DeFi’s $13B Exodus, OPNEXT 2026 Recap, NYDIG Eyes Alcoa Plant for BTC Mining

DeFi’s $13B Exodus, OPNEXT 2026 Recap, NYDIG Eyes Alcoa Plant for BTC Mining

Published: April 20, 2026

Duration: 1:16:51

Jay Patel, the CEO of Lygos Finance, and Aydin Kilic, CEO of HIVE Digital, join us to respectively discuss risk in crypto credit markets and Hive’s latest $100M senior note. For news, we break down the $293 million Kelp DAO hack by the Lazarus Group and the $13 billion ripple effect this had on other DeFi platforms like Aave. Plus, we give a recap of one of the most salient talks at Blockspace’s OPNEXT conference and break down NYDIG’s incipient deal to purchase an aluminum smelting site from Alcoa that has been dormant since 2014.

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