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Crypto losses hit $67 million in February, pushing yearly losses to $200 million – Immunefi

Crypto trade losses amounted to $67 million in February over 12 incidents, with hacks accounting for 97.54% of funds stolen, in keeping 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 in the course of 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 group, the report mentioned.

February numbers

Crypto gaming platform PlayDapp and decentralized trade 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 shedding greater than $1 million.

In accordance with the report, Ethereum was essentially the most focused chain with 12 assaults, whereas initiatives on BNB Chain and Bitcoin suffered one assault every in the course of the month.

The entire 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 varied incidents.

Mixed losses for the yr now stand at $200 million — 15.4% greater in comparison with the identical interval a yr in the past.

Immunefi’s January and February experiences 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 convey the whole quantity misplaced to $198.1 million February and $398.1 million year-to-date.

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