Research on how DeFi works and breaks: MEV, AMM design, lending risk, oracle security and mechanism design — papers and serious forum posts with real analysis.
DeFi Exploits and Hacks
Every confirmed exploit of a DeFi protocol or bridge as it is reported: what was hit, how much was lost and how it happened.
Every confirmed exploit of a DeFi protocol or bridge as it is reported: what was hit, how much was lost and how it happened.
- Each new find as soon as it turns up — no waiting for a schedule.
- One card per find, with a short summary and why it matched.
- In your feed, by email, and as a push notice if you turn it on.
- ✕ Phishing of individual users
- ⚑ Unconfirmed rumours on social media — kept, but marked
Exact rules
As soon as something appears, send me new finds with Exploit or hack of a DeFi protocol, bridge or wallet, plus at least one of Funds drained, Smart contract bug, Oracle manipulation, Private key compromise or Post-mortem. Skip phishing of individual users. Keep but flag unconfirmed rumours on social media. Search the open web, starting with https://rekt.news/rss/feed.xml, and also https://thedefiant.io/feed, https://www.theblock.co/rss.xml and https://www.dlnews.com/arc/outboundfeeds/rss/. Matching is balanced. Anyone can find and subscribe to it in Discover.
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