LATEST NEWS FROM ZIRCUIT

Balancer had eleven audits. It still lost $128 million in 30 minutes. From rounding errors to infinite mints, the exploits of 2025 prove that code review alone cannot protect deposited capital and reveal what layered security actually requires.

Zircuit Finance is now live! For years, professional yield strategies have largely been inaccessible to most participants. Institutional products often require six-figure deposit minimums, lengthy onboarding, and extended capital lockups. At the same time, much of DeFi yield has operated without clear visibility into counterparties, risk management, or structure. Zircuit Finance was built to bridge that gap.

Yield and DeFi are two of the most prominent words in the era of crypto renaissance. Renaissance as a period in history is described as the time of innovation, growth and prosperity, built on the renewed interest in classical advancements. In this article, we look back at the brief but turbulent history of DeFi and on-chain yield. We explore the classical models that current DeFi builds upon, and highlight both the innovations and drawbacks as they happened.

Fusaka (Fulu-Osaka) went live on Ethereum mainnet on December 3, 2025. It’s a major upgrade designed to help Ethereum’s rollup ecosystem grow without becoming slower, more expensive, or harder to participate in. In this post, we’ll cover the most important changes Fusaka introduces, why they matter for Layer 2s, and what this upgrade means specifically for Zircuit.