DeFi Faces Significant Losses from Hacks Compared to Traditional Finance

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) experienced substantial losses due to hacks last year, according to CryptoSlate analyst Liam Wright. According to NS3.AI, Wright highlighted that DeFi lost $2.8 billion on a transaction volume of $46 trillion, resulting in a loss rate 85 times higher than that of traditional finance. In contrast, IBM data revealed that traditional financial institutions incurred losses of $2.6 billion on approximately $35 quadrillion of transaction volume. This comparison underscores the heightened vulnerability of DeFi systems to security breaches compared to their traditional counterparts.