Arbitrum (ARB) Pulses

ARB

Garden Finance $5–11M Bridge Exploit: App Offline, Solver Compromised — What Leveraged ARB, ETH & BNB Traders Must Know

Garden Finance's Bitcoin bridge suffered a confirmed exploit of $5.5M–$11M via a single compromised solver; the app is offline, a white-hat bounty is offered, and ARB leverage traders near the 24h low face elevated liquidation risk until resolution.

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AFX Trade $24M Bridge Exploit: White Hat Offer on the Table — What Leveraged ARB & ETH Traders Must Know Now

AFX Trade's Arbitrum bridge was drained of $24.15M USDC via compromised validator keys; ARB trades near its 24h low at $0.0886 with high liquidation risk for leveraged longs, while a white hat 30% bounty offer creates a binary recovery catalyst to watch.

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AFX Trade $24M Bridge Exploit: ARB Sentiment Pressured, ETH Absorbs Stolen Funds — Leverage Liquidation Levels Mapped

AFX Trade's $24M bridge exploit pressures ARB near daily lows at $0.0893 — high-leverage ARB longs opened at the 24h high face liquidation risk, while stolen funds converted into ~12,467 ETH create a mixed short-term ETH signal with supply overhang risk.

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AFX Protocol $24M Bridge Exploit: ARB Sentiment Hit, ETH Flow Spike & Leverage Liquidation Risk Mapped

AFX Protocol lost $24.15M via a bridge exploit on Arbitrum; the attacker converted stolen USDC into 12,467 ETH at $1,937 average — ARB trades near session lows at $0.0903, and high-leverage ARB longs face liquidation risk on any further 1% decline.

ARB

AFX Trade $24M Bridge Exploit: ARB Under Pressure, ETH Flows & Leverage Liquidation Risk Mapped

AFX Trade lost $24.15M via a bridge exploit on Arbitrum; ARB faces 3–5% downside pressure based on the Ostium precedent, and 50x ARB longs face full liquidation on a 2% move — monitor $0.0882 support and funding rates before entering.

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Ostium Perp DEX Hit by $18M Oracle Attack on Arbitrum — ARB Slides 3.5%, Leverage Traders Face Amplified Risk

Ostium's reported $18M oracle exploit drains ~34% of its TVL on Arbitrum, pushing ARB down 3.5% to $0.0883 — high-leverage ARB longs face liquidation risk, and the RWA-DeFi oracle security narrative takes another hit as Q2 2026 DeFi losses approach $755M.

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Tether Freezes $344M USDT With OFAC — Legal Challenge Threatens Stablecoin Censorship Framework

Tether froze $344M USDT with OFAC on April 23 — a potential legal challenge to this freeze authority is the real tail risk for leveraged traders, as any USDT de-peg would mechanically erode USDT-margined collateral across all perp markets.

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Lawyer Behind Arbitrum Seizure Fight Now Targets Tether Over $344M USDT Freeze

Tether froze $344M in USDT with OFAC backing; the lawyer from the Arbitrum seizure case is now targeting Tether legally — ARB trades at $0.1294 with tight liquidation margins at 100x, while USDC stands to benefit from any institutional USDT rotation.

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Kelp DAO Exploiter Launders ~$80M via THORChain: ETH-to-BTC Swap Cascade Signals Ongoing DeFi Contagion Risk

Kelp DAO's attacker laundered ~$80M ETH via THORChain into 442 BTC post-Arbitrum freeze; unlaundered ETH overhang and regulatory blowback keep leveraged ETH and ARB positions at elevated liquidation risk.