Weekly Recap: Drift Suffers $270M Exploit
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This week in crypto was dominated by a massive $270M exploit on Drift Protocol, the largest DeFi hack of 2026. Aave V4 launched on Ethereum with new hub-and-spoke architecture, while Google's quantum computing research compressed the timeline for breaking blockchain cryptography. Markets sold off amid renewed geopolitical tensions.
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