MCAP $2.74T ▼ 2.83% 24H VOL $45.96T BTC.D 60.1% FEAR & GREED 59 Greed BTC FEE 1 sat/vB BTC $82,420 ▲ 0.98% ETH $2,424 ▲ 0.76% USDT $0.9993 ▲ 0.01% BNB $726.09 ▲ 0.97% XRP $1.31 ▲ 1.01% USDC $0.9998 ▲ 0.00% SOL $104.99 ▲ 1.46% TRX $0.3323 ▼ 0.36% FIGR_HELOC $1.08 ▲ 0.73% ZEC $1,173 ▲ 2.97%

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
Eminence: Spot Price Manipulation 28 Sep 2020 $15.00m Reported
Soda Protocol: Withdrawal Logic Flaw 20 Sep 2020 $160.0k Reported
SYFI: Arithmetic Error 10 Sep 2020 $250.0k Reported
Coral: Reentrancy 10 Sep 2020 $420.0k Reported
Eterbase: Hot Wallet Key Compromised 8 Sep 2020 $5.40m Reported
OKEx: Forged Proof 18 Aug 2020 $5.60m Reported
Ethereum Classic: Forged Proof 6 Aug 2020 $1.68m Reported
Opyn: Withdrawal Logic Flaw 4 Aug 2020 $371.0k Reported
2gether: Key Leaked via Infrastructure 31 Jul 2020 $1.18m Reported
Cashaa: Key Leaked via Infrastructure 11 Jul 2020 $3.10m Reported
Vether: Improper Access Control 1 Jul 2020 $450.0k Reported
Balancer: Incorrect Share Accounting 28 Jun 2020 $500.0k Reported
Bancor V3: Improper Access Control 18 Jun 2020 $544.9k Reported
dForce Lending: Reentrancy 19 Apr 2020 $25.00m Reported
Uniswap V1: Reentrancy 18 Apr 2020 $220.0k Reported
Bisq: Withdrawal Logic Flaw 8 Apr 2020 $248.0k Reported
MakerDAO: Stale Oracle Price 12 Mar 2020 $8.32m Reported
Ooki: Spot Price Manipulation 18 Feb 2020 $650.0k Reported
Ooki: Spot Price Manipulation 15 Feb 2020 $350.0k Reported
Trinity Wallet: CDN Compromise 12 Feb 2020 $2.00m Reported
Nuls: Signature Verification Flaw 23 Dec 2019 $480.0k Reported
VeChain: Private Key Compromised 14 Dec 2019 $6.50m Reported
Upbit: Hot Wallet Key Compromised 27 Nov 2019 $49.30m Reported
VinDAX: Key Leaked via Infrastructure 8 Nov 2019 $500.0k Reported
Chain Fusion: Private Key Compromised 28 Sep 2019 $6.40m Reported

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