Coldcard Hacker Moves $7.7M, Nearly Half of Third-Wave Bitcoin Haul

The attacker built 293 separate vaults for the stolen Bitcoin and is emptying them in order of size, largest first.

The top 3

  1. Top 3 Biggest Crypto Exchange Hacks by Stolen Value: The largest crypto exchange hacks include Bybit with $1.4 billion in ETH in 2025, Coincheck with $534 million in NEM in 2018, and FTX with $477 million in various cryptocurrencies in 2022.
  2. Most Common Attack Vectors in Major Crypto Thefts: Major crypto thefts commonly exploit private key compromises, phishing attacks to gain credentials, vulnerabilities in smart contracts, and compromised infrastructure or validator nodes.
  3. Biggest DeFi Protocol Exploits and Their Impact: The largest DeFi protocol exploits include the Ronin Bridge hack of $625 million in 2022, the Poly Network exploit of $611 million in 2021 (though funds were returned), and the Wormhole bridge exploit of $326 million in 2022.

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