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 have been misplaced attributable to fraud.
Regardless of the numerous losses through the month, there was a notable lower in comparison with January 2024, hinting at attainable enhancements in safety measures or elevated vigilance throughout the crypto group, the report stated.
February numbers
Crypto gaming platform PlayDapp and decentralized alternate FixedFloat accounted for almost all of losses with $32.35 million and $26.1 million, respectively. Duelbits, a web-based 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 have been unfold throughout a number of platforms, with solely RiskOnBlast and Blueberry Protocol dropping greater than $1 million.
In accordance with the report, Ethereum was essentially the most focused chain with 12 assaults, whereas tasks on BNB Chain and Bitcoin suffered one assault every through the month.
The entire incidents focused DeFi platforms and companies, 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 reviews 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.
