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DeFi’s Breaking Point: When Exploits Outpace Audits in the Wild East of Finance

Another exploit. Another post-mortem. Same mistakes.

DeFi isn’t failing because audits don’t exist; it’s failing because incentives reward speed over survival. Known bugs get deprioritized, governance shortcuts slip through, and composability turns small errors into chain-wide damage.

Until security is priced higher than APY, exploits won’t slow. They’ll just get faster, cleaner, and more expensive.

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Crypto Market Tension Rises Ahead of Major Options Expiry

Crypto feels unusually calm right now, and that’s exactly what’s making traders nervous.

Bitcoin has been pinned around $101K–$103K all week, but beneath the surface, leverage is stacking up. With over $8.5B in BTC and ETH options expiring this Friday, even a small move could trigger outsized reactions.

This doesn’t feel like fear.

It feels like tension, the kind that usually breaks one way or another.

Quiet markets don’t stay quiet for long.