GoPlus Report: Over $3.5 billion lost in the Web3 sector in 2025

According to GoPlus RektDatabase data, there were over 1,200 major security incidents in the Web3 sector in 2025, with total losses exceeding $3.5 billion. The top three types of attacks were private key theft, phishing attacks, and Rug Token incidents. The three largest loss events were: an exchange theft (February 21, $1.5 billion), the Cetus theft (May 22, $223 million), and the Balancer theft (November 2, $128 million). There were 12 attack incidents with individual losses exceeding $30 million, of which CeFi accounted for 7 cases, mainly due to the theft of administrator private keys and hot wallet private keys. Attackers' strategies showed a trend of both "precision targeting" and "wide net casting."