Hacks
Crypto hacks classed as Market Manipulation
Data as of 3 October 2026
11 recorded incidents classed as Market Manipulation took $135.1M in total between 2018 and 2026. The largest was Bitget, $100.0M in 2025. That is 0.9% of all incidents in DefiLlama's record and 0.6% of the value lost. Amounts are the losses DefiLlama records, and its record does not say whether they are before or after any recovery. Data as of 3 October 2026.
By year, classed as Market Manipulation
- 2018 $600K lost2 incidents
- 2019 $0 lost0 incidents
- 2020 $0 lost0 incidents
- 2021 $930K lost1 incidents
- 2022 $16.1M lost3 incidents
- 2023 $9.0M lost2 incidents
- 2024 $0 lost0 incidents
- 2025 $101.0M lost2 incidents
- 2026 $7.5M lost1 incidents
Incidents classed as Market Manipulation
| Date | Incident | Class | Technique | Chains | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-20 | JaredFromSubway MEV Bot | Market Manipulation | MEV Bot Drained | Ethereum | $7.5M |
| 2025-12-14 | Mars Perps | Market Manipulation | Funding Rate Arbitrage | Neutron | $960K |
| 2025-04-20 | Bitget | Market Manipulation | Market Maker Bot Exploited | — | $100.0M |
| 2023-11-18 | dYdX V3 | Market Manipulation | Risk Parameter Abuse | Ethereum | $9.0M |
| 2023-06-15 | Hyperliquid | Market Manipulation | Risk Parameter Abuse | Arbitrum | $37K |
| 2022-11-01 | Save | Market Manipulation | Risk Parameter Abuse | Solana | $1.0M |
| 2022-09-18 | GMX V1 Perps | Market Manipulation | Stale Price Arbitrage | Arbitrum | $565K |
| 2022-05-11 | Drift Trade | Market Manipulation | Risk Parameter Abuse | Solana | $14.5M |
| 2021-08-04 | WaultSwap | Market Manipulation | Risk Parameter Abuse | BSC | $930K |
| 2018-12-12 | Vertcoin | Market Manipulation | Risk Parameter Abuse | Vertcoin | $100K |
| 2018-11-12 | AurumCoin | Market Manipulation | Risk Parameter Abuse | AurumCoin | $500K |
Source: DefiLlama, retrieved 3 October 2026, under its open methodology. Figures are a dated snapshot, not a live feed.