diff --git a/modules/sdk-api/src/bitgoAPI.ts b/modules/sdk-api/src/bitgoAPI.ts
index 504868e629..0b07559ea8 100644
--- a/modules/sdk-api/src/bitgoAPI.ts
+++ b/modules/sdk-api/src/bitgoAPI.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import {
   IRequestTracer,
   makeRandomKey,
   sanitizeLegacyPath,
+  TssVerificationWarningHandler,
 } from '@bitgo/sdk-core';
 import * as sdkHmac from '@bitgo/sdk-hmac';
 import { DefaultHmacAuthStrategy, type IHmacAuthStrategy } from '@bitgo/sdk-hmac';
@@ -271,10 +272,16 @@ export class BitGoAPI implements BitGoBase {
   private _requestIdPrefix?: string;
   private getAdditionalHeadersCb?: AdditionalHeadersCallback;
   protected _hmacAuthStrategy: IHmacAuthStrategy;
+  /** @inheritDoc */
+  public readonly strictTssVerification: boolean;
+  /** @inheritDoc */
+  public readonly onVerificationWarning?: TssVerificationWarningHandler;
 
   constructor(params: BitGoAPIOptions = {}) {
     this.getAdditionalHeadersCb = params.getAdditionalHeadersCb;
     this._requestIdPrefix = params.requestIdPrefix;
+    this.strictTssVerification = params.strictTssVerification ?? false;
+    this.onVerificationWarning = params.onVerificationWarning;
     this.cookiesPropagationEnabled = false;
     if (
       !common.validateParams(
diff --git a/modules/sdk-api/src/types.ts b/modules/sdk-api/src/types.ts
index 29d7a1af77..cff9eb2da1 100644
--- a/modules/sdk-api/src/types.ts
+++ b/modules/sdk-api/src/types.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-import { EncryptionVersion, EnvironmentName, IRequestTracer, V1Network } from '@bitgo/sdk-core';
+import {
+  EncryptionVersion,
+  EnvironmentName,
+  IRequestTracer,
+  TssVerificationWarningHandler,
+  V1Network,
+} from '@bitgo/sdk-core';
 import { ECPairInterface } from '@bitgo/utxo-lib';
 import { type Agent } from 'http';
 
@@ -70,6 +76,16 @@ export interface BitGoAPIOptions {
   cookiesPropagationEnabled?: boolean;
   getAdditionalHeadersCb?: AdditionalHeadersCallback;
   requestIdPrefix?: string;
+  /**
+   * Client-side opt-in: fail-closed EVM TSS verification warnings become hard failures
+   * instead of `console.warn` + `onVerificationWarning`. Never read from server data.
+   */
+  strictTssVerification?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Sink for fail-closed EVM TSS verification warnings (decoded vs expected `to` /
+   * `value` / `data` for a transaction about to be signed).
+   */
+  onVerificationWarning?: TssVerificationWarningHandler;
   evm?: {
     [key: string]: {
       baseUrl?: string;
diff --git a/modules/sdk-core/src/bitgo/baseCoin/iBaseCoin.ts b/modules/sdk-core/src/bitgo/baseCoin/iBaseCoin.ts
index cb4ec7f61c..ccaa658219 100644
--- a/modules/sdk-core/src/bitgo/baseCoin/iBaseCoin.ts
+++ b/modules/sdk-core/src/bitgo/baseCoin/iBaseCoin.ts
@@ -315,6 +315,35 @@ export interface VerificationOptions {
   consolidationToBaseAddress?: boolean;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Decoded vs expected transaction fields reported by fail-closed TSS verification.
+ * Undefined fields were not applicable to the violated rule.
+ */
+export interface TssVerificationMismatch {
+  to?: string;
+  value?: string;
+  data?: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * A non-fatal TSS verification finding: the transaction bytes about to be signed do not
+ * match the user intent. Reported through `console.warn` and an optional
+ * `onVerificationWarning` callback; becomes a hard failure when the client opts into
+ * `strictTssVerification`.
+ */
+export interface TssVerificationWarning {
+  /** Canonical verifier intent type the handler ran under (e.g. 'transfer'). */
+  intentType: string;
+  /** Human-readable description of the violated rule. */
+  reason: string;
+  /** Values derived from the user intent (txParams or the stored tx request intent). */
+  expected: TssVerificationMismatch;
+  /** Values decoded from the transaction bytes that are about to be signed. */
+  decoded: TssVerificationMismatch;
+}
+
+export type TssVerificationWarningHandler = (warning: TssVerificationWarning) => void;
+
 export interface VerifyTransactionOptions {
   txPrebuild: TransactionPrebuild;
   txParams: TransactionParams;
@@ -322,6 +351,14 @@ export interface VerifyTransactionOptions {
   verification?: VerificationOptions;
   reqId?: IRequestTracer;
   walletType?: 'onchain' | 'tss';
+  /**
+   * The persisted TxRequest intent (`PopulatedIntent`), set by the TSS signing path when
+   * verifying a pending-approval transaction. Verifiers use it as the source of truth for
+   * the intended `to` / `value` / `data` and for intent fields with no txParams equivalent
+   * (`tokenName`, `nonce`, `txid`, `consolidateId`, DeFi amounts). Never server-controlled
+   * beyond the tx request itself, which is the object the user approved.
+   */
+  intent?: PopulatedIntent;
 }
 
 export interface SupplementGenerateWalletOptions {
diff --git a/modules/sdk-core/src/bitgo/bitgoBase.ts b/modules/sdk-core/src/bitgo/bitgoBase.ts
index 698e4846fd..5cca2f1fb0 100644
--- a/modules/sdk-core/src/bitgo/bitgoBase.ts
+++ b/modules/sdk-core/src/bitgo/bitgoBase.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
   IEncryptionSession,
   IRequestTracer,
 } from '../api';
-import { IBaseCoin } from './baseCoin';
+import { IBaseCoin, TssVerificationWarningHandler } from './baseCoin';
 import { CoinConstructor } from './coinFactory';
 import { EnvironmentName } from './environments';
 import { EcdhDerivedKeypair, GetSigningKeyApi } from './keychain';
@@ -61,4 +61,14 @@ export interface BitGoBase {
   setRequestTracer(reqTracer: IRequestTracer): void;
   url(path: string, version?: number): string;
   register(name: string, coin: CoinConstructor): void;
+  /**
+   * Client-side opt-in: fail-closed TSS verification warnings become hard failures.
+   * Set only from local `BitGoAPI` options — never read from server data.
+   */
+  readonly strictTssVerification?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Optional sink for fail-closed TSS verification warnings (decoded vs expected
+   * transaction fields). Set only from local `BitGoAPI` options.
+   */
+  readonly onVerificationWarning?: TssVerificationWarningHandler;
 }
diff --git a/modules/sdk-core/src/bitgo/utils/tss/baseTypes.ts b/modules/sdk-core/src/bitgo/utils/tss/baseTypes.ts
index 0473a7ee39..d0649c6f23 100644
--- a/modules/sdk-core/src/bitgo/utils/tss/baseTypes.ts
+++ b/modules/sdk-core/src/bitgo/utils/tss/baseTypes.ts
@@ -503,6 +503,8 @@ export interface PopulatedIntent extends PopulatedIntentBase, DefiIntentFields {
   feeToken?: string;
   hopParams?: HopParams;
   txid?: string;
+  /** Consolidation batch id; presence marks the tx as a consolidation to the wallet base address. */
+  consolidateId?: string;
   receiveAddress?: string;
   custodianTransactionId?: string;
   custodianMessageId?: string;
diff --git a/modules/sdk-core/src/bitgo/utils/tss/ecdsa/ecdsa.ts b/modules/sdk-core/src/bitgo/utils/tss/ecdsa/ecdsa.ts
index fece8b88d0..a308b5db8b 100644
--- a/modules/sdk-core/src/bitgo/utils/tss/ecdsa/ecdsa.ts
+++ b/modules/sdk-core/src/bitgo/utils/tss/ecdsa/ecdsa.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import {
   CustomMuDeltaShareGeneratingFunction,
   CustomPaillierModulusGetterFunction,
   CustomSShareGeneratingFunction,
+  PopulatedIntent,
   RequestType,
   TSSParams,
   TSSParamsForMessage,
@@ -832,16 +833,18 @@ export class EcdsaUtils extends BaseEcdsaUtils {
       if (shouldVerifyWithSerializedTxHex(this.baseCoin)) {
         await this.baseCoin.verifyTransaction({
           txPrebuild: { txHex: unsignedTx.serializedTxHex, txInfo: unsignedTx.signableHex },
-          txParams: resolveEffectiveTxParams(txRequest, params.txParams),
+          txParams: resolveEffectiveTxParams(txRequest, params.txParams, this.baseCoin.getChain()),
           wallet: this.wallet,
           walletType: this.wallet.multisigType(),
+          intent: txRequest.intent as PopulatedIntent,
         });
       } else {
         await this.baseCoin.verifyTransaction({
           txPrebuild: { txHex: unsignedTx.signableHex },
-          txParams: resolveEffectiveTxParams(txRequest, params.txParams),
+          txParams: resolveEffectiveTxParams(txRequest, params.txParams, this.baseCoin.getChain()),
           wallet: this.wallet,
           walletType: this.wallet.multisigType(),
+          intent: txRequest.intent as PopulatedIntent,
         });
       }
       signablePayload = Buffer.from(unsignedTx.signableHex, 'hex');
diff --git a/modules/sdk-core/src/bitgo/utils/tss/ecdsa/ecdsaMPCv2.ts b/modules/sdk-core/src/bitgo/utils/tss/ecdsa/ecdsaMPCv2.ts
index b942656b94..d558fdf3dc 100644
--- a/modules/sdk-core/src/bitgo/utils/tss/ecdsa/ecdsaMPCv2.ts
+++ b/modules/sdk-core/src/bitgo/utils/tss/ecdsa/ecdsaMPCv2.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import {
   CustomMPCv2SigningRound1GeneratingFunction,
   CustomMPCv2SigningRound2GeneratingFunction,
   CustomMPCv2SigningRound3GeneratingFunction,
+  PopulatedIntent,
   RequestType,
   SignatureShareRecord,
   TSSParams,
@@ -991,9 +992,10 @@ export class EcdsaMPCv2Utils extends BaseEcdsaUtils {
       if (shouldVerifyWithSerializedTxHex(this.baseCoin) || shouldUsePreHashedSignable(this.baseCoin, unsignedTx)) {
         await this.baseCoin.verifyTransaction({
           txPrebuild: { txHex: unsignedTx.serializedTxHex, txInfo: unsignedTx.signableHex },
-          txParams: resolveEffectiveTxParams(txRequest, params.txParams),
+          txParams: resolveEffectiveTxParams(txRequest, params.txParams, this.baseCoin.getChain()),
           wallet: this.wallet,
           walletType: this.wallet.multisigType(),
+          intent: txRequest.intent as PopulatedIntent,
         });
         if (shouldVerifyWithSerializedTxHex(this.baseCoin) && isCoinWithSignableConsistency(this.baseCoin)) {
           this.baseCoin.assertSignableConsistency(unsignedTx.serializedTxHex, unsignedTx.signableHex);
@@ -1001,9 +1003,10 @@ export class EcdsaMPCv2Utils extends BaseEcdsaUtils {
       } else {
         await this.baseCoin.verifyTransaction({
           txPrebuild: { txHex: unsignedTx.signableHex },
-          txParams: resolveEffectiveTxParams(txRequest, params.txParams),
+          txParams: resolveEffectiveTxParams(txRequest, params.txParams, this.baseCoin.getChain()),
           wallet: this.wallet,
           walletType: this.wallet.multisigType(),
+          intent: txRequest.intent as PopulatedIntent,
         });
       }
       txOrMessageToSign = unsignedTx.signableHex;
diff --git a/modules/sdk-core/src/bitgo/utils/tss/recipientUtils.ts b/modules/sdk-core/src/bitgo/utils/tss/recipientUtils.ts
index f33d44b9b0..d2054a7878 100644
--- a/modules/sdk-core/src/bitgo/utils/tss/recipientUtils.ts
+++ b/modules/sdk-core/src/bitgo/utils/tss/recipientUtils.ts
@@ -29,10 +29,22 @@ export const NO_RECIPIENT_TX_TYPES = new Set([
   'disableToken',
   'disabletoken',
   'customTx',
-  // DeFi vault operations — recipients/calldata built server-side from defiParams
+  // DeFi vault operations — recipients/calldata built server-side from defiParams.
+  // Both spellings registered on purpose (see the wrapNative note below): the stored
+  // WP intentType is kebab-case while buildParams.type is camelCase. These types are
+  // NOT skipped by verifyTssTransaction — the DeFi handlers decode and compare the
+  // calldata against defiParams; this entry only waives the missing-recipients guard.
   'defiApprove',
+  'defi-approve',
   'defiDeposit',
+  'defi-deposit',
   'defiWithdraw',
+  'defi-withdraw',
+  // defi-redeem has no EVM verifier handler and is flagged as a violation there;
+  // listed here so the pending-approval path reaches the verifier instead of
+  // failing earlier on the missing-recipients guard.
+  'defi-redeem',
+  'defiRedeem',
   // Native wrap/unwrap (WETH9 deposit()/withdraw()) — calldata and the WETH9
   // address are resolved server-side from the vault binding, so no recipients.
   // Registered in BOTH spellings on purpose: this set is matched against
diff --git a/modules/sdk-core/test/unit/bitgo/utils/tss/ecdsa/ecdsaMPCv2.ts b/modules/sdk-core/test/unit/bitgo/utils/tss/ecdsa/ecdsaMPCv2.ts
index a72732aeeb..7942a0293e 100644
--- a/modules/sdk-core/test/unit/bitgo/utils/tss/ecdsa/ecdsaMPCv2.ts
+++ b/modules/sdk-core/test/unit/bitgo/utils/tss/ecdsa/ecdsaMPCv2.ts
@@ -636,6 +636,7 @@ describe('ECDSA MPC v2', async () => {
       verifyTransaction: sinon.stub().resolves(true),
       getMPCAlgorithm: sinon.stub().returns('ecdsa'),
       getConfig: sinon.stub().returns({ family: 'flrp' }),
+      getChain: sinon.stub().returns('flrp'),
       isSignablePreHashed: (unsignedTx: { serializedTxHex?: string }) =>
         unsignedTx.serializedTxHex?.startsWith('0000') ?? false,
     } as unknown as IBaseCoin;
@@ -707,6 +708,7 @@ describe('ECDSA MPC v2', async () => {
       verifyTransaction: sinon.stub().resolves(true),
       getMPCAlgorithm: sinon.stub().returns('ecdsa'),
       getConfig: sinon.stub().returns({ family: 'flr' }),
+      getChain: sinon.stub().returns('flr'),
     } as unknown as IBaseCoin;
 
     const mockWallet = {
@@ -781,6 +783,7 @@ describe('ECDSA MPC v2', async () => {
         verifyTransaction: verifyTransactionSpy,
         getMPCAlgorithm: sinon.stub().returns('ecdsa'),
         getConfig: sinon.stub().returns({ family: 'hteth' }),
+        getChain: sinon.stub().returns('hteth'),
       } as unknown as IBaseCoin;
 
       const mockWallet = {
@@ -827,6 +830,13 @@ describe('ECDSA MPC v2', async () => {
       const verifyCallArgs = verifyTransactionSpy.firstCall.args[0];
       assert.strictEqual(verifyCallArgs.txParams.type, intentType);
       assert.strictEqual(verifyCallArgs.txParams.recipients, undefined);
+      // The stored intent must reach the verifier so fail-closed EVM checks can compare
+      // decoded to / value / data against it on the pending-approval path.
+      assert.strictEqual(
+        verifyCallArgs.intent,
+        (txRequest as any).intent,
+        'stored intent must reach verifyTransaction'
+      );
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/modules/sdk-core/test/unit/bitgo/utils/tss/recipientUtils.ts b/modules/sdk-core/test/unit/bitgo/utils/tss/recipientUtils.ts
index bb6ffbf568..c015989e53 100644
--- a/modules/sdk-core/test/unit/bitgo/utils/tss/recipientUtils.ts
+++ b/modules/sdk-core/test/unit/bitgo/utils/tss/recipientUtils.ts
@@ -29,8 +29,15 @@ describe('recipientUtils', function () {
         'disabletoken',
         'customTx',
         'defiApprove',
+        'defi-approve',
         'defiDeposit',
+        'defi-deposit',
         'defiWithdraw',
+        'defi-withdraw',
+        // defi-redeem has no EVM verifier handler and is flagged there; listed so the
+        // pending-approval path reaches the verifier instead of failing the guard first
+        'defiRedeem',
+        'defi-redeem',
         // Native wrap/unwrap — registered in both spellings on purpose
         'wrapNative',
         'wrap-native',
@@ -82,10 +89,23 @@ describe('recipientUtils', function () {
     });
 
     it('does not contain value-transfer types', function () {
-      ['payment', 'fanout', 'vote', 'defi-deposit', 'defi-redeem'].forEach((t) => {
+      ['payment', 'fanout', 'vote'].forEach((t) => {
         assert.ok(!NO_RECIPIENT_TX_TYPES.has(t), `${t} must NOT be in NO_RECIPIENT_TX_TYPES`);
       });
     });
+
+    it('accepts kebab-case stored DeFi intent types without recipients', function () {
+      // Stored defi-* intents have no recipients; they must reach verifyTssTransaction's DeFi
+      // calldata checks (no InvalidTransactionError, no silent skip) instead of being rejected
+      // by the missing-recipients guard.
+      for (const intentType of ['defi-approve', 'defi-deposit', 'defi-withdraw', 'defi-redeem']) {
+        const txRequest = makeTxRequest({ intent: { intentType } as PopulatedIntent });
+        assert.doesNotThrow(
+          () => resolveEffectiveTxParams(txRequest, undefined),
+          `${intentType} should not throw without recipients`
+        );
+      }
+    });
   });
 
   describe('resolveEffectiveTxParams', function () {