DeFiWarhol

16 neobank & crypto payments events you won’t want to miss over the next 6 months ↓
(Bookmark to not lose it)
September
• Stablecoin Week: Sept 7-11 | Washington, DC
• Stablecon USA: Sept 9-10 | Washington, DC area
• FinovateFall: Sept 9-11 | New York
• Money20/20 Middle East: Sept 14-16 | Riyadh
October
• Fintech Meetup Europe: Oct 6-8 | Lisbon
• TOKEN2049: Oct 7-8 | Singapore
• Stablecoin Summit: Oct 8 | Singapore
• The Treasury Table: Oct 8 | Singapore
• Money Layer: Oct 8 | Singapore
• Money20/20 USA: Oct 18-21 | Las Vegas
November
• Hong Kong FinTech Week: Nov 2-6 | Hong Kong
• FTT Fintec

I've been using multiple crypto cards since March 2025.
Can I call myself a neobank OG?

Sadly, 2026 was the year of exploits.
These were the biggest incidents:
→ $100M+ losses
• LayerZero | Kelp: ~$292M
• Drift Protocol: ~$285M
• ColdCard wallet: ~$112.7M
→ $25M-$100M
• Step Finance: ~$40M
• Humanity Protocol: ~$32M
• Truebit Protocol: ~$26.6M
• Resolv: ~$25M
→ $10M-$25M
• AFX: ~$24.2M
• Rhea Finance: ~$18.4M
• Ostium: ~$18M
• Grinex : ~$13.7M
• SwapNet: ~$13.4M
• Verus Bridge: ~$11.6M
• YieldBlox: ~$11M
• THORChain: ~$10.7M
There are many more with $0-$10M in losses,
The biggest headline was the @TheSandboxGame exploit. An attacker reportedly minted ~14.9B unbacked SAND (theoret

The most overlooked part of automation is the guardrails.
Why? Because automation without clearly defined limits can create its own problems.
@MultyrProtocol makes that pretty explicit.
Its allocator can move USDC across top blue-chip DeFi lending markets, but only within predefined limits for exposure, liquidity, losses, and execution costs.
More importantly, those limits can’t be changed on a whim.
Parameter changes go through a 48-hour onchain timelock. A separate veto wallet can cancel them, while an emergency guardian can pause the system but can’t rewrite the rules.
So whoever operates t

Things I'd like to see in more crypto neobanks:
1. Choose your cashback asset (USD/BTC/XAU, etc)
2. Spending reports by week, month, category
3. Cleaner tax/export tools
4. Higher daily ATM limits & lower fees
5. More premium card tiers (Visa Signature, Infinite, Metal, etc)
6. Direct plug-in into localized payments infrastructure
7. Multi-currency accounts with lower FX fees
8. Shared family/team cards with permission controls
9. Rebate systems for loyalty users + personal concierge
10. Real-time card controls such as freeze, limit, merchant block, etc
What else?