Balancer Labs is shutting down after a major exploit but the DeFi protocol will continue in a decentralized form.

A critical smart-contract flaw in Balancer V2 allowed unauthorized withdrawals totaling over $100 million. The incident spanned multiple networks and assets, exposing systemic vulnerabilities in DeFi ...

Balancer—an automated market maker (AMM) protocol claiming over $750 million in total value locked (TVL)—suffered a security breach on November 3. Blockchain analytics firms like PeckShield and ...

Berachain has executed an emergency hard fork to trap a hacker's funds following a major breach on decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Balancer, which saw over $128 million stolen from its V2 ...

Balancer Labs is ceasing operations permanently. The announcement comes just days after a sophisticated attacker exploited the protocol for approximately $128 million, effectively emptying major ...

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Balancer and Stream Finance incidents totaling over $200 million shook DeFi as RedStone and major Ethereum protocols launched reform initiatives. Balancer suffered one of the largest decentralized ...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 05: Stani Kulechov (R), of Aave Labs, speaks at the Chainlink's SmartCon 2025 at Metropolitan Pavilion on November 05, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Eugene ...

Crypto hacks are shaping the fate of even the most promising DeFi projects. In just half of 2025 alone, over $2.17 billion was lost to exploits, eroding user trust and exposing vulnerabilities in ...