December 2025: 26 Major Attacks on the Crypto Market, $76 Million Loss, New Low

2026-01-01 13:40:10

【Crypto World】December’s crypto landscape has been quite turbulent — approximately 26 major security incidents occurred throughout the month, resulting in a total loss of $76 million. Although this still sounds like a huge number, compared to $194 million in November, it has significantly improved, with a month-over-month decrease of over 60%.

The most devastating losses came from two incidents. First, a wallet was compromised due to address poisoning, resulting in a loss of $50 million, nearly accounting for the majority of the month’s total losses. The other involved a multi-signature wallet experiencing private key leakage, losing $27.3 million — this shows that even with multi-signature protection, poor private key management is still a vulnerability.

In addition, there were several other notable losses: the babur.sol project was affected by $22 million, TrustWallet suffered a $8.5 million hit, and UnleashProtocol and flow_blockchain each lost $3.9 million. These incidents highlight that wallet security remains a looming threat over the entire ecosystem.

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MEVHunterNoLoss

· 01-04 04:04

What’s the point of improvement? 76 million still isn’t enough for a meal? Multi-signature wallets have all been compromised; these days, there's really no sense of security. Address poisoning caused 50 million; just looking at it makes me hurt. In November, almost had a breakdown; in December, I took a breather, but I’m still a bit anxious. TrustWallet had another issue? As expected, no one truly trusts anyone. Private key leaks are happening more and more; it’s frightening. A 60% drop sounds comfortable, but in reality, it’s still burning money. 26 major incidents are not many? I think that’s an underestimation. There are so many security vulnerabilities every month; we need to be more vigilant. This number alone would probably cover half a year’s worth of losses last year.

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ILCollector

· 01-01 23:45

Hmm, it's the old trick of wallet address poisoning again. Really need to learn from this. Multi-signature can also fail, that's the most ultimate. Private key leakage once and dreams are shattered. No wonder big shots all use cold wallets. Feels like December isn't that bad after all? Compared to November, it's like heaven. TrustWallet has another issue... really exhausting. 50 million just gone like that. Do I earn enough in a month to cover this? Multi-signature still depends on luck. Who dares to trust it now?

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GateUser-5854de8b

· 01-01 14:01

76 million dollars, feels like this year's security vulnerabilities are improving? Not so much anymore. Multi-signature can also fail, that's the most outrageous part. Address poisoning of 50 million, totally self-inflicted. Always hearing about wallets being hacked, when will it finally stop? Managing private keys is indeed the Achilles' heel for most people. This month is a bit less, but the numbers are still shocking. When will it end? It's Trust Wallet again, this wallet really needs to reflect on itself.

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GasOptimizer

· 01-01 13:58

76 million still say it's getting better? Luckily, the counterpart is 194 million. Multi-signature wallets have also been compromised... It feels like there's really no such thing as true security these days. A 50 million address got hacked in one go—how careless can you be? Private keys really need to be guarded more tightly than life itself. Many big accounts have fallen here. Can't even trust wallets anymore. In our industry, no one can sleep peacefully.

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BagHolderTillRetire

· 01-01 13:43

**Comment 1:** Another address poisoning, really unstoppable --- **Comment 2:** Multi-signature can also fail, how outrageous is that --- **Comment 3:** 50 million just gone like that, I might cry to death --- **Comment 4:** Much better than November, finally able to breathe a sigh of relief --- **Comment 5:** Private keys are the original sin, who can truly safeguard them --- **Comment 6:** 26 incidents sound quite frequent --- **Comment 7:** TrustWallet also got hacked? Then I need to check --- **Comment 8:** 76 million is still a new low, this month is good

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