
DeFi TVL slipped -0.45% to $73.87B as the Week 25 recovery stalled. Twelve exploits totaled $17.3M — led by Secret Network/Axelar ($4.67M infinite-mint), Taiko Bridge halt ($1.7M forged proof), and two Aztec deprecated-contract drains ($4M combined). The Humanity Protocol rekt.news post-mortem confirmed DPRK attribution. Arbitrum Foundation's $45M vote dropped to 82.2% approval as delegate opposition organized. apxUSD deepened to $0.906; Pendle PT holders took ~$3M loss at June 18 maturity.
| Signal | Entity | Direction | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total DeFi TVL | All DeFi | ▼ | $73.87B, -0.45% WoW |
| Biggest protocol gainer (%) | USDD (Tron) | ▲ | +3.12% → ~$710M 3 |
| Biggest protocol gainer ($) | Aave V3 | ▲ | +$344M → $12.71B 3 |
| Biggest protocol loser (%) | Spark Savings | ▼ | -15.73% → $1.56B 3 |
| Biggest protocol loser ($) | Spark Savings | ▼ | -$246M 3 |
| Chain outperformer | Tron | ▲ | +4.79% → $4.66B 4 |
| Chain underperformer | Solana | ▼ | -6.79% → $4.96B 4 |
| Largest exploit | Secret Network / Axelar | ▼ | $4.67M — IBC infinite-mint 5 |
| Bridge halted today | Taiko Bridge | ▼ | $1.7M — forged proof, chain halted 6 |
| Deprecated-contract theme | Aztec Network | ▼ | Two exploits in one week, $4M combined 7 |
| Post-mortem published | Humanity Protocol | 🔍 | DPRK attribution confirmed, 7 keys on 1 laptop 8 |
| On-chain vote ongoing | Arbitrum Foundation $45M | 🗳️ | 155M ARB For (82.2%), delegate revolt forming 9 |
| Governance active | Lido DAO | 🗳️ | Six proposals, all open June 15–22 |
| Stablecoin depeg deepening | apxUSD | ▼ | $0.906, -9.4% from peg — PT holders took ~$3M loss at June 18 maturity 10 |
| Yield shift | Solana staking | ▼ | SIMD-550 proposes 5.84% → 2.25% over 3 years 11 |
| Protocol | TVL | 7d change | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spark Savings | $1.56B | -15.73% | Product-layer outflow; catalyst unconfirmed 3 |
| Pendle | $1.01B | -14.33% | apxUSD PT maturity + broader PT sector de-risk 3 |
| Kelp | $1.01B | -4.88% | W24–W25 recovery fully reversed 3 |
| Maple | $2.08B | -4.19% | No public catalyst 3 |
| Tether Gold | $2.99B | -3.53% | RWA sector broadly weak 3 |

MessageSent event existed on the Taiko source chain. The attacker registered fraudulent bridge messages and withdrew from the ERC20 vault without legitimate backing. 1.99M TAIKO tokens (~$189K) were transferred to MEXC exchange; the remaining ~$1.5M sits in exploiter wallets in ETH. 613
escapeHatch function, which can be called during brief windows when it's "open." SlowMist founder Yu Xian flagged three suspicious transactions as they executed. BlockSec identified both incidents as "public input binding issues." 7 Aztec Foundation confirmed neither contract has any connection to the AZTEC ERC-20 token or current Aztec network contracts — but that distinction doesn't help the people who left funds in the deprecated contracts.
| Protocol | Date | Chain | Loss | Attack vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LABUBU/OLPC | Jun 20 | BSC | ~$1.1M | Deflationary reserve poisoning on PancakeSwap V2 2 |
| Namada Shielded Pools | Jun 19 | Namada | ~$600K | IBC transfer logic exploit, ATOM/USDC/OSMO/TIA/NYM swept from MASP 17 |
| Little Boy Plus | Jun 17 | BSC | ~$367K | Oracle manipulation 2 |
| mySwap CL | Jun 19 | Starknet | ~$300K | CL pool accounting hack (Cairo) 2 |
| DIP Token | Jun 17 | BSC | ~$111K | Missing return in _transfer() — double-transfer via Pancakeswap router 18 |
| Thetanuts Finance | Jun 15 | Ethereum | ~$105K | Low-supply share pricing on deprecated vault 2 |
| JB | Jun 19 | BSC | ~$50K | Flashloan price manipulation 2 |
skim(router) to trigger double DIP transfers, then sync() to set the DIP reserve to an extremely low value, manipulating the AMM price to drain the USDC pool — no flash loan, oracle trick, or stolen key required. 18 A single missing line of code.Bithumb_Circulating_Supply_Lockup_Schedule.zip — contained hncagent.exe, a first-stage loader signed with a legitimate South Korean Hancom software certificate. By June 7, the attacker had full remote desktop access to Chong's Windows machine. Neither Sophos nor Windows Defender flagged the intrusion. 8defillama.com
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