The 2026 DeFi Pre-Launch Security Checklist: 7 Attack Surfaces Your Audit Probab

<p>On March 10, 2026, 34 Aave users woke up to find their wstETH positions liquidated — not because the market crashed, not because they were overleveraged, but because Aave's own

<h1> Cross-Chain Bridge Risk Assessment: MEXC </h1> <p><strong>Target Protocol</strong>: MEXC (TVL: $5363.2M)</p> <h1> Cross‑Chain Bridge Risk Assessment – MEXC </h1>

<h1> Governance Attack Surface Review: Bitget </h1> <p><strong>Target Protocol</strong>: Bitget (TVL: $6211.6M)</p> <h1> Bitget – Governance Attack‑Surface Review </h1>

<h1> Governance Attack Surface Review: ether.fi Stake </h1> <p><strong>Target Protocol</strong>: ether.fi Stake (TVL: $4598.1M)</p> <h1> <strong>Governance Attack‑Surface Review –

<h1> Protocol Upgrade Compatibility Review: Veda </h1> <p><strong>Target Protocol</strong>: Veda (TVL: $1817.3M)</p> <h1> Veda – Protocol Upgrade Compatibility Review </h1>

<h1> Security Audit Report: Reentrancy &amp; Access Control Review: Rocket Pool </h1> <p><strong>Target Protocol</strong>: Rocket Pool (TVL: $1267.6M)</p> <h1> <strong>Security

<p>Smart contract audits are table stakes. They're also increasingly irrelevant to the exploits that actually drain protocols.</p> <p>Q1 2026 tells a brutal story: of the $137M+

<h1> Governance Attack Surface Review: HTX </h1> <p><strong>Target Protocol</strong>: HTX (TVL: $4256.5M)</p> <h1> Governance Attack Surface Review – HTX </h1>