'I Now Consider All Of DeFi Unsafe': Former Crypto Security Chief Sounds Alarm As AI Agents Become More Powerful

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All of decentralized finance is unsafe amid advances in AI, the founder of blockchain security company OpenZeppelin says. "I now consider all of DeFi unsafe," Manuel Aráoz said on May 27 on X. "Coding...

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He added that even blue chips such as Aave, MakerDAO and Compound are not safe.\nDon't Miss:\nMeanwhile, the DeFi sector has recently experienced a high frequency of attacks, with April ranking as the worst month on record. \nSeveral DeFi stakeholders, including Aave founder Stani Kulechov and Phoenix Labs CEO Sam Macpherson, pushed back on Aráoz’s remarks by attributing recent hacks to operational security failures rather than to smart contract code vulnerabilities.\nOpenZeppelin also released a series of posts on X disavowing Aráoz’s remarks and echoing the view that most DeFi attacks are the result of OPSEC failures.\nTrending: Real estate. Crypto. Private deals. Most retirement accounts don't allow them — self-directed IRAs do.\n\"AI is a real threat vector, but it is also one of the most powerful defensive tools we have, if used with rigor and expert human judgment,\" the company said. \"Our researchers use AI daily to catch more issues and edge cases. The answer to AI risk is not retreat from DeFi. It is better security.\"\nHowever, not all agree that the rebuttals offer succor to DeFi users. Pablo Sabbattela, Web3 OPSEC researcher and founder of Security Alliance, said most projects are bad at OPSEC. 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