ImmuneFi report $10B in DeFi hacks and losses across 2021

ImmuneFi report $10B in DeFi hacks and losses across 2021

The research reveals that crypto losses in the nature of exploits and rug-pulls saw a 137% rise in comparison to figure calculated in 2020. Decentralized finance, or DeFi, security platform and bug bounty service ImmuneFi published an official report on Thursday, which calculated the total volume of losses in the cryptocurrency markets in 2021. According to its report, the company found that losses resulting from hacks, scams and other malicious activities exceeded $10.2 billion dollars over the past year.Responsible for protecting over $100 billion worth of assets for a number of....


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