Award Winning Case Studies

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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. Jun 1st, 2017 - QuadrigaCX Contract Error - $14.7m (Canada)
  4. Apr 22nd, 2021 - Thodex CEO Flees Collapse - $2b (Turkey)
  5. Apr 17th, 2022 - Beanstalk Farms Stablecoin Hack - $182m (Global)
  6. May 22nd, 2022 - Beeple Twitter Account Hack - $438k (Global)
  7. Jul 29th, 2011 - MyBitcoin Exchange Hack/Fraud - $1.082m (Unknown)
  8. Jun 20th, 2011 - MyBitcoin Username/Password Breach - $72k (Unknown)
  9. Jul 19th, 2021 - TrustWallet Twitter Phishing Attack LouBapMarketing - $245k (Global)
  10. Dec 8th, 2021 - Khamil1 MetaMask Breach Including Strongblock - $Unknown (Global)

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 Popular

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

  1. Mar 18th, 2019 - Bitcoin Evolution Celebrity Impersonation Ponzi - $670m (Global) (14,900,000 results for "bitcoin evolution cryptocurrency trading")
  2. Jun 16th, 2021 - Iron Finance Titan Stablecoin Collapses - $2b (Global) (14,200,000 results for "iron finance titan collapse")
  3. May 11th, 2022 - Luna Terra Algorithmic Stablecoin Crash - $55b (Global) (8,230,000 results for "terra luna price crash")
  4. Jan 15th, 2017 - OneCoin Scheme Collapses - $4b (Global) (6,570,000 results for "onecoin")
  5. Jul 16th, 2020 - Forsage Multi Level Marketing Scheme - $874.673m (Global) (5,250,000 results for "forsage")
  6. Aug 19th, 2020 - Mirror Trading International - $885m (South Africa) (5,070,000 results for "mirror trading international bitcoin")
  7. Apr 22nd, 2021 - Thodex CEO Flees Collapse - $2b (Turkey) (3,610,000 results for "thodex")
  8. Jul 5th, 2022 - Voyager Digital Bankruptcy - $5.9b (United States) (3,170,000 results for "voyager digital bankruptcy")
  9. Feb 1st, 2014 - MT Gox Halts Trade Over Major Hack - $300m (Japan) (3,090,000 results for "mt gox")
  10. Jun 12th, 2022 - Celsius Platform Withdrawals Paused - $11.8b (United States) (2,960,000 results for "celsius network bankruptcy")
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