Makina, a DeFi protocol, reported a $4.2 million exploit on 20 January 2026 tied to liquidity providers in its DUSD/USDC Curve pool, adding to rising DeFi attacks in early 2026 with over $34 million in losses already recorded.

HumidiFi’s chaotic $WET token presale on Solana has sparked controversy after on-chain analytics platform Bubblemaps exposed a Sybil-style bot attack linked to a single actor known as “Ramarxyz.” Using more than 1,000 wallets, this entity allegedly sniped around 70% of the WET public presale allocation on Jupiter Exchange’s Decentralized Token Formation (DTF) launchpad, causing the sale to sell out in just two seconds before most retail investors could participate.

On Nov. 3, 2025, decentralized exchange Balancer—long considered one of DeFi’s more conservative, infrastructure-grade protocols—suffered a multi-chain exploit that drained an estimated $128 million from pools spanning Ethereum, Berachain, Arbitrum, Base, Optimism, Polygon, and Sonic.

When the system says “trust us,” remember who built it. From bank bailouts to “restricted lists,” centralized finance protects the few while preaching safety to the many. DeFi isn’t rebellion—it’s reclamation. It’s how everyday people take back control of their money, their privacy, and their future.