Data covers PancakeSwap (BNB Smart Chain and Ethereum), Uniswap (Ethereum, Base and Polygon), and SushiSwap (Ethereum, Base and Polygon), all pool versions. Week 44 = week ending Sunday, November 1, 2026.
Week 44 saw $50,676,464 extracted from retail investors – down 2.7% from Week 43’s $52,082,145 and the eighth-highest week of 2026. Rug pull events fell 7.6% to 12,434, and total pools tracked fell for a fourth consecutive week, down 11.9% to 56,794, the lowest count since Week 34. The running total since 2026 tracking began now stands at $1,389,165,448.
Week 44 Key Numbers
Week 44 Analysis
Extraction Holds Near $50M After the Pullback
Week 44’s $50.7M is the eighth-highest week of 2026. Weeks 42 to 44 averaged $48.7M, 26.9% below the $66.7M average of Weeks 38 to 41, yet still well above the $26.4M average of Weeks 1 to 37. The week-on-week change of -2.7% is the smallest of the three weeks since the four-week peak ended, so extraction has settled in a band of $43M to $52M.
Tracked Pools Fall for a Fourth Straight Week
Total pools tracked fell 11.9% to 56,794, the fourth consecutive decline since Week 40’s 2026 high of 141,612, a cumulative drop of 59.9%. It is the lowest count since Week 34 (26,457). New pool mints fell 19.1% to 16,424 after Week 43’s jump to 20,314, and rug pull events fell 7.6% to 12,434.
Average Extraction per Event Rises 5.3%
With fraud value down 2.7% and events down 7.6%, the average extraction per event rose 5.3% to $4,076 from $3,870, recovering part of Week 43’s decline. Creators added $126.1M (-1.3%), the fourth-highest weekly figure of 2026, and removed $176.8M (-1.7%). The rug-to-mint ratio returned to 75.7% from 66.2%, back inside the 71% to 77% range that held from Week 34 to Week 42.
Removed-to-Added Ratio Declines for a Fifth Straight Week
Creators removed $1.40 for every $1.00 they seeded in Week 44 (1.402x), down from 1.408x in Week 43. It is the fifth consecutive weekly decline since the 2026 peak of 1.554x in Week 39, a cumulative fall of 9.8%, and the lowest ratio since Week 33 (1.389x). The last two weeks, at 1.408x and 1.402x, are nearly identical.
Week-on-Week Comparison: W42 – W44
| Metric | W42 | W43 | W44 | W44 vs W43 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fraud extracted | $43,361,595 | $52,082,145 | $50,676,464 | -2.7% |
| Rug events | 10,069 | 13,457 | 12,434 | -7.6% |
| Total pools | 81,947 | 64,432 | 56,794 | -11.9% |
| New mints | 13,576 | 20,314 | 16,424 | -19.1% |
| Added by creators | $89,798,598 | $127,701,795 | $126,103,595 | -1.3% |
| Removed by creators | $133,160,193 | $179,783,940 | $176,780,059 | -1.7% |
| Removed-to-added ratio | 1.483x | 1.408x | 1.402x | -0.4% |
| Average extraction per event | $4,306 | $3,870 | $4,076 | +5.3% |
2026 Running Total – W38 to W44
| Week | Fraud Extracted | Rug Events | Running Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| W44 | $50,676,464 | 12,434 | $1,389,165,448 |
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.