Exploit Coverage & Alerts
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SwapNet Smart Contract Exploit: $13.4M Input Validation Failure and DeFi Insurance Coverage
On January 25,2026, SwapNet, a decentralized exchange aggregator, got hammered by a smart contract exploit that siphoned off $13.4 million in user funds. This wasn't some zero-day wizardry; it stemmed from classic input validation failure...
Feb 11, 2026
CrossCurve.fi Cross-Chain Exploit: $1.44M Drain via Spoofed Messages and DeFi Coverage Options
The DeFi space took another hit on February 7,2026, when CrossCurve. fi, a cross-chain liquidity protocol formerly known as EYWA, lost roughly $3 million to a cleverly executed exploit. Attackers spoofed cross-chain messages via the Axelar...
Feb 7, 2026
2026 Smart Contract Exploit Coverage for Arbitrum DeFi Protocols
Arbitrum's DeFi ecosystem kicked off 2026 with a bang, but not the good kind. With ARB trading at $0.1821 after a minor 24-hour dip of -0.0158%, protocols like FutureSwap, IPOR Labs, and others fell victim to smart contract exploits...
Jan 22, 2026
USPD Stablecoin Exploit: Shadow Proxy Hack Drains $1M stETH and Top DeFi Insurance Coverage in 2025
The USPD stablecoin protocol, designed as a permissionless decentralized asset, suffered a devastating USPD exploit on September 16,2025. Attackers front-ran the proxy initialization during deployment, seizing control through a Multicall3...
Dec 6, 2025
How Stablecoin Depegs in 2025 Are Triggering Cascading Failures in DeFi
The DeFi landscape in 2025 has been rocked by a series of catastrophic stablecoin depegs, exposing the systemic fragility at the heart of decentralized finance. In just the first week of November, three major synthetic stablecoins, USDX,...
Nov 22, 2025
2025 Stablecoin Depeg Crisis: What Triggered the $2B Meltdown in DeFi?
November 2025 will be remembered as the month DeFi’s stablecoin experiment was stress-tested to its limits. In a single week, a cascade of depegs erased approximately $2 billion in value from the decentralized finance ecosystem, sending...
Nov 19, 2025
How the 2025 USDX Stablecoin Depeg Triggered by Balancer Exploit Exposed DeFi Liquidity Risks
In early November 2025, the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector experienced one of its most severe stress events to date as the USDX stablecoin lost its peg, plunging from $1 to a staggering low of $0.3887 before settling at $0.0653 as of...
Nov 15, 2025