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Terra Classic
$40.00B
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.
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$101B+
Total Value Lost
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3300
Incidents Tracked
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74
Chains Affected
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80
$100M+ Incidents
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Showing 1901–1950 of 3300 ranked incidents
| Rank | Project | Amount Lost | Date | Chain | Technique | Attack Guide | Source |
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| 1901 | Ethereum Hive | $16K | - | Other | — | View → | |
| 1902 | Foxi.finance | $16K | ethereum | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1903 | ArcadeEarn | $15K | - | Rugpull | — | — | |
| 1904 | Betcoin | $15K | - | Access Control | Access Control Attacks | View → | |
| 1905 | WINR | $15K | - | Other | — | View → | |
| 1906 | Raichu Thunderstone | $15K | - | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1907 | Bored Ape Europe Club | $14K | - | Rugpull | — | — | |
| 1908 | Slicer Finance | $14K | ethereum | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1909 | ROBOT SHIB | $14K | - | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1910 | OKX NFT Aggregator | $14K | bsc | Access Control Exploit | Access Control Attacks | View → | |
| 1911 | 50BTC | $14K | - | Other | — | View → | |
| 1912 | Numbers Protocol | $14K | - | Other | — | View → | |
| 1913 | DeriTrade | $13K | - | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1914 | Alexa | $13K | - | Other | — | View → | |
| 1915 | Twerk Finance | $13K | ethereum | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1916 | Hypechill fund | $13K | ethereum | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1917 | Tranquility Defi | $13K | ethereum | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1918 | ChaddyFinance | $13K | binance | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1919 | Whale Loans | $12K | - | Other | — | View → | |
| 1920 | BBX Token | $12K | - | Other | — | View → | |
| 1921 | XSD Token | $12K | - | Flash Loan Attack | Flash Loans Attacks | View → | |
| 1922 | Bitcoin Syndicate | $12K | - | Access Control | Access Control Attacks | View → | |
| 1923 | RFbtc | $12K | ethereum | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1924 | GMT | $12K | - | Rugpull | — | — | |
| 1925 | Fractal Defi | $12K | ethereum | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1926 | D4ppdao Token | $12K | ethereum | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1927 | Convex Finance | $12K | - | Other | — | View → | |
| 1928 | JohnLennonC0IN | $11K | - | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1929 | OceanLifeToken | $11K | - | Flash Loan Attack | Flash Loans Attacks | View → | |
| 1930 | Tenderize V2 | $11K | ethereum | Proxy Upgrade Skim | — | View → | |
| 1931 | PulldogSwap | $11K | binance | Honeypot | — | View → | |
| 1932 | SAV3R | $10K | ethereum | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1933 | Bing Swap | $10K | binance | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1934 | The Onigiri Neko | $10K | - | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1935 | Fake DAI Token | $10K | - | Other | — | View → | |
| 1936 | Gooniez Gang | $10K | - | Other | — | View → | |
| 1937 | SuperMarioBros | $10K | ethereum | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1938 | Focus | $10K | ethereum | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1939 | Mantle | $10K | ethereum | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1940 | Vadia Finance | $9K | ethereum | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1941 | Reflation | $9K | ethereum | Rugpull | — | — | |
| 1942 | Health | $9K | - | Other | — | View → | |
| 1943 | Mocha Set Dollar | $9K | ethereum | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1944 | Goose Finance | $8K | bsc | Share Accounting Flaw | — | View → | |
| 1945 | Brother finance | $8K | ethereum | Honeypot | — | View → | |
| 1946 | Sloth Inu | $8K | - | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1947 | Relay3rV1 | $8K | ethereum | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1948 | Mt. Gox | $8K | - | Other | — | View → | |
| 1949 | CYBER SOLIDITY | $8K | ethereum | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1950 | Metropolis.finance | $8K | ethereum | Rugpull | — | View → |
Data sourced from DefiLlama & SunWeb3Sec/DeFiHackLabs . Thank you for keeping Web3 security data open.
Context
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.
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