Week 24 delivered $54,181,856 in rug pull extraction across PancakeSwap V2, PancakeSwap V3, Uniswap V2, and Uniswap V3 – a 21.4% decline from Week 23’s record $68,937,024. The pullback was expected after a peak week, but the level still sits well above the W21-W22 plateau ($32.4M-$32.5M). The running 24-week total now stands at $757,946,287 – approaching the $760M mark.
Rug pull events followed a similar pattern – 11,164 events, up slightly from W23’s 10,955 (+1.9%), even as fraud value declined. This divergence mirrors the W20→W21 transition: value retreats from a peak while event count holds near record levels, signaling that the broader operator base from the spike week has not exited – only the highest-value extractions have become less frequent.
This Week’s Numbers – Week 24, 2026 · PancakeSwap V2/V3 + Uniswap V2/V3
Volume Holds, Value Retreats
W24 confirms the pattern flagged after the W23 spike: a record-setting week is typically followed by a partial value pullback while event volume stays elevated. Pool creation also held steady at 11,790, up slightly from W23’s 11,693 – the fraud factories are not slowing down their deployment pipeline even as average value per extraction falls.
| Week | Pools | Rug Events | Added | Removed | Fraud Value | WoW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-W20 | 11,066 | 5,518 | $51.6M | $90.1M | $38,425,423 | +181.0% |
| 2026-W21 | 11,371 | 6,870 | $69.8M | $102.3M | $32,422,973 | -15.6% |
| 2026-W22 | 11,300 | 6,557 | $68.3M | $100.7M | $32,459,995 | +0.1% |
| 2026-W23 | 11,693 | 10,955 | $154.4M | $223.3M | $68,937,024 | +112.4% |
| 2026-W24 | 11,790 | 11,164 ↑ | $134.4M | $188.6M | $54,181,856 | -21.4% |
Reading the Post-Peak Pullback
The removed-to-added liquidity ratio fell to 1.40x in W24, down from 1.45x in W23 – the lowest ratio since W19. This is consistent with the post-spike pattern: a wave of new, lower-sophistication operators entering during the surge tends to dilute the average extraction efficiency per pool, even while gross fraud value and event counts both remain elevated relative to the pre-spike baseline.
Critically, W24’s $54.2M is still the second-highest weekly fraud value in the 24-week dataset – only W23 itself was higher. This is not a return to the W21-W22 plateau. The 5-week trailing average (W20-W24) now stands at approximately $49.5M, more than 80% above the prior 5-week trailing average reported after W22 ($26.4M). The extraction baseline has structurally shifted upward over the past three weeks. For the full methodology and the original 20-week dataset that trained Rug Pull Detector V3, see our $569M PancakeSwap V2 analysis.
24-Week Running Total: $757.9M
| Metric | W1-W24 Total |
|---|---|
| Total rug pull events | 134,010 |
| Net retail losses | $757,946,287 |
| Average weekly extraction | ~$31.6M |
| 5-week trailing avg (W20-W24) | ~$49.5M |
| Peak week | W23 – $68,937,024 |
| Highest rug event week | W24 – 11,164 events (new peak) |
The peak fraud value (W23) and the peak rug event count (W24) are now one week apart – a sign that this acceleration cycle has not yet fully completed its arc. Whether W25 brings a further pullback toward the W21-W22 plateau, or a second value spike, will determine whether this was a single-cycle event or the start of a sustained higher-extraction phase. We will report the data exactly as measured next Monday.
How to Protect Yourself
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About This Tracker
The ChainAware Weekly Rug Pull Tracker measures the most basic, mathematically verifiable form of rug pull across PancakeSwap V2, PancakeSwap V3, Uniswap V2, and Uniswap V3: a contract creator adds liquidity (Mint event), retail investors buy in, and the creator removes more than they added (Burn event). The difference is confirmed retail loss. This definition is conservative – it excludes LP token transfer rug pulls, unlocked token sell-offs, honeypot contracts, and associated wallet extraction. Numbers reported here represent the confirmed floor. For complete methodology, see chainaware.ai/resources/rugpull-verification ↗.