MCAP $2.61T ▼ 1.80% Last updated 4 Nov 2026, 00:01 UTC 24H VOL $61.8B Last updated 4 Nov 2026, 00:01 UTC BTC.D 59.3% Last updated 4 Nov 2026, 00:01 UTC FEAR & GREED 34 Fear Last updated 4 Nov 2026, 00:00 UTC BTC FEE 1 sat/vB Last updated 4 Nov 2026, 01:00 UTC BTC $77,111 ▲ 0.24% Last updated 4 Nov 2026, 00:57 UTC ETH $2,271 ▲ 0.78% Last updated 4 Nov 2026, 00:57 UTC MGLOEURO $111,813 ▼ 0.36% Last updated 27 Oct 2026, 02:04 UTC USDT $0.9989 ▲ 0.02% Last updated 4 Nov 2026, 00:57 UTC BNB $694.61 ▼ 0.60% Last updated 4 Nov 2026, 00:57 UTC XRP $1.26 ▲ 0.89% Last updated 4 Nov 2026, 00:57 UTC USDC $0.9995 ▲ 0.02% Last updated 4 Nov 2026, 00:57 UTC SOL $92.31 ▲ 0.13% Last updated 4 Nov 2026, 00:57 UTC TRX $0.3222 ▲ 0.74% Last updated 4 Nov 2026, 00:57 UTC FIGR_HELOC $1.03 ▼ 0.22% Last updated 4 Nov 2026, 00:57 UTC

Security incidents

Hacks, exploits and protocol failures recorded by the desk, with the date, the reported amount where a source states one, and a link to the record.

Reported losses by year

  • 2026$8.8B
  • 2025$2.8B
  • 2024$1.7B
  • 2023$1.6B
  • 2022$3.7B
  • 2021$2.9B

Sums use only amounts a source stated. Incidents without a reported figure are excluded.

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Recorded crypto security incidents
Incident Date Reported amount Status
Transit Swap: Missing Input Validation 2 Oct 2022 $28.90m Reported
Wintermute: Phishing 20 Sep 2022 $160.00m Reported
GMX V1 EVM: Stale Price Arbitrage 18 Sep 2022 $565.0k Reported
GMX V1 Perps: Stale Price Arbitrage 18 Sep 2022 $565.0k Reported
New Free DAO: Reward Logic Flaw 8 Sep 2022 $1.25m Reported
GERA: Deployer Key Compromised 7 Sep 2022 $1.48m Reported
Nereus Finance: Spot Price Manipulation 6 Sep 2022 $371.0k Reported
DAO Swap: Improper Access Control 5 Sep 2022 $580.0k Reported
ShadowFi: Improper Access Control 2 Sep 2022 $301.0k Reported
KyberSwap Classic: CDN Compromise 1 Sep 2022 $265.0k Reported
KaoyaSwap: Swap Logic Flaw 24 Aug 2022 $118.0k Reported
SudoRare: Liquidity Rug 23 Aug 2022 $800.0k Reported
Celer cBridge: DNS Hijack 18 Aug 2022 $240.0k Reported
Blur Finance: Exit Scam 10 Aug 2022 $600.0k Reported
Curve DEX: DNS Hijack 9 Aug 2022 $575.0k Recovered
Dragoma: Admin Drain 8 Aug 2022 $3.50m Reported
Slope Wallet: Key Stored Publicly 2 Aug 2022 $4.10m Reported
Reaper Farm: Improper Access Control 1 Aug 2022 $1.70m Reported
Nomad: Forged Proof 1 Aug 2022 $190.00m Reported
ZB Exchange: Hot Wallet Key Compromised 1 Aug 2022 $4.80m Reported
Nirvana V1: Spot Price Manipulation 28 Jul 2022 $3.50m Reported
Audius: Malicious Proposal 25 Jul 2022 $6.00m Reported
Premint: Frontend Compromise 17 Jul 2022 $375.0k Reported
Impermax: Private Key Compromised 16 Jul 2022 $9.00m Reported
Uniswap (Phishing Attack): Phishing 11 Jul 2022 $8.00m Reported

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