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The $148B in DeFi still locked isn't shrinking because AI broke smart contracts — it's shrinking because the attacks are now cheaper, faster, and increasingly aimed at the operational layer around…
Security researchers have flagged an active exploit targeting Stake DAO, in which an attacker minted trillions of…
When the lead author of the contracts the space audits itself against tells you to leave Aave, MakerDAO, and Compound too, the warning is structural — not protocol-specific.
The bombshell isn't the quote — it's the source. OpenZeppelin audits Aave, Compound, MakerDAO, Uniswap and Coinbase, so its co-founder telling family to exit DeFi is a signal the audit industry…
The point isn't whether chains are immutable in theory — it's whether governance can move fast enough when it isn't.
A decade after the most consequential smart-contract breach in crypto history, the Ethereum ecosystem has channelled the lesson into a $130 million security fund — a direct institutional response to…
Ondo Finance tokenizes US Treasuries into USDY and OUSG, gated to verified investors. Here's how each product differs and what ONDO the token actually does.
Oil shocks and a KOSPI flash crash pushed fear to the front of the room, yet SBI, BlackRock, and Robinhood keep building through the noise.
NEXO is the utility token of a centralized crypto lender, not a DeFi protocol. Yield comes from platform revenue and buybacks, so the token's value is tied to Nexo's solvency and regulators.
USDT runs from the British Virgin Islands with quarterly attestations. USDC is a US-listed company with monthly attestations and a Big Four audit. Here is what each setup actually means.
A DAO is an internet-native organization with no boss — run by code and member votes. Here's how DAOs work, what they're used for, and where they struggle.
In 2016, an attacker drained $50M from The DAO and split Ethereum in two. Here is what happened, who chose what, and why it still matters.
DAI is the original decentralized stablecoin — born on Ethereum, governed by MakerDAO, backed by crypto collateral. Here is how it actually holds its peg, what changed with the USDS rebrand, and how it compares to USDT and USDC.
A 594 BTC hardware-wallet drain, three Fed hawks, and an ETF rebound driven almost entirely by BlackRock. The bid is thinner than the tape suggests.
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