MCAP $2.74T ▼ 2.81% 24H VOL $57.0B BTC.D 60.1% FEAR & GREED 53 Neutral BTC FEE 1 sat/vB BTC $82,039 ▲ 0.76% ETH $2,406 ▲ 0.22% USDT $0.9992 ▲ 0.00% BNB $722.63 ▲ 0.74% XRP $1.30 ▲ 0.77% USDC $0.9998 ▲ 0.00% SOL $103.92 ▲ 0.58% TRX $0.3320 ▼ 0.43% FIGR_HELOC $1.08 ▲ 5.11% ZEC $1,130 ▲ 0.21%

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
Bunny: Spot Price Manipulation 19 May 2021 $45.00m Reported
Venus Protocol: Spot Price Manipulation 18 May 2021 $100.00m Reported
BearnFi: Withdrawal Logic Flaw 17 May 2021 $18.00m Reported
FinNexus: Private Key Compromised 17 May 2021 $7.00m Reported
flash.sx / vaults.sx: Reentrancy 14 May 2021 $13.00m Reported
xToken: Spot Price Manipulation 12 May 2021 $24.00m Reported
Rari Capital: Arbitrary External Call 8 May 2021 $10.00m Reported
ValueDefi: Arithmetic Error 7 May 2021 $11.00m Reported
ValueDefi: Improper Access Control 5 May 2021 $10.00m Reported
Spartan: Incorrect Share Accounting 2 May 2021 $30.50m Reported
Uranium Finance: Arithmetic Error 28 Apr 2021 $57.20m Reported
EasyFi: Malware 19 Apr 2021 $59.00m Reported
PancakeSwap: Improper Access Control 12 Apr 2021 $1.80m Reported
Polkatrain: Reward Logic Flaw 5 Apr 2021 $3.00m Reported
Force DAO: Donation Attack 4 Apr 2021 $367.0k Reported
Turtle Dex: Liquidity Rug 20 Mar 2021 $2.50m Reported
Iron Finance: Incorrect Share Accounting 16 Mar 2021 $170.0k Reported
TSD (True Seigniorage Dollar): Malicious Proposal 15 Mar 2021 $7.10m Reported
DEUS Finance: Spot Price Manipulation 15 Mar 2021 $3.00m Reported
Roll: Hot Wallet Key Compromised 14 Mar 2021 $5.70m Reported
DODO AMM: Improper Access Control 9 Mar 2021 $3.80m Reported
Paid Network: Infinite Mint 5 Mar 2021 $27.00m Reported
Meerkat Finance: Admin Drain 4 Mar 2021 $31.00m Reported
Seascape: Private Key Compromised 1 Mar 2021 $500.0k Reported
Furucombo: Delegatecall Hijack 27 Feb 2021 $14.00m Reported

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