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 651-700 of 3595 ranked incidents

Largest Web3 incidents by USD amount lost
Rank Project Amount Lost Date Chain Technique Attack Guide Source
651 Goledo Finance $1.7M conflux Flash Loan Attack / Spot Price Manipulation Flash Loan Attacks View →
652 Reaper Farm $1.7M fantom Other / Improper Access Control Access Control Attacks View →
653 Rodeo Finance $1.7M - Oracle Issue Oracle Manipulation & Price Manipulation View →
654 FSL $1.7M - Rugpull — View →
655 Ethereum Classic $1.7M ethereum classic Forged Proof — —
656 BSC TMM/USDT $1.7M bsc Reserve Manipulation Attack / Improper Access Control Access Control Attacks View →
657 PARALUNI $1.7M bsc Other / Flashloan Reentrancy Attack / Reentrancy Flash Loan Attacks View →
658 Allbridge $1.6M solana Flash Loan Attack / Withdrawal Logic Flaw Flash Loan Attacks View →
659 Term Finance $1.6M ethereum Oracle Misconfiguration Oracle Manipulation & Price Manipulation —
660 BTER $1.6M bitcoin Private Key Compromised Access Control Attacks —
661 Zilliqa — zilliqa Biased Schnorr Nonce / Private Key Recovery — View →
662 DefiLabs $1.6M - Rugpull — View →
663 Pike V1 $1.6M arbitrum, ethereum, optimism Storage Misalignment Exploit / Proxy Upgrade Hijack / Other Access Control Attacks View →
664 SAGA (Fake) $1.6M - Rugpull — View →
665 INX Digital Company $1.6M ethereum Key Leaked via Infrastructure — —
666 Flooring Protocol $1.6M ethereum Arbitrary External Call Access Control Attacks —
667 Tender Finance $1.6M arbitrum Oracle Decimal Scaling Error Oracle Manipulation & Price Manipulation View →
668 LianGo Protocol $1.6M bsc Access Control / Admin Drain Access Control Attacks View →
669 Acala Network $1.6M acala Incentives Function Mistake / Infinite Mint — View →
670 Token of Power $1.6M ethereum Access Control / Malicious Proposal Access Control Attacks View →
671 Taylor $1.6M - Access Control Access Control Attacks View →
672 Narwhal $1.6M - Other — View →
673 Kinto Bridge $1.6M arbitrum ERC1967Proxy Backdoor Hijack / Uninitialized Proxy Access Control Attacks View →
674 MetaMask Governance $1.5M - Honeypot — View →
675 Purrlend $1.5M hyperliquid l1, megaeth Access Control / Caller Impersonation Access Control Attacks View →
676 Shoebill Finance $1.5M bob Oracle Misconfiguration Oracle Manipulation & Price Manipulation —
677 OneRing $1.5M ethereum Flash Loan Attack / Improper Access Control Access Control Attacks View →
678 ASI Alliance & SingularityNET $1.5M ethereum Access Control / Private Key Compromised Access Control Attacks View →
679 Gnosis Pay $1.5M gnosis chain Signature Verification Flaw — —
680 Hyperliquid $1.5M - Other — View →
681 Meteora DAMM V2 $1.5M solana Impersonation Scam Phishing Attacks —
682 YOLO Games $1.5M blast Access Control Exploit / Caller Impersonation Access Control Attacks View →
683 General Bytes $1.5M ethereum Key Leaked via Infrastructure — —
684 LV Metaverse $1.5M - Rugpull — View →
685 FEGtoken $1.5M - Flash Loan Attack Flash Loan Attacks View →
686 Pragma Money $1.5M - Rugpull — View →
687 Levyathan $1.5M binance, bsc Private Key Compromised (Stored Publicly) / Other / Key Stored Publicly Access Control Attacks View →
688 PolyButterfly $1.5M polygon Rugpull — View →
689 JulSwap $1.5M - Flash Loan Attack Flash Loan Attacks View →
690 Bitcurex $1.5M bitcoin Other / Hot Wallet Key Compromised — View →
691 MintPal $1.5M - Access Control Access Control Attacks View →
692 Moby $1.5M arbitrum Private Key Compromised (Unknown Method) / Private Key Compromised / Access Control Access Control Attacks View →
693 Minterest $1.5M mantle Reentrancy / Other Flash Loan Attacks View →
694 Florence Finance $1.5M ethereum Address Poisoning / Phishing Phishing Attacks View →
695 Universe Token $1.4M bsc Access Control / Improper Access Control Access Control Attacks View →
696 Float Protocol $1.4M ethereum Oracle Issue / Spot Price Manipulation Oracle Manipulation & Price Manipulation View →
697 OMNI $1.4M ethereum Reentrancy Reentrancy View →
698 Rubic $1.4M ethereum Router Exploit / Other / Arbitrary External Call Access Control Attacks View →
699 Growth DeFi $1.4M ethereum Flashloan Price Oracle Attack / Rugpull / Missing Input Validation Flash Loan Attacks View →
700 Ekubo Protocol $1.4M ethereum Access Control / Token Approval Abuse 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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