2026 has to be the worst year for crypto security:
- Bybit’s $1.46B hack record destroyed
- Binance hacked for $6.3 BILLION
- Lazarus Group got richer
- Drift Protocol drained for $280M
- KelpDAO exploited for $292M
- 116,500 rsETH released through a compromised bridge
- Aave lost $8B in deposits
- $15B wiped from DeFi TVL
- Arbitrum Security Council freezes 30,766 ETH
- LayerZero bridge security questioned
- Pendle, Yearn and other protocols freeze affected markets
- 20 crypto exploits recorded in April alone
- Liquid Network suffered a ~$320M exploit
- Bitget hit by a reported ~$388M incident
- Ledger got questioned and exploited
And we still have two months left in 2026.