From Bybit to GMX: The 10 Biggest Crypto Hacks of 2025

From Bybit to GMX: The 10 biggest crypto hacks of 2025

Crypto thefts topped $2.2 billion in 2025, on par with last year’s total, as attackers exploited a range of blockchain vulnerabilities.

Top crypto hacks of 2025: incidents that exposed the industry’s weak points

From Lazarus-led exchange breaches to math-based DeFi exploits, the year marked a shift toward high-value, industrial-scale crypto crime.

Massive Hack Triggers $325B Crypto Market Cap Loss

A $325B crypto market cap loss followed Bybit's $1.5B hack in 2025.

From Bybit to Coinbase: 2025's Biggest Crypto Hacks and Breaches

Crypto firms faced a record $2.72 billion in theft this year as attackers expanded their reach across major exchanges and DeFi platforms.

2025's biggest crypto hacks: From exchange breaches to DeFi exploits

2025 delivered no shortage of crypto hacks and scams, though one incident stood out from the crowd. A total of around $4 billion was lost, a 37% increase on 2024’s total, with over half linked to North Korea, according to blockchain security firm Hacken. Protos has put together a rundown of the year’s biggest, strangest, and most significant  incidents, and asks what they told us about crypto security in 2025. Centralized exchanges plundered Far…

The Bybit Hack Made Kim Jong Un Crypto’s Most Influential in 2025 - Invest In Crypto News

Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit suffered a $1.4 billion hack in February 2025 that exposed structural weaknesses in custody systems long considered industry standards, such as cold storage and multisignature wallets. At the time, the exploit was the largest known hack in crypto history, though that distinction was later eclipsed by findings that Chinese mining pool LuBian lost $3.5 billion in 2020. “The [Bybit] hack showed that cold storage and mu…