According to research by security experts, cryptocurrency users lost more than billion dollars due to fraud this year.
According to research by security application De.Fi, users will scams, rug pulls And hacking attacks because of about He lost 2 billion dollars.
This number exceeds the amount lost in 2022 almost half is coming. According to the research, the decrease in the number of improving security protocols, between people increased awareness and on the market general decrease in mobility It happened thanks to.
The attack method that causes the most harm to cryptocurrency users is seizure of access rights happened. Attackers hack into users’ wallets more than $852 million by providing access to stole cryptocurrency.
Appearing on decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms flash loan With the attacks $275 million loss occurred. 136 million dollars were stolen through frauds such as rug pull.
of these losses approximately 1.35 billion dollars part Ethereum; $110.1 million Some of it took place in BNB Chain ecosystems.