A single vulnerability can wipe out years of investment returns in minutes. That's the hard truth of crypto markets. This is precisely why security infrastructure matters—it's not optional, it's existential.

Right now, over 650 protocols depend on professional security researchers to catch what automated tools miss. The security research community has become the frontline defense for the entire ecosystem. Their vigilance is quite literally what keeps billions in user assets from getting drained.

The question isn't whether your project needs security audits. It's how you're staying ahead of emerging attack vectors. Protocol teams that move fast but don't build robust security layers? They tend to move fastest straight into a hack.

Building trust in DeFi means investing in the people and systems that find problems before hackers do.