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SparkLend Sees Over $1B in Deposits Since Kelp Exploit as Aave TVL Plunges

On-Chain AnalyticsDeFi
April 22, 2026
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SparkLend Sees Over $1B in Deposits Since Kelp Exploit as Aave TVL Plunges

DeFi's lending landscape is being reshuffled in real time as capital flees Aave in the wake of the Kelp bridge exploit, and a notable chunk of appears to be landing on SparkLend.

Spark's stablecoin lending protocol SparkLend has seen over $1.4 billion in deposits flow into it in the past few days since the $290 million Kelp bridge exploit on Saturday, April 18, which has continued to rock DeFi since.

Total value locked on SparkLend surged from around $1.89 billion to $3.3 billion as of today, April 22, per DefiLlama data.

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