Emma covers DeFi protocols and AI agents at BlockAI News. She tracks how autonomous systems are reshaping on-chain finance, with a focus on Ethereum ecosystem developments and agentic commerce.
Security
The Kelp DAO exploit didn't stop at Kelp. It left Aave with $196M in bad debt and wiped $6B from its TVL — exposing how liquid restaking tokens can trigger cascading failures across DeFi's most critical lending markets.
Funding
OpenGradient raises $9.5M led by a16z crypto and Coinbase Ventures to build a decentralized compute layer for verifiable AI — where every inference comes with cryptographic proof, auditable on-chain.