Jefferies Warns of Potential Pause in Wall Street's Crypto Adoption Due to Major DeFi Breach
Jefferies LLC, a 64-year-old investment bank, warns that a major DeFi breach involving $293 million stolen from KelpDao and a $10 billion bank run on Aave could lead to a pause in Wall Street's adoption of blockchain technology. The attack, attributed to North Korean hackers, has raised concerns about trust in decentralized finance, though traditional financial institutions are not expected to abandon crypto entirely.
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