Crypto losses near $3.4B as hackers went ‘big game hunting’

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Affected assets and topics

DEFI CRYPTO

Why it matters

Crypto losses have reached near $3.4 billion in 2025 due to major hacking incidents, but DeFi protocols have upgraded their security measures to prevent further attacks.

Expected market reaction

Bearish Confidence 71% How confidence is read Impact: Moderate

Market impact analysis based on bearish sentiment with 71% confidence.

Evidence trail

Evidence
Source CoinTelegraph
Claim Crypto losses near $3.4B as hackers went ‘big game hunting’
AI inference Bearish · 71%
Generated 2025-12-18 13:00

AI provenance

Analysed by Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) Methodology v1.0 Generated
Technical identifiers
Provider tag
groq-llama-3.1-8b-instant
Analysis version
groq-llama-3.1-8b-instant
Article id
24030

Original source

Three major incidents accounted for the majority of crypto losses in 2025, while upgraded security across DeFi protocols managed to keep hackers at bay, according to Chainalysis.

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Original article published by CoinTelegraph on December 18, 2025. Analysis and insights provided by AnalystMarkets AI.

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