The decentralized finance world just lived through its worst month ever — not just in money lost, but in how relentlessly it was hit.

April 2026 is now officially the most-hacked month in cryptocurrency history. Blockchain analytics platform DefiLlama confirmed the grim milestone, with industry estimates placing the April tally at roughly 28 to 30 separate exploits — comfortably exceeding any prior month on record, even as the broader crypto market has grown more mature and total value locked has expanded. The damage in dollar terms tells a similarly sobering story: crypto protocol hacks resulted in losses of roughly $629.69 million in April 2026, making it the most destructive month in terms of hack activity in the industry’s…