In 2026, DeFi hacks exceeded $750 million, with cross-chain bridges accounting for two-thirds of that. Just Kelp DAO alone lost $292 million. The attack methods are still the same old tricks: DDoS attacks take down external RPC nodes, and then fake nodes spoof cross-chain messages. From 2022 to now, the same vulnerabilities have been exploited for four years. Every penny earned in DeFi has come at the cost of lives.
