The SEC has formally closed a confidential Biden-era investigation into Ondo — without any charges.
The inquiry began in 2024, focused on whether Ondo’s tokenization of certain real-world assets complied with federal securities laws as well as whether the ONDO token was a security. The investigation came during a period of aggressive scrutiny of digital-asset firms, when Ondo’s rapid growth in tokenized Treasuries made it one of the earliest and most visible innovators in the category.
Against this backdrop, Ondo never wavered from its core conviction: tokenizing some of the safest and most established assets in global finance, like U.S. Treasuries and publicly listed equities, can be both transformative and compliant.
Yet this outcome is nevertheless an important milestone for the entire tokenization ecosystem. Regulators are shifting from enforcement-first approaches toward frameworks that support modernized market infrastructure. The SEC is openly engaging with industry to unlock the promise of tokenization for U.S. capital markets, global adoption continues to accelerate, and U.S. infrastructure is evolving to support the category, including through Ondo’s acquisition of Oasis Pro Markets.
The path is now clearer than ever for tokenized Treasuries and tokenized equities to become core components of U.S. capital markets. The future of global finance will be onchain, and Ondo will help lead that transition.
So what’s next? On February 3, 2026 in New York, we’ll share the next phase of our roadmap at the Ondo Summit, where we are bringing together leading regulators, policymakers, and executives across traditional finance to lay out our vision for the new era of onchain finance.
Onwards
$128M drained from Balancer — even after multiple audits by top firms.
This is a harsh reminder:
✅ One audit ≠ bulletproof security
✅ Continuous assessment is key
At Tankr Labs, we connect projects with trusted auditors & ongoing verification.
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Today, around 7:48 AM UTC, an exploit affected Balancer V2 Composable Stable Pools.
Our team is working with leading security researchers to understand the issue and will share additional findings and a full post-mortem as soon as possible.
Because these pools have been live onchain for several years, many were outside the pause window. Any pools that could be paused have been paused and are now in recovery mode.
All other Balancer pools are unaffected. This issue is isolated to V2 Composable Stable Pools and does not impact Balancer V3 or other Balancer pools.
Balancer is committed to operational security, has undergone extensive auditing by top firms, and had bug bounties running for a long time to incentivize independent auditors. We are working closely with our security and legal teams to ensure user safety and are conducting a swift & thorough investigation. We’re grateful to our partners and the broader DeFi community for their support.
Security notice: Fraudulent messages claiming to be from the Balancer Security Team are circulating. These are not from us. Do not interact with unsolicited communications or click unknown links.
Official updates will be posted only via:
- This official Balancer account on X (Twitter)
- Our official Discord server
Be careful with communications from other sources, they can be fraudulent.
We will provide a comprehensive update with more details as our investigation progresses.
The Balancer Team.
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1/ Let’s talk about one of the most dangerous smart contract vulnerabilities in Web3 👇
🧠 Reentrancy Attacks — the same exploit that drained $60M+ from The DAO in 2016.
Here’s how it works (and how to stop it).
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✅ How to prevent it:
•Always update state before external calls
•Use Checks-Effects-Interactions pattern
•Consider ReentrancyGuard from OpenZeppelin
Prevention > Cure.
Your project deserves more than a “looks good” audit.
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