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Crypto hacks, scams & fraud

Every major hack, exploit, rug pull and fraud, explained: what happened, how it worked, where the money went, which wallets are involved, how the company responded and how to protect yourself. Written by our AI incident analyst from real sources, and updated while a case is still developing.

Developing: Ueno Bank collapse (Paraguay)Paraguay seizes Ueno Bank, freezing about 3 million customers' access; President Peña resigns Nov. 5$800M · updated 2026-11-09 01:09 UTCDeveloping: Unnamed EU entity – centralized exchange account theftUnnamed EU entity reportedly lost $106M-$133M from exchange accounts; funds laundered via Monero$133M · updated 2026-11-09 01:10 UTCDeveloping: BTCPay Server hot wallet drainsBTCPay Server tells operators to shut down after reports of hot wallets being swept; losses unconfirmed$1.6M · updated 2026-11-09 01:10 UTC
Cases analysed27
Losses covered$66B
Developing now8
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Exchange breach
SignalPlus API compromise
$82,000
2026-11-04 · SignalPlus says a fake Teams invite led to a network intrusion; Binance and Deribit revoked its API keys
72
Collapsedeveloping
Ueno Bank collapse (Paraguay)
$800M
2026-11-03 · Paraguay seizes Ueno Bank, freezing about 3 million customers' access; President Peña resigns Nov. 5
35
Exchange breach
Gnosis Pay legacy consumer card system data breach
undisclosed
2026-11-03 · Gnosis Pay says unauthorized access hit legacy consumer card system; customer funds not affected
55
Hack
Mercado Bitcoin exchange hack
$46.3M
2026-11-02 · Brazil's largest exchange Mercado Bitcoin reportedly loses $40M-$46M across 10+ chains, vows to absorb loss
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Hackdeveloping
Unnamed EU entity – centralized exchange account theft
$133M
2026-11-01 · Unnamed EU entity reportedly lost $106M-$133M from exchange accounts; funds laundered via Monero
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Hackdeveloping
BTCPay Server hot wallet drains
$1.6M
2026-11-01 · BTCPay Server tells operators to shut down after reports of hot wallets being swept; losses unconfirmed
30
Phishing / drainer
DeFi DNS hijack wave (Step Drainer) – 12 sites
$138,000
2026-10-30 · DNS hijack hits 12 DeFi sites; Blockaid links it to Step Drainer, no confirmed losses
96
Hack
Binance multi-chain hack (TraderTraitor-linked)
$6.30B
2026-10-29 · Binance loses a reported ~$6.3B across 10 chains; TRM Labs links theft to North Korea's TraderTraitor
36
Exchange breach
Polymarket (international platform) third-party script exploit
$2.6M
2026-10-29 · Polymarket halts trading, then resumes, after third-party script compromise drains ~$2.65M from users
78
DeFi exploit
Liquid Network (Elements rangeproof cache) exploit
$320M
2026-09-06 · Elements bug let attacker mint ~4,000 unbacked LBTC and withdraw ~$320M in BTC; backing restored Nov 2026
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DeFi exploitdeveloping
Coldcard firmware entropy flaw thefts (Trezor passphrase response)
$100M
2026-07-29 · Coldcard firmware flaw reportedly let attackers drain $100M+ in BTC; Trezor raises passphrase cap to 128
85
DeFi exploit
Kelp DAO rsETH bridge exploit (Sentora-linked contagion)
$292M
2026-04-18 · Kelp DAO rsETH bridge exploit: 116,500 unbacked rsETH (~$292M) minted, spreading stress through EVM lending
76
Hackdeveloping
Drift Protocol hack
$296M
2026-04-01 · Drift Protocol on Solana loses roughly $285M-$296M in April 2026 admin-control compromise (reported)
93
Hack
Bybit Ethereum cold wallet hack
$1.46B
2025-02-21 · Bybit loses about $1.46B in ETH from a cold wallet; FBI blames North Korea's Lazarus Group
55
Hackdeveloping
Suspected Crédit Mutuel Arkéa crypto theft (French bank, Nov 2023)
$133M
2023-11-01 · ZachXBT alleges French bank Crédit Mutuel Arkéa lost over $133M in crypto; bank has not confirmed
55
Hackdeveloping
Unnamed EU entity – centralized exchange account theft (~$106M)
$106M
2023-11-01 · Unnamed EU entity reportedly lost over $106M from exchange accounts; funds laundered via ETH and Monero
72
Exchange breach
Mixin Network
$200M
2023-09-23 · Mixin Network says ~$200M lost after cloud-database breach; deposits and withdrawals suspended (Sept 2023)
52
Hack
CoinEx hot-wallet hack
$53.0M
2023-09-12 · CoinEx loses an estimated $27M-$70M after hot-wallet private keys leak; users promised full compensation
72
DeFi exploit
Liquid Network (Blockstream) LBTC exploit
$320M
2023-09-06 · Liquid bug let attackers mint ~4,000 unbacked LBTC and drain ~4,000 BTC; full backing later restored
50
Hack
Stake.com theft (provisional match for 'EU entity crypto theft, September 2023')
$41.0M
2023-09-04 · Stake.com reportedly lost about $41M on 4 Sep 2023; FBI blamed North Korea's Lazarus Group
72
DeFi exploitdeveloping
Coldcard seed-generation wallet thefts (and Trezor's passphrase-limit response)
$100M
2023-07-30 · Coldcard seed flaw let attackers drain ~$100M+ in BTC; Trezor raised passphrase limit to 128 characters
60
Hack
Atomic Wallet hack
$100M
2023-06-02 · Atomic Wallet users lost an estimated $100M+ in June 2023; Elliptic links the theft to North Korea's Lazarus G
50
DeFi exploit
Euler Finance exploit (March 2023)
$197M
2023-03-13 · Euler Finance hit by ~$197M flash-loan exploit on Ethereum in March 2023; nearly all recoverable funds returne
95
Fraud
FTX (FTX Trading / Alameda Research) collapse
$11B
2022-11-06 · FTX collapsed in Nov 2022; customer funds went to Alameda; SBF got 25 years; ~$11B in losses reported
50
DeFi exploit
Nomad Bridge exploit
$190M
2022-08-01 · Nomad bridge drained of ~$190M in Aug 2022 after a June upgrade set its trusted root to 0x00; copycats joined
95
Collapse
Terra / LUNA / UST collapse
$40B
2022-05-07 · Terra's UST lost its peg in May 2022, triggering a LUNA death spiral that erased an estimated $40B in value
50
Fraud
OneCoin (Ruja Ignatova)
$4.00B
2017-10-25 · OneCoin: Ponzi-style crypto fraud reported at over $4B; founder Ruja Ignatova still at large
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