This is just a tiny fraction of the biggest crypto projects that got rekt and lost serious money:
• 1inch (10.2024 - Fund Lost $720,000)
• Atomic Wallet (06.2023 - Fund Lost $100,000,000)
• Balancer (09.2023 - Fund Lost $238,000)
• BingX Exchange (09.2024 - Fund Lost $52,000,000)
• Bungee (01.2024 - Fund Lost $3,300,000)
• Bybit Exchange (02.2025 - Fund Lost $1,400,000,000)
• CoinEx Exchange (09.2023 - Fund Lost $70,000,000)
• Curve Finance (08.2023 - Fund Lost $70,000,000)
• Deribit Exchange (11.2022 - Fund Lost $28,000,000)
• Drift Trade (04.2026 - Fund Lost $285,000,000)
• dYdX (11.2023 - Fund Lost $9,000,000)
• Gala Games (05.2024 - Fund Lost $21,000,000)
• Heco Bridge (11.2023 - Fund Lost $86,600,000)
• Hedera Blockchain (03.2023 - Fund Lost $515,000)
• HTX/Huobi Exchange (11.2023 - Fund Lost $30,000,000)
• Holograph (06.2024 - Fund Lost $6,700,000)
• Hyperbridge (04.2026 - Fund Lost $2,500,000)
• Kelp (04.2026 - Fund Lost $293,000,000)
• KyberSwap (11.2023 - Fund Lost $48,000,000)
• LiFi / Jumper Exchange (07.2024 - Fund Lost $9,700,000)
• Morpho Blue (10.2024 - Oracle Exploit $250,000)
• MyAlgo Wallet (02.2023 - Fund Lost $9,200,000)
• OKX DEX (10.2023 - Fund Lost $2,700,000)
• OKX NFT Aggregator (06.2024 - Fund Lost $14,000)
• Poloniex Exchange (11.2023 - Fund Lost $126,000,000)
• Pump Fun (05.2024 - Fund Lost $2,000,000)
• Radiant Capital (10.2024 - Fund Lost $51,000,000)
• Raydium (12.2022 - Fund Lost $4,400,000)
• Rho Markets (07.2024 - Fund Lost $7,500,000)
• Ronin (03.2022 - Fund Lost $624,000,000)
• SolvBTC (03.2026 - Fund Lost $2,700,000)
• Step Finance (01.2026 - Fund Lost $40,000,000)
• Sushi Swap (04.2023 - Fund Lost $3,500,000)
• uniBTC from Bedrock (09.2024 - Fund Lost $1,700,000)
• Velocore (06.2024 - Fund Lost $6,800,000)
• Venus Protocol (03.2026 - Fund Lost $3,700,000)
• WOOFi (03.2024 - Fund Lost $8,500,000)
• zkFinance (11.2024 - Fund Lost $200,000)
This is not the full list.
It’s just a reminder that any exchange, wallet, or DeFi protocol can get hacked. If there’s money sitting there - sooner or later someone will try to take it.
Nobody is safe. Not even the biggest projects with millions of users and multiple audits. They still lose hundreds of millions in minutes.
Want to sleep peacefully? Then do this:
1. Use a hardware wallet (Ledger, Trezor, etc.) for your main stack.
2. Never give your seed phrase or private keys to anyone. Ever.
3. Enable 2FA everywhere it’s available.
4. Double-check every URL and app. Phishing isn’t going anywhere.
5. Don’t keep all your eggs in one basket. Spread your assets across multiple wallets and platforms.
6. Use strong passwords a password manager.
7. Before touching any DeFi protocol, check its reputation and security history. That “50% APY” often smells like a graveyard.
8. Follow hack news. Being informed won’t save you from everything, but at least you won’t be shocked when shit hits the fan.
Diversify or die.
In crypto, security isn’t paranoia - it’s a basic survival skill.
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