Stablecoin Market Sheds $892M as KelpDAO Breach Triggers DeFi Unwind
The stablecoin market has kept a muted tone in the wake of the recent KelpDAO breach, with $892 million flowing out of the sector. Even after the drawdown, the market holds at $320.65 billion, with Tether’s USDT comprisi...
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Older archive item. Useful for background and entity history, but not a fresh market-moving signal.
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Tether is showing up inside the Stablecoins theme, so this story is worth tracking for follow-through rather than treating it as a one-off headline.
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