XRP struggled to maintain gains above $1.35, closing near $1.31 as liquidity thins and selling pressure mounts, increasing the risk of sharper price swings.
The Drift protocol's $270M exploit was not a traditional smart contract hack, but a sophisticated six-month social engineering campaign by North Korean intelligence that has forced the DeFi industry to prioritize human security over code audits.
The program includes 24/7 threat monitoring for protocols with more than $10 million in deposits and a dedicated incident response network of security firms.
BTC and ETH remain stuck in a two-month range as oil prices and Iran tensions weigh on sentiment, while AI and privacy tokens show surprising relative strength.