A September 14, 2026 study by trading aggregator 0x examining 84,163 hooks across six chains classified 54.2% as malicious and 26.4% as likely malicious due to quote-versus-execution price disparities

Financial services rebuilt as onchain protocols, offering lending, trading, derivatives and yield without traditional intermediaries.

Thefts and exploits that drain funds from exchanges, protocols and bridges, with their post-mortems, laundering routes and recoveries.

Non-custodial trading protocols enabling peer-to-peer asset swaps on-chain.