DeFi Security in 2026: $169M in Q1 Hacks and the AI Arms Race in Smart Contracts
Q1 2026 saw 34 DeFi protocols compromised for $169 million. We break down the dominant attack vectors — oracle manipulation, reentrancy, access control failures — the AI-powered exploit tools now threatening smart contracts, and what a proper 2026 security stack looks like for protocol developers, LPs, and researchers.