# kaal:claim:5583610-036

**Claim.** Smart contract exploits are a live failure channel for LER, capable of producing losses on the scale of DeFi incidents that have exceeded $1 billion annually and requiring insurance premiums of one to two percent of asset value.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** evidenced

**Holds when.**

- on-chain deployment of reward contracts

**Source quote.**

> Vulnerabilities such as smart contract exploits could result in losses akin to DeFi incidents, where failures have exceeded $1 billion annually, necessitating insurance premiums of 1–2% of asset value.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Liquid Equity Rewards in Corporate America* (2025), 9.1. Costs and Risks, page 32

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Liquid Equity Rewards in Corporate America (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5583610

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**Failure mode.** smart contract exploit  (family: smart-contract-bug-and-exploit)

**Topics.** smart-contracts, risk-and-incentives, consensus-and-security, defi

**Keywords.** smart-contract-risk, cybersecurity, defi-exploits, insurance

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