Crypto trade losses amounted to $67 million in February over 12 incidents, with hacks accounting for 97.54% of funds stolen, in accordance with Immunefi’s newest crypto losses report.
In the meantime, the remaining 2.46% of the funds stolen had been misplaced attributable to fraud.
Regardless of the numerous losses throughout the month, there was a notable lower in comparison with January 2024, hinting at doable enhancements in safety measures or elevated vigilance throughout the crypto neighborhood, the report mentioned.
February numbers
Crypto gaming platform PlayDapp and decentralized change FixedFloat accounted for almost all of losses with $32.35 million and $26.1 million, respectively. Duelbits, an internet on line casino with crypto options, misplaced $4.6 million.
Collectively, these losses accounted for $63.05 million of February’s $67.07 million whole losses. The remaining losses had been unfold throughout a number of platforms, with solely RiskOnBlast and Blueberry Protocol dropping greater than $1 million.
In line with the report, Ethereum was essentially the most focused chain with 12 assaults, whereas tasks on BNB Chain and Bitcoin suffered one assault every throughout the month.
All the incidents focused DeFi platforms and providers, whereas CeFi didn’t expertise a single loss.
Yearly losses at $200 million
Crypto losses in February fell 50% in comparison with the $133 million misplaced in January throughout numerous incidents.
Mixed losses for the 12 months now stand at $200 million — 15.4% larger in comparison with the identical interval a 12 months in the past.
Immunefi’s January and February studies omitted sure assaults, together with a $6.4 million assault on Seneca, a $6.2 million assault on LastPass customers, a $6.5 million assault on the MIM stablecoin, and, most notably, a $112 million assault on Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen’s private pockets.
If included, these hacks would deliver the full quantity misplaced to $198.1 million February and $398.1 million year-to-date.
