Award Winning Case Studies

Top 10 Most Complete

These case studies are the most thoroughly researched and detailed. This is a wiki-specific list. If you do good editing, your work can be featured here!

1. Jul 31st, 2021 - DiegoPapi6 TrustWallet Theft - $8k (Global)
2. Feb 5th, 2019 - QuadrigaCX Bankruptcy - $215m+ (Canada)
3. Apr 17th, 2022 - Beanstalk Farms Stablecoin Hack - $182m (Global)
4. May 22nd, 2022 - Beeple Twitter Account Hack - $438k (Global)
5. Jul 29th, 2011 - MyBitcoin Exchange Hack/Fraud - $1.082m (Unknown)
6. Jun 20th, 2011 - MyBitcoin Username/Password Breach - $72k (Unknown)

Top 10 Most Damaging

The top 10 cases which have caused the most damage to cryptocurrency users. Dollar amount lost minus any amount recovered.

1. May 11th, 2022 - Luna Terra Algorithmic Stablecoin Crash - $55b (Global)
2. Jun 12th, 2022 - Celsius Platform Withdrawals Paused - $11.8b (United States)
3. Jun 1st, 2019 - PlusToken Wallet and Exchange - $6b (South Korea)
4. Jul 5th, 2022 - Voyager Digital Bankruptcy - $5.9b (United States)
5. Jan 15th, 2017 - OneCoin Scheme Collapses - $4b (Global)
6. Apr 19th, 2021 - AfriCrypt Platform "Hacked" - $2.3b (South Africa)
7. Jan 17th, 2018 - BitConnect Scheme Collapses - $2b (Global)
8. Apr 22nd, 2021 - Thodex CEO Flees Collapse - $2b (Turkey)
9. Jun 16th, 2021 - Iron Finance Titan Stablecoin Collapses - $2b (Global)
10. Jul 16th, 2021 - Finiko Ponzi Scheme - $1.5b (Russia)

Top 10 Most Notable

The top 10 most notable cases, as measured based on relevant Google search results.