DeFi Price Manipulation Attacks Hit 43 in 2026, Topping 2022 Record

The record is being set by frequency, not by size: most incidents are small, while one large case dominates the losses. That pattern points to cheaper, more repeatable attack tooling rather than a handful of sophisticated exploits, which matters most for smaller protocols with thin liquidity and limited audit budgets. Whether the count keeps climbing into year-end, and whether the loss concentration in a single case holds, is the open question.