Brian Armstrong says Coinbase is piloting AI agents trained on the work of legendary former employees, operating like teammates on Slack and email.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coinbase-ai-agents-legendary-former-employees-slack-email-april-2026/

Aave confirmed the rsETH sitting in its V3 and V4 markets on Ethereum is fully backed, but the markets stay frozen while KelpDAO bridge risk is reviewed.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/aave-rseth-fully-backed-frozen-v3-v4-april-2026/

Vercel says a third-party AI tool's compromised Google Workspace OAuth was the entry point for its breach, a supply chain risk crypto devs should map out.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/vercel-security-breach-third-party-ai-tool-oauth-google-workspace-april-2026/

RaveDAO-linked wallets offloaded about 23 million RAVE on April 20, driving a roughly 35% drop one day after ZachXBT, Binance, and Bitget flagged the project.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ravedao-insider-dump-23-million-tokens-april-2026/

Aave's total value locked fell by $6 billion in days after the KelpDAO bridge drain, exposing how liquid restaking collateral can turn a niche exploit systemic.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/aave-6-billion-tvl-drop-kelpdao-structural-risk-defi-lender-april-2026/

Uniswap says $500 million in protocol volume has flowed through Bankr, an agentic trading interface. It's the first real threshold for AI-routed DEX activity.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bankr-500-million-uniswap-agentic-trading-april-2026/

BitMEX Research published a Bitcoin canary fund proposal on April 16, 2026 as an alternative to BIP-361's mandatory five-year quantum migration deadline.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitmex-research-quantum-canary-bitcoin-bip-361-april-2026/

AAVE fell 22% after whales cut positions when the $294M KelpDAO bridge hack froze rsETH collateral on Aave. Here is what the selling tells the market.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/aave-22-percent-crash-whales-exit-kelpdao-contagion-april-2026/

An attacker drained 116,500 rsETH, about $292M, from KelpDAO's LayerZero bridge on April 18, 2026. Aave, SparkLend, and Fluid froze affected markets.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/kelpdao-294-million-layerzero-bridge-rseth-aave-frozen-april-2026/

Sberbank, which serves over 100 million Russian retail customers, is preparing a crypto trading rollout per TASS, landing days after Russia's new bill.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sberbank-russia-largest-bank-crypto-trading-rollout-april-2026/