April 2026 Sees Record High in Cryptocurrency Theft Incidents

Record Number of Illicit Outflows

Data provider DefiLlama reported on April 30, 2026, that the month of April saw the highest number of illicit outflows in cryptocurrency assets to date.

The following image is a graph published by DefiLlama, showing the monthly amounts of illicit outflows (blue line, left axis) and the number of incidents (red line, right axis). While the amounts are not the highest, the number of incidents is notably high.

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