If you thought crypto had moved past scams and hacks, think again.

Just halfway through 2026, the year is already shaping up to be a rough one. We’ve seen multiple major DeFi exploits totaling over $600 million in losses, along with newer incidents like the Humanity Protocol hack. Security teams are still actively tracking and responding to attackers across different protocols.

And, the impact is showing up clearly in the market too. For example – Total value locked (TVL) in DeFi has now hit a near two-year low of around $68 billion – Signaling growing caution and a lot more fear in the space.

However, the impact doesn’t stay limited to protocols dealing with losses or post-incident recovery.

Instead,…