Largest Cryptocurrency Thefts by Value

Explore the most significant cryptocurrency hacks in history, detailing the immense financial losses incurred by exchanges and decentralized finance protocols.

The top 3

1. Biggest Single Crypto Exchange Hack: The Bybit exchange suffered the largest publicly confirmed crypto hack in February 2025, losing approximately $1.5 billion in virtual assets due to a compromised transaction-signing process.
2. Largest DeFi Protocol Exploit Record: The Ronin Bridge hack in March 2022 remains the largest DeFi exploit, where attackers stole approximately $625 million in Ethereum and USDC by compromising validator nodes.
3. Notable Exchange Hack by NEM Value: In January 2018, the Japanese exchange Coincheck experienced a major hack, resulting in the theft of $534 million worth of NEM tokens due to exploited security weaknesses.

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