April 2026 Crypto Hacks Snapshot ↓ Nearly 30 incidents recorded this month. Total stolen ~$625M–$651M The two biggest exploits dominated: ➤ KelpDAO -> ~293M (LayerZero bridge exploit via forged messages) ➤ Drift Protocol -> ~$285M These two alone accounted for roughly 93% of April’s total losses The rest is a long tail of smaller exploits: ➤ Aftermath Perps: $114M ➤ Sweat Foundation: $3.5M ➤ Syndicate: $330k ➤ Quant: $138k And many more across lending protocols, staking, and infrastructure (from the image below) April has become one of the heaviest months for crypto security incidents on record, driven by a handful of massive hits plus steady smaller attacks
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