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.

  • $101B+

    Total Value Lost

  • 3299

    Incidents Tracked

  • 74

    Chains Affected

  • 80

    $100M+ Incidents

Top 10 Biggest Hacks

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  1. 🥈

    Mantra

    $5.50B

  2. #4

    LuBian

    $3.50B

    bitcoin

  3. #8

    Thodex

    $2.00B

  4. #10

    Finiko

    $1.50B

Where the Largest Losses Concentrate

Top Chains by Losses

  • ethereum $8,051M
  • bitcoin $4,415M
  • bsc $2,657M
  • solana $1,605M
  • polygon $1,512M

Top Techniques by Losses

  • Other $61,553M
  • Rugpull $15,684M
  • Access Control $4,030M
  • Private Key Compromised (Brute Force) $3,500M
  • Safe Multisig wallet Phishing Exploit / Access Control $1,635M

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Showing 801–850 of 3299 ranked incidents

Largest Web3 incidents by USD amount lost
Rank Project Amount Lost Date Chain Technique Attack Guide Source
801 Jumpn Finance $1.1M - Rugpull View →
802 NowSwap Protocol $1.1M - Other View →
803 TopGoal $1.1M - Access Control Access Control Attacks View →
804 Axion Network $1.1M - Other View →
805 Rikkei Finance $1.1M - Oracle Issue Oracle Manipulation & Price Manipulation View →
806 USEA Token $1.1M - Rugpull View →
807 Blizzard $1.1M - Other View →
808 Brinc Finance $1.1M - Other View →
809 Levana Perps $1.1M osmosis Price Oracle Attack Oracle Manipulation & Price Manipulation View →
810 Kannagi $1.1M ethereum, zksync era Drained Contracts View →
811 Sovryn $1.1M rsk Flashloan Reentrancy Attack / Other Flash Loans Attacks View →
812 Treasure Swap $1.1M - Other View →
813 EgoPay $1.1M - Access Control Access Control Attacks View →
814 Ethereum Yield $1.1M ethereum Abandoned View →
815 Level Finance $1.1M - Other View →
816 Audius $1.1M - Other View →
817 CollectCoin $1.1M - Other View →
818 Chibi Finance $1.1M - Rugpull View →
819 Tornado Cash $1.0M - Other View →
820 LayerZero $1.0M - Rugpull View →
821 YEED $1.0M - Other View →
822 Bithumb $1.0M - Access Control Access Control Attacks View →
823 DecentraWorld $1.0M - Rugpull View →
824 Cypher $1.0M solana Unknown View →
825 OpenSea $1.0M - Other View →
826 Ordinals Finance $1.0M - Rugpull View →
827 Drift Protocol $1.0M - - View →
828 US Permissionless Dollar $1.0M ethereum "CPIMP" proxy front-run View →
829 Moonwell Lending $1.0M base, optimism Oracle Price Feed Manipulation Oracle Manipulation & Price Manipulation View →
830 BTCM App $1.0M - Other View →
831 DeltaPrime $1.0M arbitrum - View →
832 Cypher Protocol $1.0M - Other View →
833 Level Perps $1.0M bsc Referral Claims Logic Exploit View →
834 Sentiment $1.0M arbitrum Flashloan Reentrancy Attack / Reentrancy Flash Loans Attacks View →
835 NowSwap $1.0M ethereum Inconsistent Value in Code View →
836 Sentinel DVPN $1.0M - Access Control Access Control Attacks View →
837 Soxex $1.0M - Rugpull View →
838 Bitcoin Norway $1.0M - Other View →
839 King Tribe $997K - Rugpull View →
840 Orion $994K - Other View →
841 Profanity Wallet Hack $978K - Access Control Access Control Attacks View →
842 Visor Finance $973K - Flash Loan Attack Flash Loans Attacks View →
843 Mars Perps $960K neutron Thin-Market Skew Exploit View →
844 Bacon Protocol $957K - Flash Loan Attack Flash Loans Attacks View →
845 LML/USDT staking protocol $950K bsc Price Manipulation Attack Oracle Manipulation & Price Manipulation View →
846 Nitron Demex $950K - Oracle Issue Oracle Manipulation & Price Manipulation View →
847 Vanity address exploit $950K - Other View →
848 Electrum $949K - Access Control Access Control Attacks View →
849 Harvest Keeper $930K - Rugpull View →
850 8ight Finance $924K - Access Control 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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