Total number and total financial damages of reported crime events per year. A dual-axis line chart shows trends in DeFi crime events (continuous rising line) and financial damages (line with dollar signs) from 2017 to 2022. The x-axis represents years, the left y-axis shows event counts (0–500), and the right y-axis shows financial damages (0–$10B). Event counts steadily rise from 16 in 2017 to 430 in 2022. Financial damages fluctuate, peaking at $8B in 2018, dropping to $1.5B–$1.7B between 2019 and 2020, then surging to $11.4B in 2021 before declining to $6.4B in 2022.