Most Expensive Crypto Hacks Leaderboard

The biggest Web3 and DeFi exploits ranked by amount lost. Track high-impact incidents, study attack patterns, and learn how security failures scale into multi-million dollar losses.

  • $91B+

    Total Value Lost

  • 3595

    Incidents Tracked

  • 141

    Chains Affected

  • 65

    $100M+ Incidents

Top 10 Biggest Hacks

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  1. 🥈

    Mantra

    $5.50B

  2. #4

    LuBian

    $3.50B

    bitcoin

  3. #7

    Thodex

    $2.00B

  4. #9

    Finiko

    $1.50B

  5. #10

    Bybit

    $1.40B

    ethereum

Where the Largest Losses Concentrate

Top Chains by Losses

  • ethereum $9,830M
  • bitcoin $5,404M
  • bsc $3,037M
  • solana $1,697M
  • polygon $1,539M

Top Techniques by Losses

  • Other $52,517M
  • Rugpull $15,631M
  • Private Key Compromised (Brute Force) / Weak Key Generation $3,500M
  • Safe Multisig wallet Phishing Exploit / Access Control / Signer Phishing $1,635M
  • Access Control / Hot Wallet Key Compromised $1,027M

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Showing 551-600 of 3595 ranked incidents

Largest Web3 incidents by USD amount lost
Rank Project Amount Lost Date Chain Technique Attack Guide Source
551 FOOM Cash $2.3M base, ethereum Fake Proof Spam / Forged Proof Phishing Attacks View →
552 Bifrost $2.2M - Compromised deposit-address signing key — View →
553 PopcornSwap $2.2M binance Rugpull — View →
554 Texture $2.2M solana Improper Access Control Access Control Attacks View →
555 CoinStats $2.2M - Private Key Compromised (Unknown Method) / Phishing Access Control Attacks View →
556 Platypus Finance $2.2M avalanche Flash-loan-enabled pool price manipulation Flash Loan Attacks View →
557 Pond0x $2.2M ethereum Arbitrary External Call Access Control Attacks —
558 NEKO $2.2M bsc Improper Access Control Access Control Attacks —
559 Aztec Bridge $2.2M ethereum Bridge Logic Flaw / Other — View →
560 Venus $2.2M bsc Other / Donation Attack — View →
561 Zunami Protocol $2.2M ethereum Price Manipulation Attack / Flash Loan Attack / Spot Price Manipulation Flash Loan Attacks View →
562 Tornado Cash $2.2M ethereum Other / Malicious Proposal — View →
563 Deriswap $2.2M ethereum Rugpull — View →
564 BitoPro $2.2M - Other — View →
565 Mobius Token $2.2M bsc Decimal Miscalculation Exploit / Other / Decimal Miscalculation Arithmetic Overflow & Underflow Attacks View →
566 ApolloX $2.2M bsc Other / Signature Verification Flaw — View →
567 Onyx Protocol $2.1M ethereum Flashloan Donate Function Logic Exploit / Flash Loan Attack / Donation Attack Flash Loan Attacks View →
568 Gatecoin $2.1M ethereum Access Control / Improper Access Control Access Control Attacks View →
569 Kannagi $2.1M ethereum, zksync era Drained Contracts / Admin Drain — View →
570 ETHTrustFund $2.1M base Transferred Treasury to Mixers / Treasury Misappropriation / Rugpull — View →
571 Mozaic $2.1M arbitrum Access Control / Private Key Compromised Access Control Attacks View →
572 Unizen $2.1M ethereum External Call Vulnerability / Other / Arbitrary External Call Access Control Attacks View →
573 Starlay Finance $2.1M acala Redeem Logic Flaw — —
574 YieldRobot $2.1M - Rugpull — View →
575 Dictum Exchange $2.1M - Rugpull — View →
576 Gym Network $2.1M bsc Deposit Function Exploit / Other / Improper Access Control Access Control Attacks View →
577 Fake GIWA Bridge $2.1M ethereum Impersonation Scam Phishing Attacks —
578 stazie $2.1M - Access Control Access Control Attacks View →
579 Dexible $2.0M arbitrum, ethereum Access Control / Arbitrary External Call Access Control Attacks View →
580 Polygon $2.0M polygon Improper Access Control Access Control Attacks —
581 Aztec $2.0M ethereum Other / Forged Proof — View →
582 AFKSystems Finance $2.0M - Rugpull — View →
583 Revest Finance $2.0M ethereum ERC-1155 callback reentrancy Reentrancy View →
584 DYORSWAP $2.0M ethereum Phishing / Impersonation Scam Phishing Attacks View →
585 RRWallet $2.0M bitcoin Weak Key Generation — View →
586 Rari Capital $2.0M ethereum Uninitialized Proxy Hijack / Uninitialized Proxy Access Control Attacks View →
587 New Gold Protocol $2.0M bsc Flash Loan Attack / Spot Price Manipulation Flash Loan Attacks View →
588 OlaXBT $2.0M bsc Multisig wallet Social Engineering Exploit / Access Control / Signer Phishing Access Control Attacks View →
589 MEV Bots $2.0M - Access Control Access Control Attacks View →
590 Sirio Finance $2.0M hedera Flashloan Exploit / Spot Price Manipulation Flash Loan Attacks View →
591 GemPad $2.0M base, bsc, ethereum Reentrancy / Other Reentrancy View →
592 $2M Coin Poker $2.0M ethereum Access Control / Hot Wallet Key Compromised Access Control Attacks View →
593 Bedrock $2.0M ethereum Incorrect ETH-to-uniBTC conversion Phishing Attacks View →
594 pump.fun $2.0M solana Private Key Compromised (Unknown Method) / Flash Loan Attack / Private Key Compromised Access Control Attacks View →
595 MangoFarmSol $2.0M solana Frontend Attack / Admin Drain / Rugpull — View →
596 Patricia $2.0M - Database Breach — —
597 pcash $2.0M eos Unknown — —
598 Ovix $2.0M polygon Flash Loan Attack / Flashloan Donate Function Logic Exploit / Spot Price Manipulation Flash Loan Attacks View →
599 FilDA $2.0M - Other — View →
600 Hope Finance $2.0M arbitrum Router Exploit / Rugpull / Arbitrary External Call Access Control Attacks View →

Data sourced from DefiLlama & SunWeb3Sec/DeFiHackLabs . Thank you for keeping Web3 security data open.

Understanding the Pattern Behind Billion-Dollar Losses

The most expensive crypto hacks are not random. They cluster around repeating vulnerability patterns: access-control failures, flash-loan manipulation, oracle abuse, and unsafe external calls. Studying large-loss incidents helps security researchers prioritize high-impact threat models first.

For deeper context, explore the full Web3 Hacks Dashboard and our Smart Contract Attack Library for hands-on exploit and mitigation breakdowns.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is this leaderboard ranked?

Incidents are ranked by parsed USD amount lost in descending order. Records without parseable loss values are excluded from this ranking.

Does this include every attack type?

It includes all incidents with known loss values in the database. Use the full dashboard for broader filtering and lower-severity incidents.

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