Given the increasing sophistication of exploits, 2026 can undoubtedly be considered a year of exploits. Nearly five different exploits have attracted attention in the last day alone, some of which are mentioned below.
Compromised platforms and tokens
Web3 security company TenArmor first reported an incident affecting FCOW, a token deployed on BNB Smart Chain (BSC).
An attacker reportedly exploited a vulnerability, causing an estimated loss of $61,300. TenArmor identified the suspicious on-chain transaction, allowing researchers to trace the stolen funds.
Although the specific mining method has not yet been made public, the incident highlights the ongoing risks facing decentralized finance (DeFi) projects on BSC.
DefiTuna also revealed that an attacker took advantage of its lending pools. The attack caused an estimated loss of $580,000 and left its USDC pool with a similar deficit.
The investigation is still ongoing. However, the team said it had identified the attack vector and put safeguards in place against further exploitation.
Then, according to PeckShield, a blockchain security company, Cascade was exploited, which affected its CLS vault, enabling the theft of user funds worth approximately 1.34 million USDC.
The warning claims that the attacker quickly transferred the stolen assets between multiple blockchains. This was done by linking funds from Arbitrum to Solana (SOL) before transferring them to Ethereum (ETH) via the Relay protocol and transforming them into DAI in the process.
Money laundering
That’s not all, as blockchain security researchers have discovered that the attacker responsible for the Resolv Labs exploit, which stole approximately $25.9 million in March, has resumed operations. The exploiter has moved 580 ETH ($1.09 million) in the past few hours and is actively using cryptocurrency mixing services to funnel the money.
Finally, the wallet that legally purchased 4.426 billion BONK, or approximately $21.2 million, from Treasury BONK began selling its holdings.
The address sent 1.19 trillion BONK ($4.11 million) to Binance (BNB), suggesting a possible sale. The wallet currently contains around 3.2 trillion BONK ($10.85 million), despite transfers.
Naturally, this has raised concerns that more sales and deposits will soon increase the selling pressure on the token.
2026 versus 2025
Interestingly, even though the frequency of attacks has increased, DeFiLlama reported that overall losses have declined sharply to $1 billion in July 2026. This is less than half of the $2.135 billion stolen during the same period in 2025.
In fact, Haseeb Qureshi, Managing Partner at Dragonfly, also believes that security concerns have been downplayed when he said:
The median size of hacks per year is also decreasing, showing that we are moving more towards smaller hacks of smaller protocols.
Final summary
- $61,300, $580,000, and $1.34 million USD were lost to the above three exploits in the last 24 hours.
- Despite the increase in attacks in 2026, 2025 still remains the year of maximum exploits.
