Thread by @bitinning

An eye opening reminder about the number of #Crypto Exchange hacks (2011-2021).

A Thread 🧵...

🔶 Mt. Gox (2011-2014)
Assets Stolen - 850,000 #BTC
Losses Recovered: Trial ongoing
Type of Hack: Database breached

🔶 Poloniex - 2014
Assets Stolen: 97 #BTC
Losses Recovered: 100%
Type of Hack: Bug Exploit

🔶 Bitstamp - 2015
Assets Stolen: 18,866 #BTC
Losses Recovered: 0%
Type of Hack: Social Engineering

🔶 Bitfinex - 2016
Assets Stolen - 119,756 #BTC
Losses Recovered: 100% (via BFX Tokens)
Type of Hack: Bug Exploit

🔶 Coincheck - 2018
Assets Stolen: 523 million NEM
Losses Recovered: 100%
Type of Hack: Security Breach

🔶 Zaif - 2018
Assets Stolen: 5,996 #BTC, #BCH, $MONA
Losses Recovered: 100%
Type of Hack: Security Breach

🔶 Bancor - 2018
Assets stolen: $BNT, #ETH, $NPXS (approx $23.5 million)
Losses Recovered: 42.5% (all $BNT tokens)
Type of Hack: Security Exploit

🔶 Cryptopia - 2019
Assets Stolen: #ETH, ERC-20 Tokens
Losses Recovered: 0%
Type of Hack: Security Exploit

🔶 DragonEx - 2019
Assets Stolen: #BTC, #ETH, #LTC, #XRP, #EOS, #USDT
Losses Recovered: 100% (via Dragon Bond)
Type of Hack: Security Breach

🔶 Bithumb - 2019
Assets Stolen: 4,732 #BTC
Losses Recovered: Pledged to reimburse
Type of Hack: Insider Security Breach

🔶 Binance - 2019
Assets Stolen: 7,074 #BTC
Losses Recovered: 100% (via #SAFU)
Type of Hack: Security Breach

🔶 BITPoint - 2019
Assets Stolen: #BTC, #LTC, #ETH, #XRP
Losses Recovered: Over $2.3 million
Type of Hack: Security Breach

🔶 Upbit - 2019
Assets Stolen: 342,000 #ETH
Losses Recovered: Upbit stated to cover 100%
Type of Hack: Security Breach

🔶 Altsbit - 2020
Assets Stolen: #BTC, #ETH, $ARRR, $VRSC, $KMD
Losses Recovered: 0%
Type of Hack: Security Breach

🔶 ETERBASE - 2020
Assets Stolen: #BTC, #ETH, #XRP, #TRX, #XTZ, #ALGO, ERC-20 Tokens
Losses Recovered: Able to retrieve 'significant' part of stolen amount
Type of Hack: Security Breach

🔶 KuCoin - 2020
Assets Stolen: #BTC, #ETH, ERC-20 Tokens
Losses Recovered: Expected to be fully covered by KuCoin
Type of Hack: Security Breach

🔶 Bitmart - 2021
Assets Stolen: $150-200 million worth of crypto assets
Losses recovered: Ongoing investigation
Type of Hack: Security Breach

Do you think it's safe to keep funds in #Crypto exchanges?