DeFi Security

Rug Pull News Week 34 2026 – $42.2M Extracted, Rug Events Surge 31% to 11,654 as Pool Creation Nearly Doubles

Week 34, 2026: $42.2M extracted across PancakeSwap V2/V3 and Uniswap V2/V3 – up 13.1% vs Week 32. Rug events surged 31.4% to 11,654 as total pools nearly doubled to 22,023. Running total reaches $799,516,236.

Rug Pull News Week 33 2026 – $37.1M Extracted, Rug Events Cross 8,800 for the First Time Since Week 23

Week 33, 2026: $37.1M extracted across PancakeSwap V2/V3 and Uniswap V2/V3 – up 6.2% vs Week 32. Rug events hit 8,861, the highest since Week 23. Total pools jumped 16.0% to 13,625. Running total reaches $757,170,636.

Rug Pull News Week 31 2026 – $31.3M Extracted, Rug Events Hit Highest Level Since Week 23

Week 31, 2026: $31.3M extracted across PancakeSwap V2/V3 and Uniswap V2/V3 – up 9.8% vs Week 30. Rug events hit 7,126, the highest since Week 23. New pool mints jumped 12.8% to 11,000. Running total reaches $684,456,935.

Rug Pull News Week 32 2026 – $34.9M Extracted, Rug Events Climb to Highest Level Since Week 28

Week 32, 2026: $34.9M extracted across PancakeSwap V2/V3 and Uniswap V2/V3 – up 11.5% vs Week 31. Rug events hit 7,839, the highest weekly count since Week 28. Total pools and new mints also climbed together. Running total reaches $720,060,930.

Token Audit at Scale: 15,000 EVM Tokens Across CoinGecko + CoinMarketCap (2026)

ChainAware expanded its Token Audit study from 10,000 CoinGecko tokens to 15,008 tokens combining CoinGecko and CoinMarketCap’s full EVM listings across 7 chains (Ethereum, BSC, Base, Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, Avalanche). Results: 57.7% high risk, 24.9% suspicious, 16.3% clean, and 156 confirmed honeypots via simulation analysis. 35.3% of tokens have no enforceable mint cap and 35.8% have no timelock on privileged functions – the two findings driving 77.4% of all risk verdicts, consistent with the original study. The biggest change is liquidity lock detection: now covering V2 and V3 pools across six chains and five DEX families (Uniswap, PancakeSwap, QuickSwap, SushiSwap, Trader Joe), with a new real-time recalculation feature that lets anyone verify current lock status on demand in under 5 minutes. Proxy contract detection also expanded to near-complete coverage, revealing 34.9% of tokens use upgradeable proxy patterns – including 118 controlled by a single private key with no multisig or timelock protection. Free Token Audit tool: 127 checks, deep code analysis, results in under 60 seconds, no signup required.

$37.5M Extracted in Week 28 – Fraud Rises 16.2% WoW [Corrected]

CORRECTED: Week 28, 2026: $37,486,843 extracted across PancakeSwap V2/V3 and Uniswap V2/V3 – +16.2% vs prior week. 8,343 rug pull events. Running total (corrected for a USD double-counting bug) reaches $590,817,930. The previous $1 billion milestone claim was false and has been removed.