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51 Crypto Exchange Hacks

A History that'd Blow Your Mind!

April 22, 2022 | 2 hr 12 min read

Cryptocurrencies might be all the rage today, but they have had kind of a rough past!

Historically, cryptocurrencies have portrayed volatility and insecurity, but times are changing and today they are considered to be one of the most profitable investments for individuals who can afford the risk.

Crypto exchange hacks have existed since the origin of the very first crypto exchanges, and some are so prominent that they leave a dent in the crypto exchange hack history.

With that in mind, we have put together a list that includes all the small and big crypto exchange hacks that constitute crypto history. While some would make you feel sorry for the company, others are guaranteed to blow your mind!

So without any further ado, let us dive in!

June 2011, February 2014 Mt. Gox

25,000 + 2,600 + 850,000 BTC

October 2011 Bitcoin7

5,000 BTC

March 2012 Linode - Bitcoinica

43,000 + 18,457 BTC

March 2012 Linode - Slush

3,000 BTC

September 2012 Bitfloor

24,000 BTC

May 2013 Vircurex

3,000 BTC

November 2013 Bitcash.cz

484 BTC

March 2014 Poloniex

3,000 BTC

July 2014 Mintpal

8 Mil VRC + 3,700 BTC

July 2014 Cryptsy

13,000 BTC
300,000 LTC

January 2015 796

1,000 BTC

January 2015 LocalBitcoins

17 BTC

January 2015 Bitstamp

19,000 BTC

February 2015 KipCoin

3,000 BTC

February 2015 BTER

7,170 BTC

April 2016 ShapeShift

469 BTC
5,800 ETH
1,900 LTC

May 2016 Gatecoin

250 BTC
185,000 ETH

August 2016 Bitfinex

120,000 BTC

April 2017 Yapizon

3,800 BTC

June 2017, June 2018, March 2019 Bithumb

$7 Million Worth BTC and ETH
$31 Mil + 20Mil XRP
3 Mil EOS

December 2017 Youbit

Unknown

December 2017 NiceHash

4,736 BTC

January 2018 Coincheck

523,000,000 NEM

February 2018 BitGrail

17,000,000 NANO

April 2018 Coinsecure

438 BTC

May 2018 Taylor

2,578 ETH

May 2018 Bitcoin Gold

$18 Million Worth BTG

June 2018 Coinrail

1,927 ETH
2.6 Billion NPXS
93 Million ATX
831 Million DENT Coins
& Large Amounts of 6 Other Tokens

September 2018 Zaif

5,966 BTC

October 2018 MapleChange

913 BTC

December 2018 QuadrigaCX

26,350 BTC

January 2019, February 2021 Cryptopia

19,390 ETH + 1,657 ETH
$45,000 worth of XSN

February 2019 Coinmama

450,000 User Emails & Passwords

February 2019 Coinbin

Unknown

March 2019 CoinBene

Unknown

March 2019 DragonEx

$7 Million Worth of Cryptocurrency

May 2019 Binance

7,000 BTC

June 2019 GateHub

23,200,000 XRP

June 2019 Bitrue

9.3 Million XRP
2.5 Million ADA

July 2019 BITPoint

1,225 BTC
11,169 ETH
5,108 LTC
1,985 BCH
Over 28 Million XRP

November 2019 VinDAX

Cryptocurrency Worth $500,000

November 2019 Upbit

342,000 ETH

February 2020 Altsbit

6,929 BTC
23,210 ETH
3,924,082 ARRR
414,154 VRSC
1,066 KMD

May 2020 BlockFi

Temporary Data Breach

June 2020 BuyUcoin

325K Users' Data Dumped on the Dark Web

September 2020 Eterbase

$5.4 Million Worth Cryptocurrency

September 2020 KuCoin

$280 Million Worth Cryptocurrency

December 2020 LiveCoin

Lost Control of Servers

April 2021 Hotbit

Attempt to Access Wallets

August 2021 Liquid

107 BTC +
9,000,000 TRX
11,000,000 XRP
Almost $60 Million Worth of Ether + ERC-20 Tokens

August 2021 PolyNetwork

$600 Million Worth of Cryptocurrency - Returned Half of It

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