DeFi isn't safe anymore because AI is becoming 'superhuman' at hacking, security chief flags
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OpenZeppelin CEO Manuel Araoz said he now considers "all" of decentralized finance (DeFi) unsafe because coding agents have become "superhuman" at finding vulnerabilities in a post on X Wednesday.
Key facts
DefiLlama data shows that more than $1.1 billion has been lost to DeFi hacks over the past 365 days, including April's $292 million Kelp DAO exploit, which exposed how vulnerabilities in cross-chain
The warning from one of crypto's top security executives comes as DeFi's total value locked has dropped by over $20 billion since the start of the year, according to DeFiLlama data
OpenZeppelin CEO Manuel Araoz said he now considers "all" of decentralized finance (DeFi) unsafe because coding agents have become "superhuman" at finding vulnerabilities in a post on X Wednesday
Araoz's comments also arrive as Anthropic has warned that its restricted Claude Mythos AI model can autonomously discover software vulnerabilities and develop working exploits at a level the company
Summary
OpenZeppelin CEO Manuel Aráoz warned that he now considers all of DeFi unsafe, arguing that AI coding agents have become “superhuman” at finding vulnerabilities in smart contracts. His comments come amid a sharp decline of more than $20 billion in DeFi’s total value locked this year and over $1.1 billion lost to hacks in the past 12 months, including high-profile exploits at Kelp DAO and Step Finance. The rise of powerful AI models like Anthropic’s restricted Claude Mythos, which can autonomously discover and weaponize software flaws, is raising new concerns that DeFi’s transparent, on-chain code may be increasingly difficult to defend at human speed.