MAROKO133 Update crypto: Bitcoin Slips Below $74K as US Navy Strikes on Iranian Ship Hari

📌 MAROKO133 Breaking crypto: Bitcoin Slips Below $74K as US Navy Strikes on Irania

Bitcoin changed hands near $73,996 during Monday’s Asian trading session, down 2.5% over the past 24 hours. The decline tracked a weekend escalation in the Gulf, where US forces boarded an Iranian vessel Sunday.

Risk assets broadly weakened as Wednesday’s ceasefire deadline loomed, with fresh military friction eroding hopes for de-escalation.

Ship Seizure Raises War Escalation Fears

The US destroyer USS Spruance disabled the engine room of the Iranian-flagged cargo ship Touska after six hours of unheeded stop orders. Tehran’s joint military command labeled the boarding unlawful and pledged a direct response against US naval assets. Sunday’s capture was the first since Washington began enforcing its port blockade one week ago.

Crude futures jumped on the incident, as traders priced in a longer chokehold on Gulf shipping lanes. About one-fifth of the world’s seaborne oil normally transits the strait, which has been mostly idle. Iran’s Supreme National Security Council stated that traffic controls would stay in place until hostilities conclude.

A US team led by Vice President JD Vance is due in Islamabad on Monday for renewed negotiations. Special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will reportedly return for round two after last weekend’s marathon session. Tehran’s state broadcasters cast doubt on whether Monday’s sit-down would proceed, citing fresh grievances with Washington.

The US president also warned of strikes on Iran’s entire power grid and bridge network if terms are refused. Despite Sunday’s slide, Bitcoin remains 4.3% higher over the past seven days, keeping the weekly uptrend intact.

Traders Eye Wednesday Truce Expiry

Daily action swung between $73,886 and $76,165, with the sharpest pressure arriving early Monday in Asia. Total market value held around $1.48 trillion while turnover hovered near $62 billion during the same window.

Market focus shifts to Wednesday’s truce deadline, a pivot point that could sharpen the tone across risk assets. If diplomacy stalls, additional US operations appear likely, potentially extending the pressure on digital assets and equities.

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📌 MAROKO133 Update crypto: Justin Sun Offers to Negotiate With KelpDAO Hacker Afte

Tron founder Justin Sun publicly called on the KelpDAO bridge hacker to negotiate a return of the stolen funds, warning that a $292 million loss could bring down both Aave and KelpDAO.

Sun’s appeal followed the largest Decentralized Finance (DeFi) exploit of 2026, which drained 116,500 rsETH from KelpDAO’s cross-chain bridge on April 18.

Sun Moves Funds as Aave Takes the Hit

The attacker exploited a flaw in KelpDAO’s LayerZero-powered bridge, forging cross-chain messages to release rsETH without corresponding token burns.

The stolen tokens were then deposited as collateral on Aave V3, where the hacker borrowed large volumes of Wrapped Ether (WETH) against them.

Because the rsETH became unbacked, the positions are effectively unliquidatable, leaving Aave with over $236 million in bad debt.

Aave froze rsETH markets on both V3 and V4 within hours. Aave founder Stani Kulechov confirmed the exploit originated outside Aave’s contracts.

On-chain data shows Sun urgently withdrew 65,584 ETH, worth roughly $154 million, from Aave and deposited it into Spark shortly after.

His total Aave exposure has reportedly dropped to $380 million, while his Sky and Spark holdings have risen to $2.13 billion.

“OK — Kelpdao hacker, how much you want? Let’s just talk. With KelpDAO’s help, of course. It’s simply not worth it to sacrifice both Aave and KelpDAO and let them go down over this hack,” wrote Justin Sun in a post.

Interoperability protocol Axelar also responded, expressing solidarity with LayerZero and urging the industry to adopt stronger bridge security standards.

Axelar pointed to the importance of multi-validator configurations, noting that Kelp’s single-validator setup may have enabled the breach.

The exploit overtakes the $285 million Drift Protocol hack from April 1 as the largest DeFi loss this year.

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