DeFi Audits Alone Can't Stop Economic Wahala: Protocols Still Get Attack With Flash Loan, Oracle, And How Dem Dey Reward People
Even as decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols don pass serious smart contract audits, dem still dey face big security wahala from clever economic exploits. Big-big attacks like Harvest Finance oracle exploit of $24 million, Mango Markets $110 million attack, Hyperliquid $6 million JELLY token manipulation, and Polter Finance $12 million flash loan wahala—dey show say just secure code no mean say you safe from people wey wan manipulate oracles, how dem price things, flash loans, and bad incentive models. Normal audits dey focus on software bugs, but attackers don dey use risks wey relate to market ways, collateral wey no get liquidity, wrong time windows, risks wey dem no price, and wrong protocol settings. Problems don include price oracles wey dey late when market dey volatile, stablecoin pegs wey no stable, and system risks wey show face when market dey scatter. Security experts dey warn say DeFi projects must now add economic and game-theoretic checks, stress testing, and monitoring of both on-chain and off-chain logic to their audit standards, so dem fit see bad strategies and fix wrong incentives. Better audit processes and wider checks dey important to improve DeFi risk management, make traders trust again, and make sure market dey stable for long time.
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Di latest attacks wey dey happen for DeFi protocols—like flash loan exploits, oracle manipulation, and wetin dem call incentive failures—dey show say security na big issue, but e no dey always make token prices go up or down. Even if dem hear say big hacks don happen wey fit make price of some tokens or platforms fall small, the whole DeFi sector usually bounce back because dem sabi do new things and dem dey always check wetin dey happen. For traders, the new ways dem dey check books (audit standards) and new ways to manage risk dey important for long-term trust and to make things stable, but the market usually no react too much at once as the sector dey adapt and make dem security strong strong over time.