Timeline of crypto hacks

Exploits, thefts, and their aftermath. 20 dated events from 13 articles. Each links to the article that records it, where the sources are. Dates are as precise as those articles state them, and events from draft articles are marked.

2016

17 June 2016EthereumThe DAO exploited
August 2016BitcoinBitfinex hack

2018

January 2018Payment Services Act (Japan)Coincheck hack

2022

February 2022SolanaWormhole bridge exploit
April 2022StablecoinBEAN: Attacker used flash loans to take over governance; Cointelegraph reported losses of US$182 million.
10 June 2022OptimismAttacker returns 17M of 20M OP from Wintermute address
2 August 2022SolanaSlope wallet drain

2023

9 June 2023Mt. GoxUS theft-related charges announced
July 2023CurveSeveral Curve pools exploited

2024

30 January 2024StablecoinMIM: Fell to US$0.76 after a US$6.5 million exploit.

2025

21 February 2025Bybit · EthereumEthereum wallet theft
12 May 2025Curvecurve.fi domain hijacked

2026

21 January 2026StablecoinMUST: Saga reported that a SagaEVM exploit affected Colt and Mustang and moved nearly US$7 million in assets to Ethereum.
April 2026LidoKelp DAO exploit; Lido joins DeFi United
1 April 2026USDCDrift exploit; stolen USDC moved via CCTP
18 April 2026AaversETH exploit; rsETH markets frozen
21 April 2026ArbitrumSecurity Council freezes ETH from KelpDAO exploit
29 October 2026AaveMarkets frozen after Binance hack
29 October 2026Bitcoin · EthereumBinance reports multi-asset hot-wallet theft
30 October 2026ArbitrumSecurity Council freezes Binance-exploit-linked funds