The crypto landscape has experienced major exploits in April 2026. Hence, throughout the month, 40 notable hacks resulted in a cumulative $646.89M. As per the data from PeckShieldAlert, this denotes a huge 1,140% month-over-month spike. Thus, this sheer increase signifies the rising vulnerabilities across diverse decentralized finance (DeFi) entities and cross-chain platforms.

Crypto Exploits Spike 1,140%, KepDAO Dominates Hacks with $292M

As the market statistics suggest, April witnessed a 1,140% increase in crypto exploits and the attackers took away $646.89M. This figure is considerably higher than the $52.2M exploited in March. This drainage across 40 hacks points toward the growing sophistication in the exploiters’ techniques…