CertiK Puts 2026 Crypto Losses at Record $9.2 Billion

The recovery figure is the more telling number here: roughly half of October's gross losses being frozen or returned suggests intervention is scaling alongside the incidents themselves, which shifts the debate from prevention alone toward response capability. That matters most for custodians, exchanges and issuers holding tokenized assets, where a single breach carries both balance-sheet and reputational cost. Whether that recovery rate holds in quieter months, or was specific to October's circumstances, is the open question worth tracking on the dashboard.