional conversion of idle corporate funds into BTC, with the first-day subscription scale exceeding $80 million.

According to BBX data, yesterday global listed companies showed a transition in their crypto treasury operations from "one-sided accumulation" to "asset securitization and optimization of debt structure," with the following core data:$1.1 billion debt buyback: MARA Holdings (NASDAQ: $MARA) confirmed yesterday the completion of cashing out 15,133 BTC, raising approximately $1.1 billion to repurchase discounted convertible senior notes. This move successfully reduced the company's debt by about 30% and captured a book premium of $88 million through "debt repayment with cryptocurrency."4,709 BTC covered calls: GameStop (NYSE: $GME) announced yesterday an agreement with Coinbase to pledge 4,709 BTC in its treasury as collateral, executing a covered call strategy. This marks the beginning of "retail concept stocks" utilizing their holdings to generate passive income.$5 million accumulation guideline: Genius Group (NYSE: $GNS) announced yesterday the purchase of an additional $5 million in Bitcoin. The company has established a "Bitcoin first" guideline, planning to continuously convert over 90% of its cash reserves into BTC.Spot ETF listed on the NYSE: Morgan Stanley (NYSE: $MS) officially announced yesterday that its spot Bitcoin ETF has been approved for listing on the NYSE. As a Wall Street giant, this move signifies that top investment banks have completed the transition from "channel merchants" to "asset managers."Volatility cooling report: Charles Schwab (NYSE: $SCHW) released the "2026 Bitcoin Maturity" report yesterday, indicating that BTC volatility has fallen to historical lows, gradually meeting the "compliance threshold" for traditional pension funds to enter treasury allocations.

Fluid officially released the latest progress on the Resolv security incident, disclosing that the current debt repayment work is still ongoing until all affected user funds are covered. Currently, approximately $70 million in USR-related debt on the BNB and Plasma chains has been repaid, and the remaining amount is expected to be settled in the coming days.In addition, a governance proposal has been published on-chain, intending to transfer the remaining USR debt positions to the team's multi-signature address to further complete the liquidation with the Resolv Labs team. A compensation plan for all affected users will be announced soon. The platform's market is operating normally, and user funds remain secure.

According to market news, Changshou Medicine and the RAIN token asset pool Enlivex announced that they have obtained $21 million in debt financing from the New York institutional fund The Lind Partners.The company stated that it will continue to implement its predictive market token asset pool strategy, adding approximately 3 billion RAIN tokens, which will be used to support the company's operational plans. Enlivex is a Nasdaq-listed company that is developing therapies for joint diseases such as osteoarthritis, while holding a large position in RAIN as part of the RAIN digital asset pool. RAIN is a decentralized predictive market protocol token deployed on the Arbitrum network, which determines outcomes through AI and employs a buyback and burn mechanism. Enlivex's stock price is currently around $1.05, down about 5% for the day.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, a whale holding over 130,000 ETH (worth $268 million) has just sold 5,000 ETH (worth $10.31 million) at $2,063 and repaid part of its debt.The whale still holds 126,000 ETH (worth $260 million) on Aave, with remaining loans of about $122 million.

Fluid stated on platform X that the team has secured a short-term loan sufficient to cover 100% of the bad debt currently in the agreement. These funds are committed by Lomashuk, cyberfund, weremeow, and the Fluid core team to ensure the safety of user funds.ResolvLabs has confirmed that it will cover all USR positions generated before the security incident occurred and will open the necessary redemptions to close related debt positions. Additionally, several investors have expressed interest in purchasing FLUID from the treasury when additional funds are needed to further strengthen the protocol's backup support. The Fluid smart contracts are operating normally, all other markets are functioning as usual, the protocol safeguards remain effective, and users may encounter temporary interest rate fluctuations during the liquidation period.

According to PeckShieldAlert monitoring, the THE market on Venus was attacked, resulting in approximately $2.15 million in bad debt.A month ago, the attacker withdrew 7,400 ETH from Tornado Cash and borrowed $9.9 million to buy THE. The attacker then directly donated 36.1 million THE to the vTHE contract, bypassing the supply limit and pushing the exchange rate up by 3.81 times. Justin Sun (Top 5 XVS holder) deposited 621,000 XVS worth $1.95 million into HTX after the attack occurred. BNB Bridge Exploiter (Top 16 XVS holder) currently still holds 135,000 XVS, worth approximately $421,000.

The DeFi lending protocol dTRINITY disclosed on platform X that dLEND's deployment on Ethereum encountered its first deposit inflation attack, resulting in the depletion of dUSD funds in the lending supply, causing approximately $257,000 in bad debt. The protocol has been temporarily suspended, and the team is actively formulating remedial measures, committing to cover the losses 100% with internal funds. Bad debt repayment will begin within 24 hours of this announcement, followed by the resumption of dLEND.The deployments of dTRINITY on Fraxtal and Katana were not affected, and user funds are secure. Each protocol deployment maintains chain-isolated reserves, collateral, and lending deposits.

The Kobeissi Letter posted on platform X, stating that the ratio of U.S. gold reserves to government debt is at a historical low. Currently, gold reserves account for only 3% of U.S. federal debt, one of the lowest levels on record. Despite the U.S. holding 8,133.5 tons of gold, the largest reserve in the world, and gold prices rising to historical highs, this ratio remains low.In contrast, in 1980, the ratio was about 18%, six times the current level. To reach the reserve level of 1980, gold prices would need to rise by 400%, reaching $26,000 per ounce. In the 1940s, the ratio of gold reserves to federal debt exceeded 50%. To match the ratio of the 1940s, gold prices would need to rise by 1,340%, reaching about $75,000 per ounce. The data on gold reserves highlights the growth of U.S. debt levels.

According to BBX data, the global cryptocurrency assets have deeply evolved towards "credit toolization" yesterday, with listed companies demonstrating a resilient strategy of leveraging debt to acquire digital sovereignty and "output retention":European bond premium: Samara Asset Group (Euronext: $SRAG) announced that its €30 million Bitcoin bond was oversubscribed. By acquiring Bitcoin on a large scale through non-dilutive debt instruments, Samara locked in low fiat interest rates and successfully "Bitcoinized" its balance sheet, avoiding equity dilution.Hashrate retention discipline: Bitfarms (NASDAQ: $BITF) confirmed the launch of its new mining facility in Paraguay, with a retention rate of 85% yesterday. By optimizing its global energy portfolio, the company expanded its reserves through "passive accumulation" on the production side without relying on external equity financing.Nasdaq's new sentinel: Thumzup Media (NASDAQ: $TZUP) board approved a $1 million Bitcoin holding plan yesterday. This marks Bitcoin as an officially recognized "standard tool" for small and mid-cap tech companies in the U.S. stock market to combat the decline in fiat purchasing power and reshape asset structures.Hong Kong stock treasury model: Boyaa Interactive (0434.HK) confirmed in a board preparatory meeting yesterday that it will continue to strengthen its "Bitcoin-first" treasury asset allocation. As a leading listed company in Asia holding Bitcoin, its treasury net worth has become a core driver of its stock price, and the company plans to disclose more accumulation details in its upcoming annual performance report.The market is showing a clear dual evolution trend of "debt-driven accumulation" and "internal growth of hashrate."