DeFi lending hits record 32 price-manipulation exploits in 2026
KuCoin reported that DeFi lending has seen a record 32 price-manipulation exploits in 2026 — more than in any full previous year and now roughly 1 in 8 crypto hacks. The post highlights the clearest recent example: an attacker drove a thinly-traded token's price up roughly 100x in 20 minutes and borrowed an estimated $75M from a lending protocol before the manipulation was caught.
The figures come from KuCoin's own analysis shared via its official channel, framing price-manipulation attacks as a growing and outsized share of DeFi security incidents this year.
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- DeFi lending has hit a record 32 price-manipulation exploits in 2026—more than any full year before it, now roughly 1 in 8 crypto hacks. The clearest example: an attacker drove a thinly-traded token's price up ~100x in 20 minutes and borrowed an estimated $75M from a lending https://t.co/qMvngd2Evux.com ↗
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