According to the source, crypto firms faced a record $2.72 billion in theft in 2025 as attackers expanded across major exchanges and DeFi platforms. According to the source, the breadth of incidents highlights security risk exposure at both centralized exchanges and DeFi protocols that traders must factor into risk management. According to the source, the scale and reach of these thefts warrant heightened due diligence on venue security, custody practices, and smart contract risk when sizing positions and selecting execution venues.

According to @AnthropicAI, its Frontier Red Team ran simulated tests and AI agents identified $4.6 million in smart contract exploits, indicating exploitable vulnerabilities under test conditions that are relevant to DeFi risk assessment. Source: @AnthropicAI. According to @AnthropicAI, the research collaboration with MATS program and the Anthropic Fellows program introduced a new benchmark for evaluating AI performance on blockchain smart contract security tasks, offering a structured way to measure exploit detection. Source: @AnthropicAI. According to @AnthropicAI, these findings come from simulated testing, quantifying exploit value discovered by AI agents in a controlled environment, which provides concrete data points for security evaluation. Source: @AnthropicAI. Based on @AnthropicAI’s reported results, traders focused on DeFi and smart-contract platforms can use the measured exploit value and the new benchmark as inputs when assessing protocol security posture and operational risk exposure during audits and risk reviews. Source: @AnthropicAI.