MCAP $2.74T ▼ 3.40% 24H VOL $331,414.40T BTC.D 60.1% FEAR & GREED 53 Neutral BTC FEE 1 sat/vB BTC $81,973 ▲ 0.63% ETH $2,415 ▼ 0.72% USDT $0.9990 ▲ 0.02% BNB $722.40 ▲ 0.29% XRP $1.30 ▼ 0.71% USDC $0.9997 ▲ 0.01% SOL $103.90 ▼ 0.64% TRX $0.3330 ▼ 0.93% FIGR_HELOC $1.07 ▲ 3.20% ZEC $1,126 ▼ 3.99%

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$20.5B
  • 2025$2.8B
  • 2024$1.7B
  • 2023$1.6B
  • 2022$3.6B
  • 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
Xai: Impersonation Scam 7 Dec 2023 $845.8k Reported
ElephantStatus: Spot Price Manipulation 6 Dec 2023 $165.0k Reported
TIME: Missing Input Validation 6 Dec 2023 $190.0k Reported
Florence Finance: Address Poisoning 30 Nov 2023 $1.45m Reported
Velodrome: DNS Hijack 29 Nov 2023 $250.0k Reported
KyberSwap Elastic: Rounding Error 22 Nov 2023 $48.00m Reported
Huobi: Hot Wallet Key Compromised 22 Nov 2023 $13.60m Reported
Heco Bridge: Hot Wallet Key Compromised 22 Nov 2023 $86.60m Reported
Kronos Research: API Key Compromised 18 Nov 2023 $26.00m Reported
dYdX V3: Risk Parameter Abuse 18 Nov 2023 $9.00m Reported
Samudai: Hot Wallet Key Compromised 11 Nov 2023 $1.25m Reported
Raft: Infinite Mint 10 Nov 2023 $3.30m Reported
Poloniex: Malware 10 Nov 2023 $126.00m Reported
CoinSpot: Hot Wallet Key Compromised 9 Nov 2023 $2.40m Reported
Curve Finance MEV Bot: Improper Access Control 7 Nov 2023 $2.00m Reported
TrustPad: Improper Access Control 6 Nov 2023 $155.0k Reported
TheStandard.io: Swap Logic Flaw 6 Nov 2023 $290.0k Reported
Onyx Protocol: Donation Attack 1 Nov 2023 $2.10m Reported
Unibot: Token Approval Abuse 31 Oct 2023 $640.0k Reported
Astrid Finance: Missing Input Validation 29 Oct 2023 $228.0k Reported
Maestro: Arbitrary External Call 23 Oct 2023 $500.0k Recovered
Synthetify: Malicious Proposal 19 Oct 2023 $230.0k Reported
HOPE Lend: Arithmetic Error 18 Oct 2023 $825.0k Reported
Platypus Finance: Spot Price Manipulation 13 Oct 2023 $2.20m Reported
Beluga: Spot Price Manipulation 13 Oct 2023 $175.0k Reported

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