Crypto hackers steal $169M from 34 DeFi protocols in Q1: DefiLlama

CoinTelegraph Published Updated Cryptocurrency
Sign in to save

Affected assets and topics

CRYPTO DEFI

Why it matters

FinBERT analysis of financial text showing neutral sentiment with 94.1% confidence.

Article tone

Neutral How the article is written, as reported by the source.

Expected market reaction

Neutral Confidence 94% How confidence is read Horizon: Short term Impact: Low

Evidence trail

Evidence
Source CoinTelegraph
Claim Crypto hackers steal $169M from 34 DeFi protocols in Q1: DefiLlama
AI inference Neutral · 94%
Generated 2026-04-03 06:40

AI provenance

Analysed by FinBERT Methodology v1.0 Generated
Technical identifiers
Provider tag
huggingface-ProsusAI/finbert
Analysis version
huggingface-ProsusAI/finbert
Article id
66630

Original source

January saw the largest attack against a DeFi protocol of the quarter, the $40 million private key compromise of portfolio management platform Step Finance.

Read the full article on CoinTelegraph

Original article published by CoinTelegraph on April 3, 2026. Analysis and insights provided by AnalystMarkets AI.

Related coverage