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Crypto Incidents
A historical view of major cryptocurrency hacks and insolvencies, combining incident frequency with estimated USD impact over time.
Total incidents
42
28 hacks and 14 insolvencies in the curated history.
Hack losses
$5.16B
Estimated aggregate USD value of tracked hack events.
Insolvency losses
$56.65B
Estimated aggregate balance-sheet holes and default exposures.
Largest event
Terra / Luna
$40.00B
Crypto incident timeline
The history is split into two charts so volume and severity can be read independently without crowding.
Hacks
Insolvencies
Yearly Incident Dataset
| Year | Type | Incident Count | Estimated USD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2013 | Hack | 1 | $1,000,000 |
| Jan 1, 2014 | Hack | 1 | $650,000 |
| Jan 1, 2014 | Insolvency | 1 | $473,000,000 |
| Jan 1, 2015 | Hack | 1 | $5,000,000 |
| Jan 1, 2016 | Hack | 1 | $72,000,000 |
| Jan 1, 2017 | Hack | 2 | $101,000,000 |
| Jan 1, 2018 | Hack | 4 | $650,500,000 |
| Jan 1, 2019 | Hack | 2 | $56,000,000 |
| Jan 1, 2019 | Insolvency | 1 | $190,000,000 |
| Jan 1, 2020 | Hack | 1 | $281,000,000 |
| Jan 1, 2020 | Insolvency | 1 | $125,000,000 |
| Jan 1, 2021 | Hack | 7 | $1,159,179,000 |
| Jan 1, 2022 | Insolvency | 7 | $51,475,000,000 |
| Jan 1, 2023 | Hack | 2 | $397,000,000 |
| Jan 1, 2023 | Insolvency | 3 | $4,189,000,000 |
| Jan 1, 2024 | Hack | 2 | $539,900,000 |
| Jan 1, 2025 | Hack | 2 | $1,590,000,000 |
| Jan 1, 2025 | Insolvency | 1 | $200,000,000 |
| Jan 1, 2026 | Hack | 2 | $302,800,000 |
Largest recorded events
| Date | Entity | Type | Assets | Estimated USD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2022 | Terra / Luna TerraUSD and Luna collapse | Insolvency | UST and LUNA ecosystem value | $40,000,000,000 |
| Nov 11, 2022 | FTX FTX bankruptcy | Insolvency | Customer balances across multiple crypto assets | $8,000,000,000 |
| Jan 19, 2023 | Genesis Global Capital Genesis bankruptcy | Insolvency | Customer and creditor balances across multiple crypto assets | $3,000,000,000 |
| Feb 21, 2025 | Bybit Bybit ether-wallet theft | Hack | Ether wallet holdings | $1,500,000,000 |
| Jul 13, 2022 | Celsius Network Celsius Chapter 11 filing | Insolvency | Customer balances across multiple crypto assets | $1,200,000,000 |
| May 8, 2023 | Bittrex US Bittrex US Chapter 11 filing | Insolvency | Customer balances across multiple crypto assets | $1,000,000,000 |
| Nov 28, 2022 | BlockFi BlockFi Chapter 11 filing | Insolvency | Exposure to Alameda / FTX plus customer balances | $680,000,000 |
| Jun 29, 2022 | Three Arrows Capital Three Arrows Capital liquidation | Insolvency | Known default exposure included a 15,250 BTC plus $350M USDC loan to Voyager | $665,000,000 |