Morning Edition · Wednesday, July 1, 2026
A Tokenized-Stock Exploit Caps a Costly Quarter for DeFi Security
An attacker inflated wrapped-equity collateral by roughly 78 times to steal about 400,000 dollars, one entry in a quarter that tracked more than 780 million dollars in known losses.
Edel Finance, a lending protocol built around tokenized equities, lost roughly 400,000 dollars in an exploit that a security proof-of-concept dated July 1 reconstructs at about 204,000 dollars of stablecoin extraction. The root cause was pr…
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Bridge and Mint Exploits Sustain Heavy DeFi Losses
Over 3-6 months, recurring bridge proof-validation and unauthorized-mint exploits keep monthly DeFi losses elevated, including drains of deprecated contracts.
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