$2,089,255,000+

Total lost
2009
Today
Billions of dollars worth of bitcoin and altcoins have been lost to exchange and custodian hacks since 2009*. Below you can browse a full history of these events.

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HTX

HTX was hacked for $8 million in altcoins.
Date:
9/25/2023
Bitcoin lost
Unknown
Total value lost
$8 million
Unknown
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Mixin Network

DeFi project Mixin Network was hacked for $200 million in altcoins.
Date:
9/25/2023
Bitcoin lost
Unknown
Total value lost
$200,000,000
Unknown
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CoinEx

CoinEx's hot wallet was hacked for $70 million in bitcoin and altcoins.
Date:
9/12/2023
Bitcoin lost
231
Total value lost
$70,000,000
Unknown
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Fortress

Fortress customers were impacted by a third-party vendor whose cloud tools were compromised.
Date:
9/7/2023
Bitcoin lost
Unknown
Total value lost
$15,000,000
Unknown
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Stake.com

Gambling site Stake.com was hacked for $41 million in altcoins when unauthorized transactions were made from the site's hot wallets.
Date:
9/4/2023
Bitcoin lost
Unknown
Total value lost
$41,000,000
Unknown
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BitRue

Attackers withdrew $23 million in altcoins from exchange BitRue.
Date:
4/14/2023
Bitcoin lost
Unknown
Total value lost
$23,000,000
Unknown
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Wintermute

An unspecified hack to "DeFi operations" led to a loss of $160 million.
Date:
9/20/2022
Bitcoin lost
Unknown
Total value lost
$160,000,000
Unknown
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Nomad Bridge

A smart contract bug led to this bridge being hacked.
Date:
8/2/2022
Bitcoin lost
Unknown
Total value lost
$200,000,000
Unknown
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Maiar

A bug led to hackers stealing $113 million.
Date:
6/5/2022
Bitcoin lost
Unknown
Total value lost
$113,000,000
Unknown
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Beanstalk

An attacker got a controlling stake in the project to siphon $182 million.
Date:
4/17/2022
Bitcoin lost
Unknown
Total value lost
$182,000,000
Unknown
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Ronin Network

Hackers got access to validator node private keys.
Date:
3/29/2022
Bitcoin lost
Unknown
Total value lost
$600,000,000
Unknown
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Wormhole

Decentralized finance platform Wormhole was exploited for $325 million.
Date:
2/22/2022
Bitcoin lost
Unknown
Total value lost
$325,000,000
Unknown
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IRA Financial

IRA Financial retirement accounts custodied by Gemini were hacked for $36,000,000.
Date:
2/8/2022
Bitcoin lost
471
Total value lost
$36,000,000
Unknown
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Poly Network

A vulnerability in the Poly Network platform led to the loss of over $600 million in altcoins.
Date:
8/10/2021
Bitcoin lost
Unknown
Total value lost
$610,000,000
Unknown
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Cryptopia

The second time it was hacked, Cryptopia lost $62,000 in bitcoin and altcoins.
Date:
2/18/2021
Bitcoin lost
Unknown
Total value lost
$62,000
Unknown
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KuCoin

KuCoin, an exchange in Asia, was hacked for over $280 million in bitcoin and altcoins.
Date:
9/26/2020
Bitcoin lost
Unknown
Total value lost
$280,000,000
Unknown
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Eterbase

Eterbase, based out of Slovakia, was hacked for over $5 million in bitcoin and altcoins.
Date:
9/10/2020
Bitcoin lost
Unknown
Total value lost
$5,400,000
Unknown
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Altsbit

Altsbit was forced to shutter after only a few months due to a hack worth over $72 million.
Date:
2/10/2020
Bitcoin lost
6,929
Total value lost
$72,000,000
Unknown
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Upbit

Upbit lost $49 million in bitcoin and altcoins in a hack of their hot wallet.
Date:
11/27/2019
Bitcoin lost
Unknown
Total value lost
$50,000,000
Unknown
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VinDAX

Asian exchange VinDAX was hacked for around half a million dollars.
Date:
11/8/2019
Bitcoin lost
Unknown
Total value lost
$500,000
Unknown
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Bitpoint

Hackers stole more than $32 million worth of bitcoin and altcoins from Japan-based Bitpoint.
Date:
7/11/2019
Bitcoin lost
Unknown
Total value lost
$32,000,000
Unknown
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Bitrue

Hackers stole over $4 million in bitcoin and altcoins from Singapore-based Bitrue.
Date:
6/27/2019
Bitcoin lost
Unknown
Total value lost
$4,000,000
Unknown
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GateHub

Around $10 million in bitcoin and altcoins were stolen from service provider GateHub.
Date:
6/7/2019
Bitcoin lost
Unknown
Total value lost
$10,000,000
Unknown
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Binance

Hackers stole 7,000 bitcoin from Binance in a "large scale security breach".
Date:
5/7/2019
Bitcoin lost
7,000
Total value lost
$40,000,000
Unknown
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Bithumb

An insider at Bithumb stole $13 million in bitcoin and altcoins from the exchange.
Date:
3/30/2019
Bitcoin lost
Unknown
Total value lost
$13,000,000
Unknown
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CoinBene

CoinBene was hacked for over $100,000,000 in bitcoin and altcoins.
Date:
3/25/2019
Bitcoin lost
Unknown
Total value lost
$100,000,000
Unknown
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DragonEx

Singaporean exchange DragonEx was hacked for an undisclosed sum.
Date:
3/24/2019
Bitcoin lost
Unknown
Total value lost
$7,000,000
Unknown
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Cryptopia

Cryptopia was hacked for millions in bitcoin and altcoins.
Date:
1/15/2019
Bitcoin lost
Unknown
Total value lost
$3,500,000
Unknown
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MapleChange

MapleChange was either hacked or exit-scammed for almost 1,000 bitcoin.
Date:
10/29/2018
Bitcoin lost
913
Total value lost
$5,900,000
Unknown
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Zaif

Japan-based Zaif was hacked for around 6,000 bitcoin.
Date:
9/19/2018
Bitcoin lost
5,966
Total value lost
$60,000,000
Unknown
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Bancor

A decentralized exchange was hacked for more than $23 million.
Date:
7/10/2018
Bitcoin lost
Unknown
Total value lost
$23,500,000
Unknown
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Bithumb

Another South Korean exchange, Bitthumb, was hacked for more than $30 million.
Date:
6/20/2018
Bitcoin lost
Unknown
Total value lost
$31,000,000
Unknown
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Coinrail

South Korean exchange Coinrail was hacked for more than $40 million.
Date:
6/11/2018
Bitcoin lost
Unknown
Total value lost
$40,000,000
Unknown
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BitGrail

BitGrail was hacked for more than $170 million in bitcoin and altcoins.
Date:
2/12/2018
Bitcoin lost
Unknown
Total value lost
$170,000,000
Unknown
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Coincheck

Coincheck was hacked for more than $500 million. More than 30 individuals were charged.
Date:
1/25/2018
Bitcoin lost
Unknown
Total value lost
$500,000,000
Unknown
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Yapizon

Yapizon was hacked for 3,800 bitcoin.
Date:
4/26/2017
Bitcoin lost
3,800
Total value lost
$5,000,000
Unknown
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Bitcurex

An attacker stole 2,300 bitcoin from Bitcurex and forced it to shut down.
Date:
10/28/2016
Bitcoin lost
2,300
Total value lost
$1,500,000
Unknown
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Bitfinex

One of the largest hacks ever, Bitfinex lost around 120,000 bitcoin.
Date:
8/11/2016
Bitcoin lost
120,000
Total value lost
$72,000,000
Unknown
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ShapeShift

Hot wallets of the ShapeShift exchange were hacked three separate times.
Date:
6/30/2016
Bitcoin lost
150
Total value lost
$200,000
Unknown
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Gatecoin

Gatecoin was hacked for more than 250 bitcoin and millions of dollars worth of altcoins.
Date:
5/13/2016
Bitcoin lost
250
Total value lost
$2,000,000
Unknown
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Bitfinex

Bitfinex's hot wallets were reportedly compromised, leading to the loss of 1,400 bitcoin.
Date:
5/22/2015
Bitcoin lost
1,400
Total value lost
$300,000
Unknown
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KipCoin

KipCoin posted on Chinese New Year's Eve that their wallet servers were hacked for over 3,000 bitcoin.
Date:
2/17/2015
Bitcoin lost
3,000
Total value lost
$700,000
Unknown
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BTER

BTER had its cold wallets hacked, which resulted in a loss of over 7,170 bitcoin.
Date:
2/15/2015
Bitcoin lost
7,170
Total value lost
$1,750,000
Unknown
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Seven Ninety Six

Chinese bitcoin exchange '796' was hacked for 1,000 bitcoin.
Date:
1/27/2015
Bitcoin lost
1,000
Total value lost
$250,000
Unknown
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Bitstamp

Bistamp's wallet system was compromised leading to a loss of 19,000 bitcoin.
Date:
1/5/2015
Bitcoin lost
19,000
Total value lost
$5,000,000
Unknown
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Cryptsy

Cryptsy declared bankruptcy after 13,000 bitcoin were stolen.
Date:
7/29/2014
Bitcoin lost
13,000
Total value lost
$7,500,000
Unknown
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CryptoRush

CryptoRush was hacked for 950 bitcoin and other altcoins.
Date:
3/11/2014
Bitcoin lost
950
Total value lost
$570,000
Unknown
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Poloniex

Poloniex lost 12.3% of its bitcoin supply in an attack.
Date:
3/4/2014
Bitcoin lost
96
Total value lost
$50,000
Unknown
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Flexcoin

Bitcoin custody firm Flexcoin lost 896 bitcoin worth roughly $600,000.
Date:
3/2/2014
Bitcoin lost
896
Total value lost
$600,000
Unknown
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Picostocks #2

PicoStocks lost 5,896 bitcoin in its second hack.
Date:
2/17/2014
Bitcoin lost
5,896
Total value lost
$6,000,000
Unknown
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Mt. Gox

The largest bitcoin exchange in the world was hacked for 740,000 bitcoin.
Date:
2/1/2014
Bitcoin lost
750,000
Total value lost
$500,000,000
Unknown
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Inputs.io

A web wallet called inputs.io was hacked, leading to the los of over 4,000 bitcoin.
Date:
11/7/2013
Bitcoin lost
4,100
Total value lost
$1,200,000
Unknown
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Picostocks #1

PicoStocks lost 1,300 bitcoin in its first hack in June 2013.
Date:
6/1/2013
Bitcoin lost
1,300
Total value lost
$160,000
Unknown
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Vircurex

A hacker gained access to VPS login credentials at Vicurex to steal thousands of bitcoin.
Date:
5/10/2013
Bitcoin lost
1,454
Total value lost
$170,000
Unknown
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BitFloor

One of the largest bitcoin exchanges at the time was hacked for 24,000 bitcoin.
Date:
9/5/2012
Bitcoin lost
24,000
Total value lost
$250,000
Unknown
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Bitcoinica #2

Bitcoinica was hacked a second time, this time for over 18,000 bitcoin.
Date:
5/11/2012
Bitcoin lost
18,457
Total value lost
$92,000
Unknown
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Linode/Slush Faucet

Linode network gear was hacked, which allowed attackers to steal bitcoin from Slush.
Date:
3/2/2012
Bitcoin lost
3,000
Total value lost
$15,000
Unknown
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Linode/Bitcoinica

Web host Linode was hacked, which the Bitcoinica exchange was hosted on.
Date:
3/2/2012
Bitcoin lost
43,000
Total value lost
$56,000
Unknown
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Bitcoin7

On Oct 5th 2011 Bitcoin7.com became the victim of a number of pre-planned hacker attacks.
Date:
10/5/2011
Bitcoin lost
11,000
Total value lost
Unknown
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Mt. Gox

Attackers hacked a Mt. Gox auditor's computer and changed the bitcoin price to $0.01.
Date:
6/18/2011
Bitcoin lost
2,643
Total value lost
$30,000
Unknown
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*Represents a good-faith estimate based upon media reports and pricing the bitcoin and altcoin lost at the time of the hack in US dollar terms. Current-day dollar values may be greater.

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