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Artificial Superintelligence Alliance You created an account. Passed verification. Deposited your funds. Trusted the platform.
That trust cost the industry $3.4 billion in a single year.
Most beginners assume hacks happen in dark corners of DeFi — complex protocols, unaudited smart contracts. But 2025 told a different story.
The biggest losses came from the most familiar names. Centralized exchanges. The platforms with customer support, sleek apps, and “bank-grade security” badges.
Twenty-two incidents. That’s not a wave — that’s a pattern.
Here’s what most people miss. When an exchange gets hacked, retail users don’t always get compensated. Insurance funds run dry. Withdrawals freeze. And by the time an announcement is made, the funds are already moving through mixers.
“An exchange is a tool, not a vault. The biggest mistake traders make is confusing convenience with security. If you don’t control the keys, you don’t control the coins.”
The danger isn’t just losing money. It’s losing access with no warning and no recourse.
Smart traders don’t keep everything on one exchange. They treat centralized platforms as trading desks, not savings accounts. The moment a trade is done, assets move.
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