2025
Theft
Bybit, suffered a hack resulting in the theft of approximately $1.46 billion in Ethereum.
$2,143,663,025.40
499,395 Ethereum
2025
Theft
Bybit, suffered a hack resulting in the theft of approximately $1.46 billion in Ethereum.
$2,143,663,025.40
499,395 Ethereum
2024
Success
A man named **Michael** recovered access to his Bitcoin wallet containing 43.6 BTC after hackers found a flaw in his password software. YouTube Video
$4,764,869.60
43.6 Bitcoin
2024
Theft
Malone Lam and Jeandiel Serrano stole 4,100 Bitcoin (about $230 million) using social engineering, laundered the funds through crypto exchanges, and spent the proceeds on luxury items.
$448,072,600.00
4,100 Bitcoin
2024
Bad Trade
Someone accepted an offer of 6.9 APE (around $10) for their Bored Ape 3590 NFT, price floor was around 19 ETH.
$81,557.88
19 Ethereum
2024
Lost Access
A Brazilian YouTuber (Lord Vinheteiro) lost 4 BTC after accidentally discarding his seed phrase, rendering him unable to access his wallet.
$437,144.00
4 Bitcoin
2023
Theft
A defrauded investor stabbed the CEO of Haru Invest, accused of a 100 BTC, and now faces 10 years in prison despite his defense citing emotional distress.
$98,357,400.00
900 Bitcoin
2022
Theft
Wormhole bridge exploit stole roughly 120,000 ETH.
$515,102,400.00
120,000 Ethereum
2022
Theft
Ronin Network hack drained about 173,600 ETH.
$745,181,472.00
173,600 Ethereum
2021
Transfer Error
A user mistakenly spent 23.5172 ETH in gas fees for $120 transfer.
$100,948.05
23.517 Ethereum
2021
Theft
Cream Finance lost across multiple hacks roughly 27,000 ETH in total.
$115,898,040.00
27,000 Ethereum
2020
Theft
Xzavyer Narvaez, at 19 years old, engaged in SIM swapping to steal cryptocurrency, including Bitcoin, later used to purchase luxury vehicles.
$17,048,616.00
156 Bitcoin
2020
Theft
In 2020, a massive hack targeted DMM Bitcoin, resulting in the theft of 4502.9 BTC, exploiting vulnerabilities in their systems.
$492,103,929.40
4,502.9 Bitcoin
2019
Theft
Cryptopia exchange was hacked, losing about 40,000 ETH and shutting down permanently.
$171,700,800.00
40,000 Ethereum
2019
Theft
In 2019, Binance was hacked, resulting in the theft of 7,000 BTC. The attackers exploited a vulnerability in Binance's systems, bypassing security measures and gaining access to the exchange's hot wallet.
$765,002,000.00
7,000 Bitcoin
2019
Theft
In 2019, hackers stole 342,000 ETH from Upbit, laundering the funds across 51 countries and converting most into Bitcoin.
$1,468,041,840.00
342,000 Ethereum
2018
Hardware Failure
An investor lost 30 BTC after buying a second-hand Ledger with compromised security.
$3,278,580.00
30 Bitcoin
2018
Bad Trade
Bad trade sold it right before 15% pump
$437.14
0.004 Bitcoin
2017
Theft
Parity wallet bug froze over 513,000 ETH permanently.
$2,202,062,760.00
513,000 Ethereum
2017
Phishing
Fake/Phishing bitaddress.org website (bittaddress.org - not double 't')
$1,311.43
0.012 Bitcoin
2017
Wallet Error
Wanted to claim them from Exodus but transacted it to a BTC wallet, not to a BCH Wallet...
$282.92
0.5 Bitcoin Cash
2017
Expensive Gift
Bought myself and my GH iPhone X and then of course ethereum doubles over the next two weeks.
$27,901.38
6.5 Ethereum
2017
Transfer Error
Sent to wrong address :(
$59,779.44
0.547 Bitcoin
2017
Collectible Purchase
Bought a gen0 crypto kitty.
$214,626.00
50 Ethereum
2016
Theft
The DAO hack drained 3.6M ETH, causing Ethereum to hard fork into ETH and ETC.
$15,453,072,000.00
3,600,000 Ethereum
2016
Lost Access
An anonymous user lost access to a wallet with 2,600 BTC since 2011.
$284,143,600.00
2,600 Bitcoin
2016
Panic Sold
Was noob, panic sold
$1,421.16
13 Litecoin
2016
Theft
Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein were arrested for laundering $4.5 billion in stolen bitcoins from the 2016 Bitfinex hack.
$13,114,320,000.00
120,000 Bitcoin
2015
Hardware Failure
Hard drive formatted :/
$218,572.00
2 Bitcoin
2015
Bad Purchase
Bought a 256gb SSD because i thought BTC had stabilized around $300. Still use it, probably the dumbest thing i ever bought
$38,250.10
0.35 Bitcoin
2014
Exchange Loss
Mt. Gox collapsed after losing 850,000 BTC in the biggest early crypto exchange hack.
$92,893,100,000.00
850,000 Bitcoin
2014
Accident
I got high on LSD and had a bad trip, causing me to go crazy and set my laptop on fire. I thought my laptop was garden gnome, that was trying to kill me. FML
$1,092,860,000.00
10,000 Bitcoin
2014
Bad Investment
Beat down by Mark Karpeles bosu ball
$8,257,650.16
75.56 Bitcoin
2013
Lost Access
James Howells accidentally threw away a hard drive containing 8000 BTC.
$874,288,000.00
8,000 Bitcoin
2013
Lost Access
Wallet lost, who knew it would go up so high...
$54,643.00
0.5 Bitcoin
2013
Bad Purchase
Bought Ecstasy with it. Should have holded.
$87,428.80
0.8 Bitcoin
2012
Exchange Loss
GOXXXXED
$1,256,789.00
11.5 Bitcoin
2012
Lost Access
Lost wallet
$1,311,432.00
12 Bitcoin
2011
Hardware Failure
Gabriel Abed lost 800 BTC when his computer was formatted.
$87,428,800.00
800 Bitcoin
2011
Bad Purchase
Buying drugs and proxies in first few years
$43,714,400.00
400 Bitcoin
2011
Hardware Failure
Lost in harddrive malfunction
$3,169,294.00
29 Bitcoin
2010
historical moments
Laszlo Hanyecz spent 10,000 BTC on two pizzas.
$1,092,860,000.00
10,000 Bitcoin
2010
Forgotten Funds
Got 3500 of it with mining. Totally forgot about it, bought new pc... realized it too late
$382,501,000.00
3,500 Bitcoin
2009
Bad Purchase
Bought drugs on silkroad, retrospectively the most expensive drugs i ever bought...
$3,060,008.00
28 Bitcoin
2009
Missed Opportunity
Buddy offered me a thousand bitcoin in exchange for rent, told him to take his magic internet money and get out. He is now millionaire.
$109,286,000.00
1,000 Bitcoin