Synthetic carbon credit tokens provide derivative exposure to carbon markets (e.g., ICE EUA, voluntary indices) via futures, total return swaps, or oracle-replicated performance, without physical custody or retirement of underlying credits. This delivers operational efficiency (fractionalization, 24/7 liquidity, reduced verification costs) but introduces material counterparty risk (issuer solvency/fulfillment), basis/tracking error risk (deviation from reference index…
Thirty-five DeFi protocol hacks in early 2026 caused over $453 million in losses, according to several analysts. January (12 incidents, $103M), February (8, $24M), March (14, $41M), and April (one major event, $285M) make up this breakdown. Notable exploits cited include Step Finance (private key) and Drift Protocol on Solana (admin keys). Common attack vectors…