Here’s what happened in crypto today

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Today in crypto, Unverified smart contracts were linked to at least $36.7 million in losses across four DeFi exploits since January, a MiCA architect said that the European Union should prioritize tokenization rules over decentralized finance, and AI agents with autonomous access to crypto wallets could become unstoppable.

Unverified smart contracts were linked to at least $36.7 million in losses across four DeFi exploits over the past six months, as attackers increasingly target protocols whose source code is not publicly available, according to Chainalysis.

The largest incident involved Truebit, which lost $26.2 million after an attacker exploited an integer overflow vulnerability in a contract that had remained unverified on Ethereum since 2021. The other incidents involved Trusted Volumes, Aperture Finance and Ekubo, according to the report.

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