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Cardano

$0.58

Bitcoin

$108,201.00

Ethereum

$2,518.68

Litecoin

$87.52

Bitcoin Cash

$487.70

2025

Theft

Bybit, suffered a hack resulting in the theft of approximately $1.46 billion in Ethereum.

$1,257,816,198.60

499,395 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.

$432,804.00

4 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.

$47,854.92

19 Ethereum

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.

$443,624,100.00

4,100 Bitcoin

2020

Theft

In 2020, a massive hack targeted DMM Bitcoin, resulting in the theft of 4502.9 BTC, exploiting vulnerabilities in their systems.

$487,218,282.90

4,502.9 Bitcoin

2020

Theft

Xzavyer Narvaez, at 19 years old, engaged in SIM swapping to steal cryptocurrency, including Bitcoin, later used to purchase luxury vehicles.

$16,879,356.00

156 Bitcoin

2019

Theft

In 2019, hackers stole 342,000 ETH from Upbit, laundering the funds across 51 countries and converting most into Bitcoin.

$861,388,560.00

342,000 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.

$757,407,000.00

7,000 Bitcoin

2018

Bad Trade

Bad trade sold it right before 15% pump

$432.80

0.004 Bitcoin

2018

Hardware Failure

An investor lost 30 BTC after buying a second-hand Ledger with compromised security.

$3,246,030.00

30 Bitcoin

2017

Collectible Purchase

Bought a gen0 crypto kitty.

$125,934.00

50 Ethereum

2017

Transfer Error

Sent to wrong address :(

$59,185.95

0.547 Bitcoin

2017

Expensive Gift

Bought myself and my GH iPhone X and then of course ethereum doubles over the next two weeks.

$16,371.42

6.5 Ethereum

2017

Wallet Error

Wanted to claim them from Exodus but transacted it to a BTC wallet, not to a BCH Wallet...

$243.85

0.5 Bitcoin Cash

2017

Phishing

Fake/Phishing bitaddress.org website (bittaddress.org - not double 't')

$1,298.41

0.012 Bitcoin

2016

Theft

Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein were arrested for laundering $4.5 billion in stolen bitcoins from the 2016 Bitfinex hack.

$12,984,120,000.00

120,000 Bitcoin

2016

Panic Sold

Was noob, panic sold

$1,137.76

13 Litecoin

2016

Lost Access

An anonymous user lost access to a wallet with 2,600 BTC since 2011.

$281,322,600.00

2,600 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

$37,870.35

0.35 Bitcoin

2015

Hardware Failure

Hard drive formatted :/

$216,402.00

2 Bitcoin

2014

Bad Investment

Beat down by Mark Karpeles bosu ball

$8,175,667.56

75.56 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

$1,082,010,000.00

10,000 Bitcoin

2013

Bad Purchase

Bought Ecstasy with it. Should have holded.

$86,560.80

0.8 Bitcoin

2013

Lost Access

Wallet lost, who knew it would go up so high...

$54,100.50

0.5 Bitcoin

2013

Lost Access

James Howells accidentally threw away a hard drive containing 7,500 BTC.

$811,507,500.00

7,500 Bitcoin

2012

Lost Access

Lost wallet

$1,298,412.00

12 Bitcoin

2012

Exchange Loss

GOXXXXED

$1,244,311.50

11.5 Bitcoin

2011

Hardware Failure

Lost in harddrive malfunction

$3,137,829.00

29 Bitcoin

2011

Bad Purchase

Buying drugs and proxies in first few years

$43,280,400.00

400 Bitcoin

2011

Hardware Failure

Gabriel Abed lost 800 BTC when his computer was formatted.

$86,560,800.00

800 Bitcoin

2010

Forgotten Funds

Got 3500 of it with mining. Totally forgot about it, bought new pc... realized it too late

$378,703,500.00

3,500 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.

$108,201,000.00

1,000 Bitcoin

2009

Bad Purchase

Bought drugs on silkroad, retrospectively the most expensive drugs i ever bought...

$3,029,628.00

28 Bitcoin