During the month of May there was a sharp drop in losses due to crypto exploits.
However, this drop is mainly due to a return to normality after the boom in April, and should not be confused with the price drop.
Nevertheless, it remains a positive fact that over the course of 2026 the losses due to crypto exploits have been decidedly limited, with the sole exception of April.
The drop in losses in May
The data was published by CertiK Alert on X.
Over the entire month of May, total losses due to crypto exploits were just over 68 million dollars, and May turned out to be the third month of 2026 to record losses below 100 million.
In contrast, in the month of April alone they amounted to several hundreds of millions of dollars, but that was an exception.
Just to get an idea of how little 68 million dollars in a month is in the crypto market, on Uniswap alone the monthly trading volume was 35 billion dollars, or almost 500 times as much.
Moreover, in February and M
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