The biggest crypto heist in history

Hackers have stolen $6.3 billion from cryptocurrency
exchange Binance in a record-breaking 20-minute
heist blamed on North Korea, dealing a major
blow to a maturing industry seeking to
expand into traditional finance

TOP 10 LARGEST EVER CRYPTO THEFTS*

$6.30bn
Oct 29, 2026: Binance hotwallet
EIP-7702 Delegation hack
Status: Partially recovered†
Attackers gain access to
exchange systems, using internal
software to authorise transfers
across 10 different blockchains,
including Bitcoin and
Ethereum

$1.46bn
Feb 21, 2025:
Bybit heist
Status: Funds
stolen

$625m
Mar 23, 2022: Sky Mavis
Ronin Bridge hack
Status: Partially
recovered

$611m
Aug 10, 2021: Poly
Network exploit
Status:
Recovered

$586m
Oct 6, 2022:
BNB Chain
cross-chain
bridge hack
Status:
Partially
recovered

$530m
Jan 26, 2018:
Coincheck
NEM reserve
heist
Status:
Partially
recovered

$477m
Nov 12,
2022: FTX
bankruptcy
drain
Status:
Funds
stolen

$450m
Feb 24
2014:
Mt. Gox
collapse
Status:
Partially
recovered

$388m
Sep 24, 2026:
Bitget exchange
backend breach
Status: Funds stolen

$326m
Feb 2, 2022:
Wormhole
bridge exploit
Status: Recovered

*Monetary values at time of incidents (US$). †As of Oct 30, 2026. Sources: Reuters, AP, Blockchain
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