MCAP $2.74T ▼ 3.56% 24H VOL $345,890.87T BTC.D 60.1% FEAR & GREED 53 Neutral BTC FEE 1 sat/vB BTC $81,951 ▲ 0.62% ETH $2,414 ▼ 0.54% USDT $0.9990 ▲ 0.02% BNB $723.18 ▲ 0.51% XRP $1.30 ▼ 0.06% USDC $0.9997 ▲ 0.01% SOL $104.12 ▼ 0.11% TRX $0.3330 ▼ 1.09% FIGR_HELOC $1.07 ▲ 3.20% ZEC $1,131 ▼ 3.05%

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
WiseLending: Rounding Error 13 Oct 2023 $260.0k Reported
BlackHole Token: Spot Price Manipulation 12 Oct 2023 $1.28m Reported
Arena SocialFi: Reentrancy 7 Oct 2023 $2.97m Reported
Galxe: DNS Hijack 6 Oct 2023 $270.0k Reported
HTX: Hot Wallet Key Compromised 25 Sep 2023 $8.00m Reported
Mixin Network: Database Breach 23 Sep 2023 $200.00m Reported
Balancer V2: Frontend Compromise 19 Sep 2023 $238.0k Reported
Remitano: Key Leaked via Infrastructure 15 Sep 2023 $2.70m Reported
CoinEx: Hot Wallet Key Compromised 12 Sep 2023 $55.00m Reported
Milady Maker: Admin Drain 11 Sep 2023 $1.00m Reported
Fortress Trust: Key Leaked via Infrastructure 7 Sep 2023 $12.00m Reported
GMBL.COMPUTER: Signature Verification Flaw 6 Sep 2023 $770.0k Reported
Stake.com: Hot Wallet Key Compromised 4 Sep 2023 $41.30m Reported
SharedStake: Ownership Takeover 1 Sep 2023 $175.0k Reported
Balancer V2: Spot Price Manipulation 27 Aug 2023 $800.0k Reported
PEPE: Admin Drain 26 Aug 2023 $15.08m Reported
Magnate Finance: Treasury Misappropriation 25 Aug 2023 $6.50m Reported
Harbor Protocol: Spot Price Manipulation 19 Aug 2023 $250.0k Reported
Exactly: Improper Access Control 18 Aug 2023 $7.60m Reported
RocketSwap Base: Key Leaked via Infrastructure 15 Aug 2023 $865.0k Reported
Zunami Protocol: Spot Price Manipulation 13 Aug 2023 $2.10m Reported
Earning.Farm: Reentrancy 9 Aug 2023 $540.0k Reported
Steadefi: Deployer Key Compromised 8 Aug 2023 $1.16m Reported
Cypher: Spot Price Manipulation 7 Aug 2023 $1.04m Reported
Bald: Liquidity Rug 2 Aug 2023 $23.00m Reported

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