According to the news from CoinWorld, XBIT DEX said in a post that the DeFi sector is facing unprecedented security challenges: the core mental model has collapsed, non-code vulnerabilities are being exposed one after another, and smart contracts are not foolproof. The three incidents involving drift, kelpdao, and wasabi reveal a chain of liquidations caused by the concentration of power over operational foundations such as cross-chain mechanisms, social engineering, and private keys. Openfi’s “decentralized” marketing masks the risks of trust assumptions such as multisig, validators, and oracles. The industry needs to openly weigh operational leverage, strengthen governance and risk control, clarify the upgrade path, and keep mandatory security safeguards.

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ProofOfNap
· 29m ago
That drift situation—I watched it all the way on-chain the entire time; the liquidation cascade was much faster than I’d imagined.
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CandleWickPoet
· 7h ago
How to balance maintaining upgrade backdoors and the commitment to decentralization?
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ColdWalletInTheAutumnBreeze
· 7h ago
Looking at the three incidents together, the systemic risk of DeFi has been underestimated.
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MetalRoboticArm
· 7h ago
The old issue of private key management always comes back whenever something goes wrong.
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ForkItAnyway
· 7h ago
The security model of cross-chain bridges is completely different from that of single chains, and many people are unaware of this.
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LiquidityLifeguard
· 7h ago
The industry needs more honest risk disclosures, not post-hoc patching.
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MinersUnderTheNeonBridge
· 7h ago
Do governance token holders truly have the ability to make risk control decisions? I have my doubts.
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