Between July and September 2026, attackers pulled roughly $1.26 billion out of the crypto market. The figure comes from the security firm CertiK, which counted 247 security incidents in the third quarter. That means almost half as much drained away in three months as in the whole year to date, for which CertiK arrives at around $2.68 billion.
For you as an investor in Germany, this is not an abstract statistic. The big cases of the quarter did not hit exotic niche projects but one of the largest trading platforms in the world and an established sidechain. This piece puts the figures in context, separates the two competing counts from one another, and shows where you can genuinely check your own custody.
