I think something dangerous is happening to audits.
It seems like there are fewer audits and audit prices have gone down.
Cheaper audits should be good right?
Not necessarily
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We definitely have had an uptick in DeFi exploits lately with a new exploit almost daily. But is it just me or the vast majority of them are compromised key or other issues stemming from failed opsec rather than smart contract code exploits? (which also points to the centralization of "DeFi").
BlockThreat - Week 21, 2026
$7.7M was stolen across 11 incidents this week.
10+ hacks a week is the new baseline.
This week’s BlockThreat focuses on three attack vectors DeFi projects and security auditors should prioritize immediately.
🛡️ The results for the @thedaofund’s Ethereum Security QF Round are LIVE!
This historic round is closing with a HUGE last minute contribution:
@wintermute_t has added $200K to the matching pool 🔥
Wintermute is a well known liquidity provider, and one of the leading supporters of Ethereum security, in fact exactly a year ago today they donated $1M to @_SEAL_Org.
This year they teamed up with TheDAO, @Quantstamp & several other community partners to allocate over $1.6M worth of funding to Ethereum Security Public Goods 👇
Recent posts by Manuel Aráoz on AI and DeFi security have been widely circulated, and customers have asked whether they reflect OpenZeppelin's position. They do not.
Manuel co-founded OpenZeppelin and served as the company’s CTO until 2019 when he left the company.
My first blog post for @monad's security team is out.
We spent a month building an AI system to hunt vulnerabilities in the Monad blockchain
here's what we learned
@1_00_proof Finally stopped calling exploiter a “whitehat”. Still waiting negotiations to drop the word “bounty” and use a more appropriate “ransom” instead.
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