227 - $292M Hack. Apple Gets Bitten. Freezing Bitcoin?

227 - $292M Hack. Apple Gets Bitten. Freezing Bitcoin?

From Crypto Curious by Bamboo App

April 22, 2026 · 25 min

About this episode

This episode discusses a major hack in the crypto space, proposals to freeze dormant Bitcoin wallets, and a security issue with a fake app on the Apple App Store.

Welcome back to the Crypto Curious podcast! This week… it feels like crypto just stress-tested itself — and not everything held up. 👉🏼 We’re starting with the biggest hack of 2026 so far — a single exploit that drained $292 million from Kelp DAO, froze parts of Aave, and triggered a $5.4 billion run across DeFi. This wasn’t just a bad day… it exposed how quickly confidence can disappear when risk hits the system. 👉🏼 Then we get into one of the more controversial ideas we’ve seen in a while — a proposal to freeze dormant Bitcoin wallets, including Satoshi’s original holdings, to protect the network from future quantum threats. It sounds extreme… but it raises a very real question about security versus immutability. 👉🏼 And finally, a story that hits a bit closer to home for everyday users — a fake Ledger Live app sitting on Apple’s App Store for a full week, draining nearly $10 million before being caught… not by Apple, but by an anonymous Telegram sleuth. Three stories, one theme: security, trust, and whether the systems we rely on are actually as solid as we think. So, let’s get into it 🚀 **** TIMESTAMPS 3:05 Kelp is what Blake? 13:21 A group of BTC developers asking to…

Topics covered

  • crypto security
  • DeFi hacks
  • Bitcoin wallets
  • Apple App Store
  • trust in systems
  • quantum threats

Keywords

  • crypto
  • hack
  • Bitcoin
  • Aave
  • Apple
  • security
  • DeFi
  • quantum threats
  • Ledger Live

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kelp DAO, Aave, Apple, Ledger Live

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