EXCHANGE HACKS

Loss from Exchange Hacks

$7,657,661,000+

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

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Bitopro

$11m stolen from a hot wallet during a system upgrade
Date:
May 8, 2025
Bitcoin lost:
Unknown
Total value lost:
$11,000,000

Bybit

Bybit crypto exchange suffered a hack for $1.5 billion in ETH.
Date:
February 21, 2025
Bitcoin lost:
Unknown
Total value lost:
$1,500,000,000

Radiant Capital

The exploiter stole $32 million worth of Arbitrum assets and $18m of tokens on BNB Chain.
Date:
October 16, 2024
Bitcoin lost:
Unknown
Total value lost:
$51,000,000

BingX

BingX suffered a security exploit on its hot wallet for $43m.
Date:
September 20, 2024
Bitcoin lost:
Unknown
Total value lost:
$43,000,000

WazirX

WazirX suffered an exploit resulting in the loss of $230m.
Date:
July 18, 2024
Bitcoin lost:
Unknown
Total value lost:
$230,000,000

UwU Lend

UwU Lend suffered a flash loans compromise resulting in the loss of $20 million.
Date:
June 13, 2024
Bitcoin lost:
Unknown
Total value lost:
$20,000,000

DMM Bitcoin

Japanese exchange DMM Bitcoin suffers loss of over 4,500 bitcoin
Date:
June 3, 2024
Bitcoin lost:
4,503
Total value lost:
$300,000,000

Gala Games

Web3 gaming platform Gala Games had its treasury hacked for over $200 million.
Date:
May 20, 2024
Bitcoin lost:
Unknown
Total value lost:
$206,000,000

Sonne Finance

Decentralized lending protocol Sonne Finance was hacked for $20 million.
Date:
May 15, 2024
Bitcoin lost:
Unknown
Total value lost:
$20,000,000

Rain

Rain crypto exchange was hacked for $14.8 million.
Date:
April 29, 2024
Bitcoin lost:
Unknown
Total value lost:
$14,800,000

XBridge

Cross-chain platform XBridge was hacked for $1.8 milloin.
Date:
April 24, 2024
Bitcoin lost:
Unknown
Total value lost:
$1,800,000

Munchables

Ethereum-based NFT game Munchables was hacked for more than 17,000 ETH.
Date:
March 26, 2024
Bitcoin lost:
Unknown
Total value lost:
$63,000,000

Dolomite

Dolomite exchange was hacked due to a smart contract exploit.
Date:
March 20, 2024
Bitcoin lost:
Unknown
Total value lost:
$1,800,000

WOOFi

DeFi protocol WOOFi suffered a loss of $4.8 million.
Date:
March 5, 2024
Bitcoin lost:
Unknown
Total value lost:
$4,800,000

Seneca Protocol

A bug in lending platform Seneca Protocol led to more than $3 million in losses.
Date:
February 29, 2024
Bitcoin lost:
Unknown
Total value lost:
$3,000,000

Shido Token

More than half of the circulating supply of "Shido tokens" were stolen.
Date:
February 28, 2024
Bitcoin lost:
Unknown
Total value lost:
$35,000,000

RiskOnBlast

Blast ecosystem, a crypto project, lost over $1 million of ETH to rug pull.
Date:
February 26, 2024
Bitcoin lost:
Unknown
Total value lost:
$1,300,000

Blueberry Protocol

DeFi protocol Blueberry was hacked for hundreds of ETH, worth more than $1 million.
Date:
February 23, 2024
Bitcoin lost:
Unknown
Total value lost:
$1,340,000

FixedFloat

FixedFloat, a decentralized crypto exchange, was hacked for $26 million.
Date:
February 16, 2024
Bitcoin lost:
Unknown
Total value lost:
$26,000,000

Miner ERC-X

An avatar collection experienced a breach on Ethereum.
Date:
February 14, 2024
Bitcoin lost:
Unknown
Total value lost:
$466,000

Duelbits

Duelbits casino lost more than $4 million in altcoins.
Date:
February 13, 2024
Bitcoin lost:
Unknown
Total value lost:
$4,600,000

PlayDapp

A popular Ethereum-based gaming platform was compromised for $290 million.
Date:
February 9, 2024
Bitcoin lost:
Unknown
Total value lost:
$290,000,000

Magic Internet Money

A hacker stole at least $6.5 million in Magic Internet Money (MIM) on Ethereum.
Date:
January 30, 2024
Bitcoin lost:
0
Total value lost:
$6,500,000

Heco Bridge

Heco bridge was hacked for $86 million with funds sold on decentralized exchanges.
Date:
November 22, 2023
Bitcoin lost:
Unknown
Total value lost:
$86,000,000

Poloniex

Justin Sun's crypto exchange Poloniex suffered a hack valued over $100 million.
Date:
November 10, 2023
Bitcoin lost:
Unknown
Total value lost:
$100,000,000

Mixin Network

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

HTX

HTX was hacked for $8 million in altcoins.
Date:
September 25, 2023
Bitcoin lost:
Unknown
Total value lost:
$8,000,000

CoinEx

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

Fortress

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

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:
September 4, 2023
Bitcoin lost:
Unknown
Total value lost:
$41,000,000

BitRue

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

Wintermute

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

Nomad Bridge

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

Maiar

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

Beanstalk

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

Ronin Network

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

Wormhole

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

IRA Financial

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

Poly Network

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

Cryptopia

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

KuCoin

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

Eterbase

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

Altsbit

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

Upbit

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

VinDAX

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

Bitpoint

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

Bitrue

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

GateHub

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

Binance

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

Bithumb

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

CoinBene

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

DragonEx

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

Cryptopia

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

MapleChange

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

Zaif

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

Bancor

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

Bithumb

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

Coinrail

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

BitGrail

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

Coincheck

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

Yapizon

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

Bitcurex

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

Bitfinex

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

ShapeShift

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

Gatecoin

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

Bitfinex

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

KipCoin

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

BTER

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

Seven Ninety Six

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

Bitstamp

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

Cryptsy

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

CryptoRush

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

Poloniex

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

Flexcoin

Bitcoin custody firm Flexcoin lost 896 bitcoin worth roughly $600,000.
Date:
March 2, 2014
Bitcoin lost:
896
Total value lost:
$600,000

Picostocks #2

PicoStocks lost 5,896 bitcoin in its second hack.
Date:
February 17, 2014
Bitcoin lost:
5,896
Total value lost:
$6,000,000

Mt. Gox

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

Inputs.io

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

Picostocks #1

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

Vircurex

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

BitFloor

One of the largest bitcoin exchanges at the time was hacked for 24,000 bitcoin.
Date:
September 5, 2012
Bitcoin lost:
24,000
Total value lost:
$250,000

Bitcoinica #2

Bitcoinica was hacked a second time, this time for over 18,000 bitcoin.
Date:
May 11, 2012
Bitcoin lost:
18,457
Total value lost:
$92,000

Linode/Slush Faucet

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

Linode/Bitcoinica

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

Bitcoin7

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

Mt. Gox

Attackers hacked a Mt. Gox auditor's computer and changed the bitcoin price to $0.01.
Date:
June 18, 2011
Bitcoin lost:
2,643
Total value lost:
$30,000
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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.