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The State Of Risk In DeFi | ft. Charles Holmes & Greg Bock
Hardwired: The State of Risk in DeFi | ft. Charles Holmes (Verdict) & Greg Bock (Fidesium)
In this episode, I sit down with Charles Holmes from Verdict.finance and Greg Bock from Fidesium to unpack the current state of risk in DeFi. We explore why 2026 has seen a surge in sophisticated attacks, how AI is reshaping both offensive and defensive security, and what protocols need to do to stay ahead of an evolving threat landscape.
In this episode, we cover:
The explosion of AI-generated smart contracts and why "vibe coding" is creating porous, vulnerable codebases
Why audit freshness matters…
The skinny
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