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April 16, 2026 11:15 AM UTC

If Smart Contracts Are Getting Safer, Why Is Crypto Still Losing $450M to Hacks?

The post If Smart Contracts Are Getting Safer, Why Is Crypto Still Losing $450M to Hacks? appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News The numbers from Q1 2026 are alarming on their face – $450 million gone across 145 incidents, twelve in the two weeks following the Drift exploit alone. But the headline figures obscure the more important shift happening underneath them. Crypto’s security problem has moved. Code Is Getting Safer. Humans Are Not. Smart contract exploit losses …

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