Base OP Stack separation and Moonwell AI code hack create a DeFi security crisis.
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Shocking DeFi Split: Base Decouples from OP Stack as $1.78M AI Code Hack Cripples Moonwell

Global, May 2025: The decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem faces a dual-pronged shockwave this week, highlighting critical tensions between infrastructure evolution and security fundamentals. In a major strategic shift, Coinbase’s Layer 2 network, Base, has announced plans to decouple its core technology from the OP Stack, the open-source codebase developed by Optimism. Simultaneously and unrelatedly, the […]