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The 1inch Foundation has made massive strides in securing all areas of its decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregation platform. It has drastically increased the platform’s capabilities. To note, 1inch has made a recent investment of about $500,000 in security audits for its most recent cross-chain swap rollout. This action underscores their...

The robots are coming. Not the sort that end humanity, but the sort that’s going to remove it from the equation – beginning with your DeFi wallet. We’re encoding AI agents that trade, lend, borrow and yield farm around the clock. Sounds great, right? Until one goes rogue.Your current wallet...

The crypto landscape is a minefield. You think you're safe, but one wrong step with your business's crypto wallet, and BOOM! You’re on the edge of financial bankruptcy, regulatory purgatory or something even more scary. And let’s be honest, the average small business is currently stumbling around with a cereal...

You've been hearing the buzz. Crypto for business! Digital assets are the future! And then, so you dive in there, create a “business crypto wallet,” and … crickets. Or worse, chaos. What gives? Everyone assumes it's the tech, right? Wrong.Tech Isn't The Real BottleneckI know, I know, the tech can...

A fresh academic study has revealed some shocking security habits among digital currency speculators trading in the decentralized finance (DeFi) bubble. The work was co-authored by Mingyi Liu, a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology. It shows how widespread investors’ negligence of basic security practices...

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) has the potential to unlock unimaginable wealth, but with that comes unimaginable risk and peril. In 2024, security exploits and fraud totaled almost $1.5 billion. This massive loss indicates that crypto users are undertaking fundamental misuse, endangering their sensitive crypto holdings. At BreakoutFear.com we’re poised to continue...

In the world of decentralized finance (DeFi), where fortunes can be made and lost with a click, a new study reveals alarming security practices among crypto investors. The DeFi ecosystem holds exhilarating promise—the promise of a democratized financial architecture, liberated from the shackles of intermediaries. It’s fraught with danger, and...

The rapidly evolving world of cryptocurrency has plenty of promise from an investment and innovation perspective. It’s a terrain fraught with peril. Visit BreakoutFear.com to learn more about the disturbing reality behind crypto security disasters. It reveals the prevalent industry practice that risks investors’ capital and leads to devastating losses....

Now, picture Sarah, an everyday single mom investing all of her savings into a new DeFi project with potential. She believed in its mission, envisioned a better future for her kids, and diligently followed what she thought were best practices. She thought she was secure with a strong password, possibly...

DeFi isn’t the future of finance, it’s the future of scams, and these 5-issues are precisely why. Never mind the promise of decentralization and financial freedom. A huge wealth heist is underway from the unsuspecting to the connected. Those so-called “security fails” are merely the cogs spinning in that money...