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DeFi Exploits Total $36.7M Over Six Months as Humanity Protocol Loses $36M; CLARITY Act Stalls

6/19/2026

Attackers drained at least $36.7 million from decentralized finance protocols running unverified smart contracts over the past six months, with on-chain data pointing to a sharp rise in AI-assisted exploits.

Humanity Protocol absorbed the dominant share of those losses, suffering a $36 million breach. Separately, the CLARITY Act, a Senate bill addressing crypto market structure, failed to advance.

Humanity Protocol Loss Defines the Period The $36 million Humanity Protocol incident accounts for nearly the entire six-month tally, leaving a narrow remainder spread across other DeFi protocols.

The on-chain record indicates unverified smart contracts as the common thread in the exploits logged during the period.