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PeckShield: $26.5 Million Stolen in Crypto Sector in February 2026, Down 98.2% Year-on-Year

PeckShield: $26.5 Million Stolen in Crypto Sector in February 2026, Down 98.2% Year-on-Year

Frontier Insights
Frontier Insights

2026-03-01 18:27

ChainThink report, March 1st: Chainalysis released a report stating that in February 2026, the crypto industry experienced 15 hacking incidents, resulting in cumulative losses of $26.5 million. This represents a year-on-year decrease of 98.2% compared to February 2025 (losses of $1.5 billion, including $1.4 billion from Bybit), and a month-on-month decline of 69.2% compared to January 2026 ($86.01 million in losses).

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