Data covers PancakeSwap (BNB Smart Chain and Ethereum), Uniswap (Ethereum, Base and Polygon), and SushiSwap (Ethereum, Base and Polygon), all pool versions. Week 43 = week ending Sunday, October 25, 2026.
Week 43 saw $52,082,145 extracted from retail investors – up 20.1% from Week 42’s $43,361,595 and the sixth-highest week of 2026. Rug pull events rose 33.6% to 13,457, and new pool mints jumped 49.6% to 20,314, the highest count since Week 37. The running total since 2026 tracking began crossed $1.3 billion this week and now stands at $1,338,488,984.
Week 43 Key Numbers
Week 43 Analysis
Extraction Rebounds 20% to the Sixth-Highest Week of 2026
Week 43’s $52.1M is the sixth-highest weekly total of 2026, behind Weeks 38, 39, 41, 40 and 36. It recovers 20.1% of the ground lost in Week 42 but remains 21.8% below Week 41’s $66.6M, and sits well above the $26.4M average of Weeks 1 to 37. The running total passed $1.3 billion, adding $52.1M in a single week.
More Events, Smaller Average Extraction
Rug pull events rose 33.6% to 13,457 while fraud value rose only 20.1%, so the average extraction per event fell 10.1% to $3,870 from $4,306. That is the lowest weekly average since Week 37 ($2,217). Creators added $127.7M (+42.2%), the third-highest weekly figure of 2026 behind Weeks 41 and 38, and removed $179.8M (+35.0%).
New Mints Jump 50% While Tracked Pools Fall for a Third Week
New pool mints rose 49.6% to 20,314, the highest since Week 37’s 23,144, while total pools tracked fell 21.4% to 64,432, the third consecutive decline after Week 40’s 2026 high of 141,612 and the lowest count since Week 34. The two series moved in opposite directions again, so total pools should still be read separately from mint activity.
Removed-to-Added Ratio Falls to 1.408x, the Lowest Since Week 33
Creators removed $1.41 for every $1.00 they seeded in Week 43 (1.408x), down from 1.483x in Week 42 and the fourth consecutive weekly decline since the 2026 peak of 1.554x in Week 39. It is the lowest ratio since Week 33 (1.389x). The rug-to-mint ratio fell to 66.2% from 74.2%, the first reading below 71% since Week 33 (69.3%) and the lowest since Week 32; every week from Week 34 to Week 42 had landed between 71% and 77%.
Week-on-Week Comparison: W41 – W43
| Metric | W41 | W42 | W43 | W43 vs W42 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fraud extracted | $66,565,295 | $43,361,595 | $52,082,145 | +20.1% |
| Rug events | 13,617 | 10,069 | 13,457 | +33.6% |
| Total pools | 105,319 | 81,947 | 64,432 | -21.4% |
| New mints | 18,944 | 13,576 | 20,314 | +49.6% |
| Added by creators | $133,074,355 | $89,798,598 | $127,701,795 | +42.2% |
| Removed by creators | $199,639,650 | $133,160,193 | $179,783,940 | +35.0% |
| Removed-to-added ratio | 1.500x | 1.483x | 1.408x | -5.1% |
| Average extraction per event | $4,888 | $4,306 | $3,870 | -10.1% |
2026 Running Total – W37 to W43
| Week | Fraud Extracted | Rug Events | Running Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| W37 | $36,627,762 | 16,523 | $976,374,308 |
| W38 | $70,688,687 | 12,556 | $1,047,062,995 |
| W39 | $67,090,654 | 14,278 | $1,114,153,649 |
| W40 | $62,326,300 | 13,910 | $1,176,479,949 |
| W41 | $66,565,295 | 13,617 | $1,243,045,244 |
| W42 | $43,361,595 | 10,069 | $1,286,406,839 |
| W43 | $52,082,145 | 13,457 | $1,338,488,984 |
Note on expanded coverage and restated figures: earlier weekly reports covered PancakeSwap on BNB Smart Chain and Uniswap on Ethereum. The tracker now also covers PancakeSwap on Ethereum, Uniswap on Base and Polygon, and SushiSwap on Ethereum, Base and Polygon (all pool versions), and the added coverage continues to be imported back across earlier weeks. Every weekly figure in this article therefore reflects the expanded scope and may be slightly higher than originally reported for the same week. Running totals are recalculated by summing every weekly value since 2026-W01 on this basis. For example, our Week 41 report showed 13,606 events, $66,565,290 of fraud and a running total of $1,242,969,075; on current data Week 41 stands at 13,617 events, $66,565,295 and $1,243,045,244. All figures use the corrected USD-only extraction methodology adopted 2026-08-05.
About This Tracker
ChainAware.ai’s weekly rug pull tracker monitors liquidity removal fraud across PancakeSwap on BNB Smart Chain and Ethereum, and Uniswap and SushiSwap on Ethereum, Base and Polygon, covering all pool versions. Rug pull fraud is defined as the USD-equivalent value of liquidity removed by the pool creator that exceeds the USD-equivalent value of liquidity added by the creator – a net extraction event, measured in USD-side value only. The tracker uses ChainAware’s predictive rug pull detection engine, which achieves 90.1% detection accuracy in V3 – see the full Rug Pull Detector methodology for how the model scores deployer wallets and liquidity events.