CertiK: Total losses in the cryptocurrency industry in February exceeded 1.53 billion, a record high


According to data from Web3.0 security organization CertiK, the cryptocurrency industry lost as much as $1.53 billion in February 2025, with the $1.4 billion attack launched by the North Korean Lazarus group against Bybit becoming the largest-scale cryptocurrency hacking event in history, accounting for 91% of total losses that month. Excluding the Bybit incident, losses in February still reached $126 million, an increase of 28.5% from January. Other major events included stablecoin payment company Infini losing $49 million due to suspected administrator permission vulnerabilities, and the ZkLend protocol being hacked for $10 million. CertiK pointed out that the main causes of losses this month were wallet leaks, code vulnerabilities ($20 million), and phishing attacks ($1.8 million).