Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Smart contract exploits used to be the biggest risk in onchain vaults. Sun Raghupathi, cofounder and CEO of Veda, says that's no longer true, the risk has shifted to key management and governance, the layer behind incidents like KelpDAO and Drift.
He maps the full risk stack, smart contract, operational, and economic, and lays out what to actually check before trusting a vault with your money.
Host:
👉 Laura Shin - Founder, CEO and Host of Unchained - https://x.com/laurashin
Guest:
👉 Sun Raghupathi - Co-Founder and CEO of Veda - https://x.com/sunandr_
This clip is from a longer conversation on onchain vaults and the SEC's new statement on vault securities law. Full episode here: youtu.be/xqb-2g6OqtE
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Chapters
🔐 00:00 Veda's three-party vault model: infrastructure, curator, distributor
⚠️ 02:03 What can actually go wrong in a vault, from smart contracts to governance
🛟 05:35 Who eats the loss, and why Sun doubts vault insurance
🔑 07:05 How to vet a vault partner's key management before trusting them
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#bitcoin #ethereum #crypto #cryptocurrencies
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Smart contract exploits used to be the biggest risk in onchain vaults. Sun Raghupathi, cofounder and CEO of Veda, says that's no longer true, the risk has shifted to key management and governance, the layer behind incidents like KelpDAO and Drift.
He maps the full risk stack, smart contract, operational, and economic, and lays out what to actually check before trusting a vault with your money.
Host:
👉 Laura Shin - Founder, CEO and Host of Unchained - https://x.com/laurashin
Guest:
👉 Sun Raghupathi - Co-Founder and CEO of Veda - https://x.com/sunandr_
This clip is from a longer conversation on onchain vaults and the SEC's new statement on vault securities law. Full episode here: youtu.be/xqb-2g6OqtE
We go live twice every week - subscribe to catch it live.
👉 Cape: Your biggest crypto vulnerability isn't your wallet, it's your phone number. Cape is America's privacy-first mobile carrier that rotates your SIM identity daily and blocks SIM swaps before they happen. Get 33% off your first six months at cape.co/unchained (use code: UNCHAINED).
Chapters
🔐 00:00 Veda's three-party vault model: infrastructure, curator, distributor
⚠️ 02:03 What can actually go wrong in a vault, from smart contracts to governance
🛟 05:35 Who eats the loss, and why Sun doubts vault insurance
🔑 07:05 How to vet a vault partner's key management before trusting them
_______________________________________________________
#bitcoin #ethereum #crypto #cryptocurrencies
_______________________________________________________
Subscribe to our channel!
Website → unchainedcrypto.com
Unchained Daily Newsletter (FREE!)→ unchainedcrypto.beehiiv.com/subscribe
Unchained X → https://x.com/unchained_pod
Apple → podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1123922160?ls=1
Spotify → open.spotify.com/show/1cJrrfGY1SKBIRn5noKSAf?si=6SI4qIcRTEO7EhOe0V9n4w
RSS Feed → https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LSHML4761942757
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