# DeFi Losses Near $35 Million in a Week as Governance and Oracle Attacks Hit

An attacker spent about $4.4 million to seize control of BonkDAO's treasury for a $20 million payout, while a zeroed-signature flaw let a thief borrow $9 million from Bonzo Lend on Hedera.

- Published: 2026-07-18T05:32:08.869Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-07-18/defi-losses-near-35-million-in-a-week-as-governance-and-orac
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- Sources: [Rekt News](https://www.rekt.news/), [Polylog editors](https://polylog.news), [CryptoSlate](https://cryptoslate.com/dutch-crypto-exchange-collapses-exposing-customer-balances-true-value-amid-multi-million-euro-hole/)

Decentralized finance lost roughly $35 million over the past week across several distinct attack types, a reminder that the sector's most common failures are not exotic. The largest was a governance attack on BonkDAO, the treasury tied to t…

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