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Crypto Hacks Are Surging but Stealing Less — Here’s Why

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In brief On October 22, 2026, Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner of the crypto investment firm Dragonfly, said cybersecurity is experiencing a wave of attacks “similar to the COVID-19 pandemic” — and that on-chain crypto hacks are the “canary in the coal mine” for the whole internet. Citing DefiLlama Research data, he said the number of … Read more